greynoon's "Beautiful by itself."

In this story, is "goddess", is "jellybean",
is "bird", is "vase", and is "greenhouse".

She gave me some s to eat and invited me to visit her in her backyard where she kept all the ancient s filled with exotic plants.

"Why do you like to grow plants?" I asked her, I chewed on an orange , looking around the place, seeing many s of different colors.

"I don't know." She scratched her head, smiling. "I guess it's a hobby."

Suddenly a perticular caught my eye. "Auntie, what is that one? Why doesn't have anything in it?" I looked across the room at a single large that was standing in a corner.

She turned around to glance in the direction that I was pointing to. "Ah, that one is special."

"Why?"

"Because I got it as a gift."

"From who?"

She thought for a moment, then she smiled. "I got it from a friend." She said nothing more.

I popped another in my mouth and took another step closer. The was very special, there was a picture of a beautiful , clothed in silk and flowers with a pretty perched on her outstretched finger. "What a pretty picture." I said.

"Yes. I thought it would look better without any plants in it." Auntie replied.

"I guess so."



The End


Story by: greynoon, age 14, China

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