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Sunrise Walks
Dec 30th
Posted by Joaquine in short stories
Note: This is my second draft of “Sunrise Walks” and still needs improvement. Two kids go for walks before school begins, what adventures will they encounter?
Sunrise Walks
At 5:30 AM, the alarm clock goes off interrupting the orchestra of snores coming from the beds. The bedroom is dark and cold. The boy gets up and turns off the alarm clock, then looks at the other side of the room where his sister is still in deep sleep. He turns on the light and takes out his school uniform from the closet. He lays it down on the bed, the pants are dark green and also the shirt; the sweater is marine blue with the seal of his school on it. The boy takes a comb and just pretends to comb his hair; he just randomly combs a bit then skips some other parts. He hates mirrors, so he just combs his hair enough to where he feels with his hand that is uniform enough.

At 6:00 AM, he comes back to his room after having a light breakfast and brushing his teeth. He checks if his uniform is clean and without wrinkles, because on Mondays the principal checks that everyone is clean and that the uniform is nice. The boy puts on the uniform and he goes around like crazy looking for his belt, he remembers that the last time he saw the belt it was in the living room couch, he rushes over there but it is not there anymore. He calls out his mother, “Mom, where is my belt?” More >
