A Girl's Dream

[Cecelia]

This a story that I have been working on for a while! I hope you like it!

Charity woke up that morning and knew that today was a very special day.It was Christmas! She combed her light brown hair. "I better get my presents around the tree." she said out loud.There wouldn't be very many presents this year.Charity knew that but it was still exciting! her twin brother Kyle was already downstairs.He was snooping around just like he did on their twelfth birthday.Charity just rolled her eyes and placed her presents around the tree.She wondered how late her mom would sleep in. After her parents divorced life had been crazy for her! She was just now getting used to it.There was a noise coming from upstairs.Next thing she knew Frances (her three year old sister) was coming downstairs."Hi Charity!"Frances half whispered."Hi Frances What are you doing up?" Charity asked. "Isn't it time to open presents?"Frances asked."Well we've got to wait till Mom's up" Charity told her."She should have been up at 5:00 like we always are but it's almost 6:00."Kyle complained. "Here I am!" Mom yelled with three presents in her arms."Let's open them!"Kyle screamed. "Okay,okay Francie first!" Mom ordered. Charity looked around at the small assortment of presents around the tree and let out a long sigh without meaning to."What's wrong Charity?"Mom asked. "Nothing,nothing at all!" Charity replied."Are you sure?" Mom asked very concerned. "I'm positive!" I said rather sharply. "If you say so." Mom said seeming hurt. "Wow a stuffed cat!"Frances screamed. "Thanks Mom!" "You're welcome,honey." Mom replied.That's pretty much the way that Christmas went.Later,as Charity lay in bed she thoughtabout her father.She missed him so much! All that Charity remembered was that she had met himonce when she was ten years old. She remembered what he looked like.He had red hair and blue eyes and his name was Kyle Ross.He had a one year old named Marland Ross.Charity hadn't met his little boy yet and she hoped that she never did!His new wife,Diellewas rich and beautiful,so she had heard.Finally she drifted off to sleep,dreaming that her dad would come back to her family.The next morning Mom told her very plainly that that she needed to find a job. "Now I know that not very many people would hire a 12 year old gorl but the animal shelter is an exception! They need people to clean out the animal's cages,walk the dogs,and to feed the animals.Do you think you're up to it?" That's how Charity got sucked into a disgusting job that would change her life! So she reported to work at the Animal Haven.First of all she had to clean out the dogs and cat's kennels and then the bird's cages! After that she had to muck out the horse's stalls.That's when she met Snowdrop! Snowdrop was the most beautiful appaloosa that she had ever seen! Charity had always loved blanket appaloosas! She never had known much about horses.She knew that she loved them and she knew her colors well.Francie had gottenher a horse color chart that had helped her tremendously! Snowdrop was beautiful but not as beautiful as the man standing beside her.It was Kyle Ross! All kinds of emotions stirred inside her! The strongest one was anger! She was angry with her mom for signing her up for this job because she was too chicken to face him herself! She was angry at him for leaving us! She was angry at my mom for letting him slip through her fingers! She was angry at Dielle for using her charm on him! She was mad at everyone! Charity couldn't wait to go home and confront her mother!Then she remembered that she had a job to do and not wanting to get ifred she slipped in the next horse's stall.




To be continued........

[PinkStar]

That is a beautiful story h

[lorraine]

well i can't wait to here the end of it its really good

[PinkStar]

I know !!

[Cecelia]

Thanks you guys! Here is some more of it!
Inside the stall there was a bay gelding named Breyer.Charity quickly led him outside to his paddock.Breyer's wounds were still healing,so he couldn't go outside with the other horses.She went back inside to muck out his stall.Charity was still thinking of her dad when she was tending to Surprise,a little red dun filly and her mother,Jordan,a grey. She really would have been enjoying her time here if it wasn't for her dad.Charity had grown attached to many of the animals already.Snowdrop was her all-around favorite one.She had met a cute donkey named Simeon and the white rabbit Hoppity was loved by everyone. Lacinia was another worker that was Charity's age.She had glowing auburn hair where there was never a strand out of place.Lacinia lived next door to the animal shelter.She had a Morgan horse named Blackjack,who was black of course.She had a baby sister named Nastagia and a older brother named Gresham. I forgot to mention the 5 year old octuplets.Their names are Blanche,Natalie,Leccia ,Val,Nathania,Ilka,Gabinia,and Farasat.Maxine was their mother and their father's name was Amaro. This is how I met Lacinia. I was trying to clean Ella's cage. Ella was a black toy poodle that had just arrived yesterday. Charity opened Ella's cage, talking to her the whole time. Before she knew it,Ella had escaped and was running around like crazy! "Ella get back here!" She yelled,but it wasn't doing her any good! The dog was about the door that somebody had stupidly left open when Lacinia grabbed her just in time! "Who is responsible for this?"Lacinia roared. "Um I am so sorry. I just meant to clean her cage out.It's my first day and she was just too quick.I'm so sorry!" Charity was desperately trying to not sound like an idiot. "Oh,it's alright.I let all the birds out on my first day!" Lacinia giggled. "Oh... well I'm glad you understand!" Charity stammered. "Who are you anyways?" she asked. " Um I'm Charity...Charity Ross." She replied. "I'm Lacinia Hopkins.It's nice to meet you. Would you like to come to my house after work?" she asked. "I'd love to!" Charity replied. So what if her mom worried.It served her right for sending her to a job where she would run into her father. " Are you done for the day?" Lacinia asked. "No I've got to take phone calls in the office and then I'll be done.What about you? Charity inquired. " I could be done but I think I'll stick around with the animals for a little bit longer." Lacinia replied. " See you soon." Charity said.

