"For Saint Patrick's Day this year I want to be the Saint Patrick's Day princess," said Tatyana to her family.
Tatyana was an eighteen year old girl from Virginia. Every year at the town plaza there was a Saint Patrick's Day princess crowned. The town's citizens voted to decide which girl received the honor. Tatyana's two sisters had both been crowned in the past, but never Tatyana. She felt embarrassed and sad about this.
"This year it is going to be me. Nobody can stand in my way!" she told herself. The event would take place on March 31, 2008. So Tatyana walked around the town plaza and asked people to vote for her. Many folks said they would, but how would she know that they meant it?
When the day came to select the Saint Patrick's Day princess, Tatyana found out she was one of three finalists. She stepped onto the platform as the other two girls were cut out of the competition. It was a special moment when the organizers said "Congratulations Tatyana. You are the winner of the Saint Patrick's Day Princess Contest!"
And so that became the best day of her life.
Chloe A. is a 12 year old 6th grader from Yakima Washington. She writes that she has written short stories since she was a little girl of four or five. Chloe has a book of stories she's written and journals as well. She journals in her diary every day and is always writing a story. Right now Chloe is working on a story and so far it is 500 pages!
© 2008 Chloe A. Original for CCF (Chloe A. grants CCF first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).
* CCF does not publish students' last names on the work they submit for publication.
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