IN THEIR OWN WORDS A STUDENT’S VOICE WOULD I HAVE A TWIN? BY JUDITH JONKERS, GRADE 6
Once, in an unknown part of Mongolia, where a beautiful village lay, a girl named Mia predicted that tonight, a great sand storm would come and wipe out everything. No one would believe her until...
“Come on everyone! Come up and I’ll tell you the future that lies upon all of us!” shouted Mia at the market place. “Gather around!”
“Do you think we should trust this girl?” asked a woman of about 27 years and was quite short for her age to another women of about 30 years of age. She looked a bit taller than the other woman.
“I don’t know, should we?” the other women said.
“I think we should. I mean, she’s only a girl, right?” said a third woman.
“The future that lies before us is evil. My magical ball says that in two years time, a great sandstorm will run across our precious Gobi Village. It will destroy everything we own. This place will then be known as a desert.” Mia announced, in despair.
“Why should we listen to you? You’re just a child and you’re magical ball isn’t real at all. You’re trying to earn money by telling the FAKE future. If we wanted to know the REAL future, we would just go to King Zukuri and ask if we could borrow his fortune teller to tell us the future. Does anyone believe this girl here?” asked Michael in fury. With that, he hit the crystal ball, and it shattered into a million pieces.
”NO!” Mia screamed as it smashed. Everybody laughed. She was so mad and so embarrassed all at the same time.
“Could the day get any worse,” she whispered to herself so no one else could hear her.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! everyone yelled as they fell to the floor be- cause of all the laughter that was created.
“OK. GO ASK THE KING’S FORTUNE TELLER AND ASK HIM FOR THE FUTURE!! YOU WILL SEE THAT HE SAYS THE SAME AS I SAY!!” Mia screamed back at everyone.
Aſter Mia screamed back at all the people, everyone went back to what they were doing before all the nonsense started. But there was one girl who knew that Mia was saying the truth and knew that the storm was coming because her father was the King’s fortune teller, and he always told the future to her. She went up to Mia and said,
“How brave of you to do that. You were right all along because I know that everyone is wondering who the fortune teller’s daughter is. It is me, Ria. You are right because my dad told me. I want to be friends. Is that ok?” Ria, the fortune teller’s daughter said. It was such a shock to Mia to finally find the girl she was looking for. She could answer all her questions. “What would happen if I said yes??” she wondered.
“I would love to be your friend as long as you don’t mind me asking you a ton of questions such as, are you rich? and am I telling the truth? and what’s going to happen tonight? and is he really going to meet me tonight? and is it safe? and... and...” Mia forced out of her in one breath.
“Relax!! I’ll tell you the answer when we get to shelter.” Ria said in reply. They went to Mia’s house. At Mia’s house, Mia’s mom had made some tea and asked Mia who she had brought over this time.
“I brought over my new friend named Ria. She has nearly the same name as I do. Do you know who her parents are?” she asked her mom. Her mom took one look at Ria and gasped.
“What’s wrong, mom? Do you know Ria or something?” Mia asked again. Her mom just stared at Ria and aſter what seemed like a nev- er - ending minute of silence she finally replied. She said, “I do, she is the famous fortune teller’s daughter and she is part of our family darling,” she said in a happy and surprised voice.
“Mom, what’s the matter? Are you saying that she is my sister? That’s impossible! Isn’t it?” Mia asked her mom in shock.
Her mom lied in reply, “Yes, Yes, you’re right. She is not your sister or part of our family. I’m sorry. I was thinking of someone else. Ria, do you have a mom and a dad? Do you have any siblings? Have your parents told you anything that felt ... confusing to you?”
“Mom, STOP!!!!! Why are you questioning Ria so much? Can’t you just mind your own business?! She is my friend and you do not need to know if she’s good enough for me because that’s what you always do and that’s why I have no friends! So please, can you leave us alone?” Mia asked her mum begingly.
“Now, if you would excuse me and let me have some time with my
friend.” She walked off pulling Ria behind her, grabbing a mug of tea. Ria just followed and also grabbed a mug of tea. She shrugged at Mia’s mom.
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