“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.