Sprinkles is in first grade, and she loves science. She has a sister and brother. She has two pets, a cat named Sprinkles and dog named Winston.
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Mercy. She wanted to go to a different place. She wanted to go to England, where her mom and dad lived. Before she took the plane, Mercy asked her friends if they wanted to go with her. Five of her friends said yes, and five said no. She went to her house and took some pants, t-shirts, sneakers, shorts, winter shoes, and more. When her friends were packing, she thought of all the things she could do in England.
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Mercy. She wanted to go to a different place. She wanted to go to England, where her mom and dad lived. Before she took the plane, Mercy asked her friends if they wanted to go with her. Five of her friends said yes, and five said no. She went to her house and took some pants, t-shirts, sneakers, shorts, winter shoes, and more. When her friends were packing, she thought of all the things she could do in England.
They took their stuff and left to go to the plane. In the meantime, they watched TV and movies. They watched Toy Story, WALL-E, and lots more. When they got there, they went to their house. Mercy went to hers and her friends lived in a different place in the apartment.
Mercy went to the apartment, went to the house, got the keys, and opened the door. She saw her parents. She hugged them. “Long time no see,” said her parents.
They went to sit for lunch (it was lunch in England).
After they ate, they watched a movie.
Mercy said, “I brought my friends, they’re in a different room but in the same apartment!”
Mercy’s dad said, “Why? We want to see only see you.”
Mercy said, “They were not coming to our apartment. They’re just visiting, what’s the problem?” “You can’t make them leave?” asked her dad.
“No,” said Mercy. “I don’t understand, why do you want them to leave?”
Her dad said, “Because I explained: we want to be with you by ourselves.”
“I won’t make them leave, sorry, they’re my friends,” said Mercy.
Mercy told her parents she couldn’t. She left the living room and went to her room. She cried. Her hands were under her forehead, and she felt the teardrops on her soft coat. She sat on the chair. She decided to go to her friends.
She said, “I have to make a plan because I want to sneak without my parents seeing me.”
1. Tiptoe across the room
2. Hide underneath the table and wait until everyone goes
3. Go next to the corner of the room
4. Go next to the door
5. Take a bag, put everything needed inside
6. Make a plan for how to tell friends in the hallway
7. Get ready for the sneak
Mercy remembered what to do. She took a deep breath, reached into her bag, and looked at the first step and she tiptoed across the room. She looked at the next thing. She hid underneath the table and waited for everyone to go. She went to the third step, then she went to the corner of the room and she looked at the fourth step: go next to the door. She went next to the door and the fifth step was to take the bag and put everything that she needed inside. The sixth step was to make a plan for how to tell her friends to go. She took paper out of her bag and she started to write how she’d tell her friends. The seventh step was to get ready to sneak. She took a deep breath and went to her first friend.
She took a deep breath, and knocked on the door. Mercy heard a loud thud after she knocked.
Her friend said, “What’s going on, Mercy? Having fun?”
“Yes,” she said. “But I have something to tell you.”
“Ok, what?” her friend said.
“Let’s go into your house.”
“Ok,” said her friend, not knowing what was wrong. They went. They heard another loud thud. Mercy still did not know what it was.
Isabelle, who was her friend, told her, “Ok, what’s wrong?”
Mercy took a deep reach into her purple bag and started talking. “Hi, Isabelle, my friend. I know this is hard for you, I had a discussion with my parents and they screamed all they could. I told them I can’t make this happen. They told me I had to. I cried in my room so much and I realized this is for the best. I know this is a big translation. I’ll catch you one. I am asking you, please with a cherry on top: can you go back to Spain, please?”
Isabelle asked, “Is there any other way?”
“I’ll go check.” She called her mom. “Hi, Mom.”
“Hi,” her mom said.
“Is there any other way for my friends not to go?”
“I’m sorry,” said her mom. “No, there is no other way. I wish there were.”
“Ok, thanks mom,” said Mercy.
“Bye bye,” said her mom.
Mercy talked to her friend. “I’m so sorry, this is for the best.”
“Is anyone else except me coming back?”
“Everyone,” said Mercy.
Isabelle said, “Can you catch me a flight?”
“Sure,” said Mercy.
“Ok,” said Isabelle.
She went to her other friend. She told her the same thing (“Hi, Rachel, my friend. I know this is hard for you, I had a discussion with my parents and they screamed all they could. I told them I can’t make this happen. They told me I had to. I cried in my room so much and I realized this is for the best. I know this is a big translation. I’ll catch you one. I am asking you, please with a cherry on top: can you go back to Spain, please?”). Rachel said, “Ok.”
And all her friends went back to Spain.
Mercy went to her house. She suddenly realized the door was locked. She tried knocking and she looked under the door. There was a mouse.
Mercy said, “Huh, Mouse, can you help?” She did not expect the mouse to speak.
He said, “Of course, what do you want me to do?”
Mercy said, “Can you go under the door and take the keys from my dad?” But before he answered, she said, “I’ll call him.” She called him but he did not answer. She called her mom. No answers.
“Can you take the keys from my dad and bring them to me?” Mercy asked.
“Sure!” said the mouse. He went under the little crack and went to Mercy’s dad and jumped on him and grabbed the keys and went to Mercy.
The mouse said, “Here they are!”
“Thanks!” said Mercy. She took out a piece of paper and she planned how to sneak. She wrote down this…
She wrote down the same thing when she got out of the house, then she went inside and went to her room silently.
When she went inside, she heard a creak of opening the door. She saw her mom.
Her mom asked, “Where have you been?”
Mercy did not know what to say.
She said, “At a restaurant.” She did not want anyone to know where she had been.
“What did you eat?” her mom asked.
“Macaroni and cheese,” Mercy said.
“Cool! About that, I’m sorry we told you to not be with your friends, you have so many friends you should be with.”
Mercy told her mom to go. She quickly called her friends. “I’m sorry for you going back and forth, back and forth. If any of you want to come back to England, you could come back.”
She was mad at herself.
Mercy called her mom, and told her all about where she was. Her mom was angry she lied.
“Why did you lie? You could have told the truth. I would not be mad at you.”
Mercy said sorry.
“Next time, tell the truth.”
“Ok,” said Mercy.
After a week of being there with her friends, she went back to Spain. She said bye to her mom and dad and went on the plane. She played games, watched movies, and when she got back, she told all her friends how much fun she’d had. She went back to school and told all of the teachers how much fun she’d had. She told the class how much fun she’d had.
And she lived happily ever after. The end.
