January 2nd, 2014, PROMPT#2: Explain Christmas to a young pine tree.
DISCLAIMER: This is probably terribly awful, please keep in mind that this is a rough rough rough draft with no revisions made. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism welcome
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Susie watched the tree being planted and she delighted at seeing the progress of its growth, week by week, month by month. Her daddy told her when they put it in the ground that this tree would be hers. When she had a home of her own and was ready to celebrate her first Christmas as a grown up, this would be her Christmas tree. At first, this saddened Susie, that this thing she watched grow would be used for one thing, then be gone forever. She took comfort in knowing that this moment in time was nowhere soon, and she thought that if she explained it to the tree, it might not be so bad. So one sunny day, she sat in her favorite reading spot next to it, and instead of opening her book, she opened her heart.
"Tree, this may be hard to hear, but I think it is important to be honest and upfront with you. Someday, years into the future, you'll be cut down and put in my home. I'll hang strings of lights on you and top you with a beautiful star, or an ornate angel,... I haven't decided yet. Anyway, I'll put ornaments on you and wind tinsel around you... You'll be beautiful! I'll place a piece of cloth under you - it's called a tree skirt, isn't that cute? I will place presents under you. Maybe I'll have a husband, and he'll put presents under you, too. We'll delight in you for a few weeks, get annoyed at you and your falling needles after a while, and then remove all of the decorations from you once the holiday is over. We'll take you outside and your life will be over.... I know that's hard to hear, but it's the truth. I look forward to watching you grow, and this will be a bittersweet experience for me, too." Susie left the tree at that, and knew that she would cry when that last day came.
DISCLAIMER: This is probably terribly awful, please keep in mind that this is a rough rough rough draft with no revisions made. CONSTRUCTIVE criticism welcome
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Susie watched the tree being planted and she delighted at seeing the progress of its growth, week by week, month by month. Her daddy told her when they put it in the ground that this tree would be hers. When she had a home of her own and was ready to celebrate her first Christmas as a grown up, this would be her Christmas tree. At first, this saddened Susie, that this thing she watched grow would be used for one thing, then be gone forever. She took comfort in knowing that this moment in time was nowhere soon, and she thought that if she explained it to the tree, it might not be so bad. So one sunny day, she sat in her favorite reading spot next to it, and instead of opening her book, she opened her heart.
"Tree, this may be hard to hear, but I think it is important to be honest and upfront with you. Someday, years into the future, you'll be cut down and put in my home. I'll hang strings of lights on you and top you with a beautiful star, or an ornate angel,... I haven't decided yet. Anyway, I'll put ornaments on you and wind tinsel around you... You'll be beautiful! I'll place a piece of cloth under you - it's called a tree skirt, isn't that cute? I will place presents under you. Maybe I'll have a husband, and he'll put presents under you, too. We'll delight in you for a few weeks, get annoyed at you and your falling needles after a while, and then remove all of the decorations from you once the holiday is over. We'll take you outside and your life will be over.... I know that's hard to hear, but it's the truth. I look forward to watching you grow, and this will be a bittersweet experience for me, too." Susie left the tree at that, and knew that she would cry when that last day came.
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