On the morning of July 15th 1953, Shirley woke up to the sound of birds chirping and the sun shining through the panes of her glass window. She unwrapped herself from her fluffy purple comforter and jumped out of bed in a jiffy. Throwing off her bland pajamas, she changed into a beautiful purple dress that her mother specially made for her! Shirley felt so proud and elegant wearing that dress. Mother told her that the purple dress was only to be worn on Sundays and if she wore it on any other day she would get a whoopin’. Sundays were not only her favorite day of the week because she got to wear the beautiful dress, but because every Sunday in the summer she got to go to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. After changing, Shirley ran down the old
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Sitting on the silver plate was a farm-fresh egg, two pieces of scrumptious butter toast and two slices of bacon. It was such a treat to be having this meal and Shirley’s mouth would not stop watering. It was right at that moment that Shirley realized a treat like this meant only one thing, mom had something important to tell them. As they finished gobbling up their delicious breakfast, mom broke the big news, their cousins from California were going to be at Grandma and Grandpa’s today. Shirley was so ecstatic because this event only happened once a year. This meant that she got to play with cousin Carol all day and she began planning all the things they would do together. They would go swimming, dance, and eat all the candy and pop they could before the parents would notice. It was the day Shirley had been waiting 364 days to …show more content…
Her family did not have much money at the time, so they were proud of the car they had. Her father started up the old four door and they started down the dusty gravel driveway. After a few minutes, they merged onto highway 71 and they were on their way to grandma and grandpa’s house. Shirley loved this highway because of all the beautiful scenery it had to offer. There were lakes twinkling with the reflection of the sun and trees, oh so green, that stood tall in the distance. After 30 min of driving on the highway, the car took a left turn onto a dirt road that lead to Grandma and Grandpa’s tavern. They continued driving for another 15 minutes before hitting Shirley’s favorite part of the drive, the humongous hill. This was Shirley’s favorite part because she felt as if she was on a rollercoaster and the thrill overwhelmed her each and every time they went up it. At the bottom of the hill stood Lake Beauty. Shirley peered out her window and saw boats, many boats, filled with men catching as many fish as they possibly could. She was amazed each and every time how gigantic the lake was and how so many fish could live in it. They continued driving down an old dirt alleyway and the excitement started to flood in Shirley because at this point she knew grandma and grandpa’s wooden tavern was right around the
Sitting on the silver plate was a farm-fresh egg, two pieces of scrumptious butter toast and two slices of bacon. It was such a treat to be having this meal and Shirley’s mouth would not stop watering. It was right at that moment that Shirley realized a treat like this meant only one thing, mom had something important to tell them. As they finished gobbling up their delicious breakfast, mom broke the big news, their cousins from California were going to be at Grandma and Grandpa’s today. Shirley was so ecstatic because this event only happened once a year. This meant that she got to play with cousin Carol all day and she began planning all the things they would do together. They would go swimming, dance, and eat all the candy and pop they could before the parents would notice. It was the day Shirley had been waiting 364 days to …show more content…
Her family did not have much money at the time, so they were proud of the car they had. Her father started up the old four door and they started down the dusty gravel driveway. After a few minutes, they merged onto highway 71 and they were on their way to grandma and grandpa’s house. Shirley loved this highway because of all the beautiful scenery it had to offer. There were lakes twinkling with the reflection of the sun and trees, oh so green, that stood tall in the distance. After 30 min of driving on the highway, the car took a left turn onto a dirt road that lead to Grandma and Grandpa’s tavern. They continued driving for another 15 minutes before hitting Shirley’s favorite part of the drive, the humongous hill. This was Shirley’s favorite part because she felt as if she was on a rollercoaster and the thrill overwhelmed her each and every time they went up it. At the bottom of the hill stood Lake Beauty. Shirley peered out her window and saw boats, many boats, filled with men catching as many fish as they possibly could. She was amazed each and every time how gigantic the lake was and how so many fish could live in it. They continued driving down an old dirt alleyway and the excitement started to flood in Shirley because at this point she knew grandma and grandpa’s wooden tavern was right around the