The Ticket
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Mia Hillier, Grade 1, Gooburrum State School
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Short Story
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2016
Excellence Award in the 'Word Zone 2016' competition
“If she hadn’t picked up that ticket, they couldn’t have gone on the airplane,” said Marley. She was going on vacation too, but by herself. She was a mean girl because she thought she was perfect, so she kept ignoring everyone else. That day, Marley started to feel sad because she had no friends. Then Ben came up and said, “What’s the matter?” “I have no friends,” she cried. “Well you have to be friendly,” said Ben.
“To have friends, you have to be a friend.”
“I’ll try to be nice on my holiday and make some new friends,” she said.