Gina's "Just Another Reunion (Or So I Thought)"

In this story,

is "game",

is "dining room",

is "snail",

is "flowers", and

is "outfit".

Mom had set the pretty

arrangement in the middle of the table in the

. I had on my new

. We were getting ready for our family reunion.

I hate those. The people walk up to you and pinch your face and say

'Oh look at the cut little girl!' and they look at your

and say how cute it looks. It's not cute! It's just hot and itchy! I don't even know half these people!

'Look, darling! Aunt Mildrid!' Who's Aunt Mildrid??? The reunion had been going on for like an hour. I was bored out of my mind. I looked aroung I wasn't the only one. No one looked like they were havng fun. I decided to get out a

. Any

. Monopoly. Everyone likes that.

So I took out the

and everyone wanted to play the

. There wasn't enough money or enough playing pieces, but those people would not sit out on this

! Mom got buttons and old barbie shoes and even a little

from my Littlest Pet Shop

, to use as pieces for the

. We used play money from 3 other Monopoly boards just to get enough.

We had the best time! Now see there, reunions aren't all that bad!

The End

Story by: Gina, age 10, USA

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