I Liked Drawing But Not For Long

• Courtney Mcfeeters, Grade 6
• Short Story
• 2010

11 years of age who liked to draw. One day when she went to school. Her teacher asked the class to draw how they felt that Ones upon a time there was a young girl called Ell and she was day .Her friends’ lily and Anna both drew happy faces and happy things. Ell started drawing happy things too while Ell was drawing her teacher had to leave the room for a couple of minutes. Then one of there class mates walked past and said ‘‘your pictures look very bad. ’’ But as soon as she turned around to say that she liked her drawing that person had gone. So when the teacher got back she went to tell the teacher what happened and the teacher said ‘‘I will talk to the class and see who said they did and sort it all out and then I will tell your parents.’’ so once the class finished doing their pictures the teacher said ‘‘OK now we have had some one saying that one of our class mates had said that some ones pictures look bad and I would like someone to own up or else we will have to do a voice contest. ’’ So when everyone got dismissed to go home a boy called Robert and a girl called Stacy stayed back and said ‘‘when you left the class we were making up jokes and Robert walked past ell and was supposed to say a joke and accidentally said something that he shouldn’t .’’ ‘‘I am so sorry and upset that Ell got upset and when I get home I will make a card to say how sorry I am for saying that about her pictures’ said Robert. Stacy looked at Robert and said ‘you are doing a good thing and know there is not going to be a mature consequence.’ The next day their teacher rang Ells parents and started talking about what happened the other day they said that Ell is still very upset and that she does not like to draw very much anymore and that she would like to be a photographer when she grows up. Her teacher was a bit confused but she finally got what Ells parents meant and said ‘the person who done it was Robert and he was so upset and when he gets home he will make a card for her.’ While Ells parents were on the phone to her teacher Ell looked for her parents camera and started taking pictures of different flowers and more she loved taking pictures and being a pretend photographer .Ells parents had just hung up. The next day Ell found a card on her desk from Robert it said To Ell
I was the one who said your pictures looked funny I am so sorry
From Robert

She was still a bit upset but at leased Robert said it was him .In the end everything worked out but Ell still wants to be a photographer.