"Waking Up"

A young woman, around her early twenties, wakes up on a normal day like any other. She starts her day as normal, she goes for her usual morning routine and looks at the clock, 5:00 a.m. She has never woken up this early in the morning before. She decides she will use this time she never has throughout the day. Most of the time, she wakes up around 10 a.m., having little to no time to enjoy her day. She starts by making her coffee, but she realizes her coffee machine works a little slower than usual... (Read more here.)

The piece above, by tenth-grader Lorna Amador, comes with a corresponding short story, which you can read here.

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Ella's Christmas

by Emilia Dickerman (Fourth Grade)

One day there was an elf, his name was Kevin. Kevin was tall and had green boots and a green hat with a pom-pom at the end. And a girl named Ella was a little girl with a teddy bear. She had green eyes and blonde hair. Not only that, but she lived in a big house with white walls and a big brown door, in New York.

On Christmas Eve, Ella was walking down the hallway. She wanted water, but then she saw her elf, Kevin. She wanted to see where he was going. Ella was interested in where he was going, so Ella grabbed her bear and followed him. But she forgot that they can fly! They got to the middle of nowhere, and then he disappeared. Ella was lost with nowhere to go! She started crying, but then she saw a red sleigh in the sky. It was Santa! Santa went down to see why a little girl like her was crying “What are you doing here all alone?” Santa asked.

“I was following my elf b-because I w-wanted to know w-where he was g-going” Ella sniffed between words. “He went to his home, but he'll come back next year!” said Santa. “R-really?” “Yes, hohoho, now let's get you home.” Ella jumped in the sleigh, but her house was so far away. So Santa asked her if she could help deliver gifts. She obviously said yes, and they went together house by house until they got to her house. “I believe this is your house?” “Yes, yes it is!” “Well, see you next year Santa,” said Ella. “Hohoho you too!” said Santa.

The next morning she woke up and she ran downstairs. She saw that Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk. She got so excited to open her presents! Until she couldn't find her teddy bear! She looked and looked but couldn't find him! She opened her present and saw... her teddy bear, and it had a note saying... “See you next Christmas!” From Santa and Kevin to Ella!

The End