Sunday, January 9, 2011

Wishing Star

Everybody wants’ to be famous, right? Well that’s what Anna thought went she wished upon a star.
“I wish I was the only famous person in the world and, and, and everyone would adore me! Please, please, please!” sitting right on the edge of her bed, little Anna gazes up at the stars and tries to find the brightest one. Suddenly her search is disturbed by a knock on the door.
A sweet, humming voice came from behind the door. “Anna, darling, come and eat your dinner.”
“I’m coming sis.” Anna jumped off of her bed and walked towards her door. A few steps away from the door, she helled still and turned around. Taking a last glimpse at the star, she then turns around and walks out the door. She slowly drags her feet down the long staircase.
Impatiently her sister shouts at her “Come on we don’t have all night!” Anna gives a cold and angry look then walks even slower to the dining table. “You know, Anna, you are a real brat!” her sister says in an angry voice. All of a sudden, they start calling each other names. “You two stop your fighting now! Anna, come sit here. Isabella please be more patient with your sister next time!” the person with the most control in the house, silences them, Mom.
Isabella takes out her iPod and puts the earphones in her ear. Not able to hear a single word, she dishes up for her. Dad looks at her and then looks at Mom. Mom shakes her head and then puts the spoon back into the bowl with an attitude. Anna looks down and then starts to eat. Nobody speaks a word, and all they can hear is Isabella’s music. After Dad swallowed his bite of chicken, he looks at Anna and says “So what did you learn at school today?” Anna looks very excited to tell them all about her great day.
“Well, if you want to hear. The teacher red us a story, it was called “wishing” and it was about a girl that wished on a star. And guess what it came true! Then we had a nap time. Ally and I played outside with a group of other kids. We made up a few games. It was kind of fun. The most fun was “arts & crafts”. We made noodle art and I made Mommy a noodle arm bracelet” Dad looked very impressed. Anna took a deep breath and wanted to go on. Then Isabella stood up and said she is not washing anything.
Mom looked at het threw pierced eyes and then stood up and walked into the kitchen. “Sorry pumpkin, maybe next time you can tell me all about it ok?” Anna looked very disappointed. She stood up, took her board to her mother and offered to help. Her mother gave a small smile and then shook her head while drying one plate. Anna thanked her mother for the food and then ran up to her room. She opened the door and ran straight to the cupboard and grabbed out her pyjamas. She then ran out of her room and headed for the bathroom. When she turned into the bathroom, she accidently bumped into her sister.
“Watch where you’re going! You are such a pain!” She started shouting at her. Little Anna was not afraid to stand up to her sister so she shouted back. “I am a pain? Well then you are more than a pain! You know what, I wish u where never born!” Anna then turned into the bathroom and slammed the door in her sister’s face. Isabella gave a gasp and walked with an attitude into her room and slammed the door. She put her music on loud and fell on her bed.
Anna felt really bad about what she said. She brushed her teeth and then put on her pink and yellow pyjamas. She walked out of the bathroom while looking down. Walking towards her sister’s room, she starts walking slower. A few steps from her sister’s room, she stops and looks at the door. “Why should I apologise? I did nothing wrong. She started it! She is the one who should be sorry!” she thought. She then turned around with anger and stormed into her room and slammed the door behind her. Anna went and sat on her bed and watched the door.
After a while, she turned around and looked out her window at the bright star. Dark clouds started blocking her view and all of a sudden it started to rain. Thunder and lightning hitting on all sides of the house! She jumped under her bed and held her teddy as tight as she could. She was close to tears but tried to be brave. Soon she noticed that it is only a sound that comes when it rains. She slowly climbed out from under her bed.
She held on tightly to her teddy and watched from left to right walking towards a purple cupboard. Inside was a little, pink TV. When she wanted to switch on the TV, it didn’t work. She went to the plug in the wall, and switched it on. Anna didn’t know that the sealing was leaking onto the plug. She thought there was something wrong with it and wanted to pull it out. The moment she grabbed it, the electricity shocked her and threw her on the floor. She was unconscious.
Anna woke up staring at the sealing. It was just a few minutes past midnight. “This must be like one of those stories where I wake up and my wish came true! Oh thank you star! Thank you!” Anna stood up and ran towards her door. She wanted to go and tell her Mom and Dad. As fast as she could, she ran downstairs to her Mother’s room. She wanted to demand them all to do things she wanted. “Dad wake up! I want a cup of hot chocolate now.” Dad stood up and walked to Anna. He picked her up and said “Ok sweetie. Do you want marshmallows with that?” “Oh yes please Daddy!” Dad walked downstairs with Anna in his arms.
In the kitchen, he takes the hot chocolate powder out of the cupboard and then puts Anna on the table. He makes two cups of steaming hot chocolate. One for him and one with marshmallows on top for Anna. Dad came and sat down next to her on a chair. “So, why are you up so late?” Anna looked at her dad and told him that she is the only famous person in the world. Then he smiled and looked at her. “Well famous people also have to sleep so after this cup of hot chocolate, you are straight off to bed.” Anna smiled and nodded. She quickly slurped up the last few sips of her hot chocolate and ran off to her room. Halfway up the staircase, she turned around and looked at her Dad. “Thank you Daddy. You’re the best!” she then turned around and ran further.
