Last summer my friend Mary's grandmother came over to
visit and she had purple hair. This summer she topped
that!! Now she has everything purple even her rearview
mirror is a light shade of purple. By the end of the
week I was sick of purple, even though it used to be
my favorite color. Now all I could see was purple
swirls in my head whenever I went to my friend's
house. From then on I would always go past her
grandmother's room as fast as I could; straight to
Mary's room I know I wasn't the only one terrified.
Once she went jogging and all the other ladies who
were out jogging and saw her ran away as fast as they
could, frightened. One lady actually almost fainted. I
knew because I was watching the whole thing through
Mary's window. Now I always see someone look through
their windows before they go outside to jog, mow, or
even check the mail!
I had to think of a solution. I have it! Maybe I can
tell the journalists who writes the Omaha World Herald
to write an article. The article would explain that if
you wore purple you would go to jail and I am the only
person who could bail them out. No, that wouldn't be
that important to them, and anyway they would have to
ask the police which would never agree to that deal.
When I got home that day I saw a green convertible
outside. It didn't belong to my family. As I went
inside I was thinking about what my mom had said. She
said that Mary's grandmother would be coming over.
When I got to my living room I saw a stylish, old
looking person sitting on the couch talking to my mom
and dad. When the lady faced me I was taken by
surprise when I saw whom it was. It was.. no it
couldn't be. yes it was MARY'S GRANDMOTHER!!!!!!!!
Except you wouldn't guess what she was wearing, she
was wearing lime green everything to heels to eye
shadow oh, and trust me I could make a whole list of
lime green things she was wearing. I wonder what color
she will be next summer.
- By Shikha Baishya. The article got second prize in a
writing contest at Omaha Pubic School. Shikha is the
daughter of Mantu & Silpi Baishya of Omaha, Nebraska.
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