The Valentine’s Day Thief
by Faith Morin (age 11)
I just got home from my Nana’s house with a bag full of my class Valentines that had candy in them. Since my school party wasn’t until a week later, I stored everything under my bed in my bedroom. When it was time to go to bed two hours later, I brushed my teeth, got my PJ’s on, and went to sleep. At twelve AM, I saw the unimaginable in the dark!
Someone or something was on the floor, ripping open one of the Valentine’s Day gifts! I jolted out of bed and followed it into another room. Was it one of my dogs? Did a raccoon sneak in when my mom left the back door open? I smelled something, but couldn’t figure out what it was. As I got closer, the smell got stronger and was unpleasant!
Soon I got near enough to see it was one of my family members trying to get the candy! My Nana Sue has a big sweet tooth and will eat anything sweet, like lollipops and gummies! She was the midnight culprit all along!
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Photo: “Valentine candy” by Veronica McDonald. All rights reserved.
