Honorable Mention – Essay/Short Story – Elementary (Grade 1-5)
Sawyer Pennington - Age 9 - Mohnton
Christmas Morning
By Sawyer Pennington
In the morning I was so excited. I wondered what presents I was going to get, maybe a fourwheeler! I sat in my room Christmas morning. I woke up at 4:00 clock waiting until it was time. 3 hours later…finally… Yes! Then I opened my gifts. I got Legos, more Legos, markers, a sweater and no fourwheeler. Then my mom asked if I could take the laundry down into the basement. First, I thought everything was normal, but when I was carrying the laundry down I saw a fourwheeler. It was the largest present of them all! I was driving it around all morning while eating candy, until we were going to my grandparents house where everyone would be.
My cousins, and relatives I didn’t even know I had, were going to be there. But when it was time to go I had to stop riding my fourwheeler. Since my grandparents have a big yard, my dad said he could put the fourwheeler in the bed of his truck. Then we went. I was there playing with my cousins and I showed them my fourwheeler but I didn’t ride it there. I love Christmas, it’s my favorite holiday, because this is when Jesus our king was born. Jesus has blessed me with gifts and all that he gives me.