The Happy Butterfly

• Tehmina Shahzad, Grade 1, Australian Islamic College of Sydney -
• Short Story
• 2018

Excellence Award in the 'Horizon of Dreams 2018' competition

Once upon a time, there was a butterfly, her name was Meena. She was going to the mall. When she arrived at the mall, she went to Coles to buy some food, she bought apples and she bought two different colours of bottled water. One was blue coloured and the other was white coloured. Blue and white were two of her favourite colours and that was all she needed from Coles. She then drove to the beach and saw that her very favourite aunty was there too. Meena the butterfly got very excited and ran to give her aunty a big hug. She hugged her aunty very tightly. Her aunty then told her that she had to go to Pakistan, which made Meena very sad. When aunty saw that Meena had tears in her eyes, her aunty told her that she will be back soon and then when she comes back, both of them would have a midnight feast and a movie night. This made Meena very happy and she farewelled her aunty with a big smile. Meena couldn’t wait for her aunty to come back. As soon as her aunty arrived back in Australia, Meena reminded her of their plan. Aunty told her that they were going to have a midnight feast and movie night this Saturday. This made Meena very happy and when Saturday came, she had already cleaned her room and arranged all the snacks for the midnight feast. Aunty brought in the movie and together they had a blast. “That was the best movie night ever!” Meena exclaimed. The end