It wasn't long before the first call came in. " Hello you have reached the Animal Haven. How may I help you?" " Hello,may I speak to one of the workers,please?" an elderly woman said. " You're already talking to one." Charity replied. "I know this sounds strange,but somebody just dropped off a truckload of animals at my house nd I'd like the shelter to take them!"


To be continued......

[PinkStar]

yay *claps*

[lorraine]

well what id like to know does she ever meet her dad again?? but so far its really good!! you should write a book!! im kidding!!

[Cecelia]

Well lorraine you will just have to wait and see. I can bring the book that I wrote it in to school tomorrow so you can see it. I'm glad you like it Pink Star!
" Oh,okay what's the address?" Charity asked. "2300 Colonial Drive. Come quickly please!" "But what city?"She asked and then she realized that the woman had hung up."Well thanks a lot!" Charity said to herself. Who was she supposed to tell? Charity hesitantly tapped a man on the shoulder. Too late she knew who she had tapped. "Um sir,a woman just called about some animals at 2300 Colonial Drive. Can youtake care of it,please?" Charity asked her father. " Yeah I know where that is. I'll get Humphrey to take care of it. Thanks!" Kyle said and then he walked off. He didn't recognize me,Charity thought miserably. " Hey what's with the glum face?" Lacinia asked as she strode by. "Oh nothing. I'm just tired,that's all." Charity replied." Oh you're not sick are you?" Lacinia asked her." Oh no I just got up extra early this morning." Charity said."Oh that's good.I thought you might not be up to riding tonight." Lacinia said as she walked away.Riding! Charity had no clue how to ride. Well it depended what Lacinia was talking about.Charity could barely ride a bicycle.While she was drifting away in her thoughts the phone rang. " Hello you have reached the Animal Haven.How may I help you?" She asked. "There's a vicious dog running around the neighborhood." some kid said. Then in the background she heard " Chris are you prank calling again?" his Mom said. "No,Mom!" the kid yelled.Charity hung up and sighed. She knew Lacinia was off with the cats.She was actually planning on adopting Nellie soon. Nellie was a beautiful white cat that had been abused. Charity was getting tired of her post at the phone and was about to fall asleep.Suddenly Humphrey burst through thedoor. "I need some help you guys! We haven't looked in the truck yet but ther is definitely lots of animals inside!" Humphrey said. Charity craned her neck to look out the door. There was a semi parked outside that had seven horses,three dogs,four cats,two sheep,three goats,two llamas,five cows,and four chickens.Thirty animals in all.All of the animals were in terrible condition. The horses were purebreds of all different kinds.The first horse was a bay quarter horse with a white blaze.She looked like she was about seven years of age though she wasn't nearly as active as she should have been.The second horse was a palomino Tennessee Walker gelding.He was aboutfive years old and the healthiest horse of the group. The third horse was a strawberry roan Morgan stallion.He was about twelve years old and had some nasty scars on him.The fourth horse was an Appaloosa mare.She looked about six years old.The fifth horse was a grey Arabian gelding.He was the oldest,around 20 years of age.The sixth horse was a sorrel Hanoverian mare.She looked about four.The seventh horse was the Hanoverian mare's colt.He was a little black colt with a white star.Charity's job was to get the horses into the barn.They had ten stalls so there was just enough room..It wasn't too hard to coax the horse's into their stalls.We had one empty stall.That meant there was one stall in between Breyer and the other horses. That was a good thing because the horses could spread diseases to each other if they were too close.



To be continued........

[PinkStar]

It keeps geting better!!

[Sterling]

Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! I <3 this! When will you post more??

[lorraine]

YAY she sees her father again though he shouldhave recognized her he is so rude (that is purely for you cecelia!!!!) anyway WRITE MORE!!!

[Cecelia]

Thankies you guys! I don't have the book that I wrote it down in right now sorry! I shall write more tomorrow!

[Cecelia]

Ok here's some more!
After the horses there were the three dogs to consider. The first dog was an apricot male toy poodle. He looked like he was about ten years old.The second dog had a little bit of everything in her. She was a pretty white dog with brown and black spots all over her body. The third dog was a huge Mastiff boy. He was about two years old. We couldn't tell the second dog's age. After the dogs were situated, we had to take care of the four cats. The first cat was an orange tabby tomcat. He was completely feral, and really put up a fuss about going into the cat kennel. The second cat was a black female with four white feet and a white tip on the tail. The third cat was a white tomcat with a black head. He was very strange looking, and Charity took an instant liking to him. The fourth cat was a little female calico kitten.
Well, now that the cats were taken care of, there was the sheep. There were two Suffolk sheep, a male and a female. They were very calm. The three goats were absolute nightmares. There were two Boer goats, and a pygmy goat. They were all kids. The two llamas were fairly calm, but we had trouble with them, too. There was a black and white male llama, and a brown male llama. The five cows were in terrible condition. There were three Jersy cows, and two Holstein. They were all females that were about two years old. There four little chicks that were sweethearts. One was brown, two were black, and one was yellow. After the animals were settled in, it was time to go to Lacini's house. "Hey Charity, ready to come over?" Lacini asked her. "Yeah, I'm ready," Charity replied. "Great, follow me!" Laci said. Charity went out the door, not knowing what to expect. It wasn't a very far walk to Laci's house at all. Her house was the cozy little white home across the street. "Wow! it's so pretty here," Charity exclaimed.
"Oh, after you're here a while, the beauty erases" stated Laci. Then she opened the door.

[lorraine]

well thats kinda sad that the animals were in that bad of shape but at least charity is doin good!

[Chilly Girl]

*applause*