Leaving the Forest

My heart was racing when I saw the sun for the first time in two days. The forest is a horrible place for a 10 year-old. 

Many worries left my head when I skipped into the field. When I looked around, I saw a brown-haired woman tending the grass. I walked over to her and asked, "Where am I?"

The woman chuckled, "Adelle!" she said, "You are right where you started!"

I looked at her and realized that she was my neighbor Christine. "You have been wandering around my yard for two full days," Christine remarked.

"Oh!" I said, "I wondered why that fence was there."


Adelle Danilchick
Grade 5
Killington Elementary School
 
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Ms. Gormly

VT

YWP Instructor

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