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“Sparkling Blue Sapphire”

by

Carmen Calzada (2º ESO)



One lonely Sunday on Namjoon Street, in the garden of the tiniest, most beautiful house, a girl named Lisa Jung Kook was throwing a ball for her two dogs.  She did this while she waited for her mother.    They were going to visit Lisa´s grandmother at the hospital.  Lisa played with her pets to keep from getting more nervous.  Her grandmother was in a coma.

The kitchen door opened, and Lisa looked up.  There was her mother with tears streaming down her face.  Lisa understood that they wouldn´t be going to the hospital after all.  Her grandmother was dead.  Lisa ran into the house and straight to her room to bury her head under her pillow and cry.

Not long after, Lisa´s mother gently opened her door and came in.  She had with her a ring of brilliant sapphire, diamond-encrusted.  Lisa recognized it at once.  It was her grandmother’s ring, but now Lisa’s mother was giving it to her.  Lisa put it on her finger and hugged her mother long.

Later that week, when Lisa got back to school and her normal routine, her friend Ashley was so happy to see her.  They talked about what had happened on Sunday, and Lisa showed her the ring.

“I’m never taking it off,” she said.

“I wouldn’t either,” Ashley replied with tears in her eyes.

Lisa had difficulty that day concentrating on her classes.  In fact, she found it nearly impossible to keep up with anything having to do with schoolwork for the rest of the year.  Everything had changed.  Lisa had changed.  She changed the moment she’d put on the ring.