Writing as a homeschooler!

                                                               The Hat

I started out as just some material, now, I’m a beautiful hat.  But not just any hat, I’m what you call a plume hat. I have fanciful flowers, feathers and dainty lace. When I was bought over nine years ago, I never knew how sweaty a women’s head was! It’s not that bad once you get used to it, thankfully!  I loved the days when my woman and I would go to a horse race, or out for a stroll.  But, my favorite time was when we went to the tea parties. I would spend all day talking to tea cups and sugar cubes, trying only to make friends with the sugar cubes at the bottom of the bowl, because the ones at the top would always have a horrible end to their life.  The sugar cubes were always super sweet to me.  I never heard them say a sour word about any one!  Tea cups were always worried about everything.  My woman sat me down next to one, and the poor dear almost screamed!  Then, she started babbling about a crack, a chip or some such nonsense.  After leaving the tea parties, I always felt blue, which doesn't make any sense since I’m purple.  But life goes on.  Autumn was coming up and that meant cooler weather, which meant no more walks or horse track days.  Life would be empty and boring until next spring.  I couldn't help but be sad as my woman put me on the coat rack for, what I knew would be, a very long time.  The only thing that got me through was the thought of spring.  Time slowly went by; month by month I waited, wondering when spring would come again. I would watch the snow fall more and more every day.  When it was not snowing, it was raining.  Oh, how I hated the snow!  But then, as I watched, it seemed to snow less and rain more, then next, more clouds than rain, and at last, more sunshine than clouds.  That’s when I knew spring was coming!   The next day, my woman took me down from the hook, and I got to see the sugar cubes and the tea cups.  Finally, everything was happy again!     Then I heard the greatest news of my life! I would be coming to tea party with my woman every Thursday, even during winter! That’s when I was sure I could get through all those winter days again, because I knew I had all this to look forward to! 

Leeann 8-30-13