She Touched the Little Box in Her Pocket and Smiled

She touched the little en subjectwood in her pocket and smiled Anne was playacting all by her self as usual. Nobody bothered to play with her, for she was poor, so no unity knew ab out(p) her imaginative personality. Anne was used to it. she was roaming around the domesticate alone, when she caught the sight of something shining. She ran to it-it was a little golden box with some carvings on it. She picked it up, trying to imagine what there was inside.. an alien? Maybe some silver or chocolates?Or better still a tiny alien which would grow and grow and deject to eat people Anne put the box into her pocket. She decided to keep her little secret to herself to open the school afterschool. after a boring history lesson, the final bell rang. Anne rushed home and locked herself in her rom. She took out the box. She was afraid to open it ,though. What if it had a bomb in it? She finally summoned all her courage to open it when she was ghastly b a soft knock on her door. It was her m other. Anne please come and lay the table for tea, because Im tired and my head feels hot, she said Anne groaned and thought it would not make a difference if she did not do it. They did not have enough to buy food, anyway, so it was just biscuits and tea. She was impatient to open her box. tho she went lot and laid the table, and waited for her father, a poor tailor, to come back home. When he came, he sat down immediately, exhausted from walking. He opened his newspaper and began sipping his tea. A jewelry case, belonging to Mr. mason, containing a diamond ring, was muzzy on her way home. Whoever returns it will get a reward, he read aloud Anne opened the box that night. The next day, Anne went to school skipping. Her class had to write essays. She chose the topic if I were a millionaire to write on. The other children laughed at it. you? A millionaire? they asked She touched the little box I her pocket and smiled. It was Mr. Masons jewelry case with the ring inside