This story was written by my daughter. On her own initiative she decided to make her writing project for her 6th grade Language Arts a story about adoption.
She graciously agreed to allow me to post it on fvbf (Faith View by Faye) to help bring awareness to the need for adoptive parents.
The story of our adoption of her will be part of the overall focus of National Adoption Awareness Month during November 2012.
…FROM CHAPTER 3
When she picked it up she noticed it had pencil sized holes on the lid. Could they be air holes? Bella was confused. She carefully untied the ribbon, lifted the lid and…
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CHAPTER 4
…a KITTEN!
“Awww…it’s just so adorable!” Bella squealed. The kitten hopped out of the box and Bella could see it was a calico kitten. Its ears were a light shade of orange, her nose was pink and twitchy, her eyes big and green. Its paws were white and as was the underside of her body but the rest of her was varying shades of tan, and near orange. The very tip of its tail was white too.
Bella thought the kitten looked like it was smiling. “I’ll name you Butterscotch!” Bella exclaimed. “I think it is a perfect name for a calico kitten.”
Her new parents came into her room and asked, “Well? Do you like her?”
“Oh yes! Thank you! I named her Butterscotch!”
“What a lovely name you’ve given your kitten Bella.” Bella’s mother, whose name was Sondra, said.
Bella looked up at her new parents and spoke her thoughts aloud. “What should I name you?”
“You could call me Jason.” Her new dad said.
“And I guess you can call me Sondra,” said her new mom, “We will work it out.”
“No, I think I will call you Mama and Daddy.” Bella said, petting Butterscotch who was nestled in her lap. “I think Butterscotch is hungry, and so am I, may I give her half of my ham sandwich and some warm milk?”
“Of course,” her Dad said, “but we did buy Butterscotch some special kitten food.”
“Okay,” Bella answered. “Which way to the kitchen?” Her laughter rang out as Butterscotch gave her sandpapery kisses.
Three years later and Bella was seven years old now. Butterscotch had given birth to one perfect kitten, that looked just like her mom, but Butterscotch died soon after. Bella kept the new kitten and named her Buttercup. She and her parents buried Butterscotch in the backyard the next day and had a funeral.
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