A Sad and Beautiful Day

A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL DAY

Rebecca and Sam woke up early in the morning and they could hear the birds singing in the tree outside there window. The sun was shining so brightly and the day was so warm. They looked out the window and seen such a beautiful day. They hurried and jumped out of bed and got dressed.

Rebecca and Sam ran down the stairs so quickly that they almost tripped over each other, but they managed to make it in one piece. They started to race to the kitchen to get some breakfast but stopped in the living room to find their mom asleep on the couch again. There was a large bottle on the coffee table with only a small amount of liquid left in it. They knew their mom would not be up today.

Sadly they finished walking to the kitchen. Rebecca and Sam got their own breakfast for the fifth day in a row. Another day of cereal with no milk because mom hadn't been to the store yet to buy groceries. They both began to miss their dad so much. He had only been gone for two weeks but they were so afraid that they would never see him again and that there mom didn't love them anymore.

As they finished there breakfast, again they could hear the birds singing and it made them smile. They wanted to go to the park today, but their mom wouldn't be able to take them. They knew she wasn't supposed to go alone but the day was so warm and there mom probably wouldn't wake up anyway. So they went upstairs and brushed their hair and teeth. They grabbed there roller skates and then Rebecca and Sam quietly headed back downstairs. They peeked in on their mom again. Yup, still sound asleep.

Quietly Rebecca and Sam walked to the front door. They carefully turned the handle and opened the door. They turned and peeked at their mom. She hadn't heard Rebecca and Sam. Out the front door they went and quietly closed it. They then sat down on the front steps and put on their roller skates. They tied there shoelaces together and flipped their shoes over their shoulders. Then Rebecca and Sam went skating off toward the park.

When they arrived there were lots of children playing. At first they felt a little scared because their mom wasn't there. They worried that someone would notice and take them home. They sat on a bench under a big Willow Tree and took off their skates. They hid their skates in a nearby bush and then watched the kids play for a while.

While they was intently watching some kids flying a kite high up into the pretty white clouds, a ball rolled over and bumped into Sam. She hadn't seen it and she jumped a little. She picked up the ball and looked around. A boy with a bright red baseball cap was walking toward her and saying something that she couldn't hear over the other nearby children. She thought his hat was funny because he was wearing it backwards. As he got closer, she