When she came in her room, she felt so excited that she couldn’t sleep. Next to her bed, was a little drawer. She pulled it open and inside was her favourite little dolls. She could occupy herself for hours playing the day away. After a while, her Dad came in and told her to go to sleep. “Rock stars don’t have to sleep!” she said in a deep voice. Her Dad smiled and said “If rock stars don’t sleep, they can’t perform an act because they’re too tired. So you better get enough rest to go on stage tomorrow.”
When Anna’s Dad walked out of the room, he looked very tired. He walked to his room, and Anna knew he was going to talk to Mom and she also wanted to hear. She followed him and when he closed the door, she sat with ears pierced behind them. When she heard what they where talking about, she was nearly in tears! She ran back to her room and fell on her bed busy crying.
“How could my dream not come true? It happens in all of the stories.” Anna wiped off the tears on her face. ‘Well if the y say they’re going to play along with it then why can’t I?” Her dream didn’t come true and her parents knew she was going to be disappointed.
The next morning at breakfast, she demanded pancakes. She was acting like royalty. Her father bought her a guitar and microphone. She practiced day and night to play the instrument but did not make progress. Her Dad took her for lessons and all her hard work paid off. After a while her sister got jealous and also wanted an instrument and lessons for it. Anna’s poor father didn’t have money for both of them but wanted to give his daughters nothing but the best. He went to the bank and loaned money from them.
A month came and went and Isabella didn’t learn a thing. She kept on skipping her piano classes and didn’t pay attention in the ones she had. The family was broke, but he didn’t want to tell the kids and upset them. Without him knowing, Anna made arrangement for her to perform in a show at the restaurant. The next morning she asked her Dad to drop her off at the library because she had a project for school. When he left, she quickly ran across the street to go perform there.
When she saw the owner, she asked him how much she will make an hour. He turned to her and smiled. “You will be making almost one hundred dollars per show!” Anna’s eyes started to brighten up. She was aiming for twenty dollars per hour. This was unbelievable to her. She ran on the stage and started to play and sing with all her heart! Almost three hours went by and after that she was tired and not in the mood to play another song. She went off of the stage and walked directly to the manager’s office.
With glowing eyes she looked at him and asked her for her money. He turned around and looked at her. “Did I say you can stop playing?” her smile turned into a frown. “Well, no sir, but I got tired and thought it was enough playing for today. I promise I will come back tomorrow.”
He suddenly got an evil smile on his face. “Oh, I know you will be back, because you’re not going home!” he gave an evil laugh and then a whistle followed. A man in a black suit came in at the door with a cage. He threw the cage over Anna and locked it. She shouted and banged on the cage. Nobody came to help. ‘Now you will perform every night!” he gave another evil laugh and spinned around in his chair. She was close to tears, but tried to look brave.
He snapped his fingers and the man in the black suit picked up the cage. Anna didn’t know where they were going but she was very scared. He took her into a beautiful pink room with frilly sheets and curtains. The windows had bars on them so she couldn’t get out. There was a pink drawer with dolls and another with clothes. The most beautiful and stylish clothes she had ever seen. For a moment it felt like a piece of heaven in a jail. She looked at the man with a very surprised face. She was too scared to ask him anything but had so many questions.
The man opened the cage and Anna cam leaping out. She held on to the pole with all her might. The man bowed and asked if she needs anything. She shouted at him and threw him with a pillow. He turned around and closed the door behind him. She sat up straight and looked around her. The room was filled with teddies and pink frilly stuff. It was as if they knew she was coming. Then a thought crossed her mind. “I wonder if my Mom and Dad are looking for me. Isabella is probably happy that I’m gone!” Anna started looking for a way to get out. The windows couldn’t open. The door was locked and there was only a little mail slot at the bottom of the door. The mail slot was big enough for them to give her food for her. For the first day it was kind of fun. She got three meals a day and a box of cookies to eat. Whatever she asked for, she got. Toys, sweets, clothes, sheets, anything at all. This was the live she deserved. After a week she got a little worried about her parents. She was then reminded by the manager that she doesn’t need them. She was convinced that she doesn’t need them in her live.
About two months have gone by and Anna was just getting used to it all. One day the man in a black suit came back and told her she was going on a world tour. She was very happy but was also scared. The days got longer and more boring every day. She was living the life of a rock star now. Anna started to miss her family.
Her tour was going to be almost three years. That was too long for Anna. Every night she wished on the star to go back home. She even tried different stars, but nothing worked. She was getting tired of living in hotels. When they came in a small land just a few kilometres away from her home, she decided to make a plan to get away. While she was performing, the manager would sit and count his money. She knew he would be busy after an hour. That is when she did it. . .
To Be Continued