3 early memories

A Story by ClareW

the 3 earliest memories that I remember the clearest

Clare Winkler

Journal 6

Prompt- A memory or a dream

It’s cool but also hot, my aunt holds me her curly red hair tied back proofing out behind her. We are in my great grandmother’s pool. A man scoops me up and throws me into the air. Splash he catches me as I hit the water making me laugh and kick my legs. Into the water I go kicking my legs quickly trying to swim like the grown ups. The warm sun soon becomes too hot for my delicate skin and I have to go inside with mommy to take a nap.

What is that? It keeps making this awful noise and kicking it’s legs. Upon closer inspection I realize it looks just like Klumbus my doll but with less hair and much much louder. I wish it would be quiet. Mommy is kneeling holding the squirming pink lump, she says “Clare, this is your new baby sister Marja” I look up at her confused, you mean we’re keeping it uggggg

So I do the only thing I can think of I slap it

I am wearing my pretty blue dress the one with the flowers made out of the thin material. Mom let’s me dress myself for school now that I am a big girl. I strut onto the playground waiting for my cluster of friends to arrive when a boy from the other class approaches,

“why are you wearing a dress” he asks “you are a boy”

“no I’m not” I reply quickly and politely “ I am a girl”

“you’ve got short hair, so you’ve gotta be a boy”

“no I don’t I am a GIRL” I was starting to get angry

So when he said “no no no you’ve got it all wrong boys have short hair and girls have long hair”

I Tackled him and yelled in his face “ I AM A GIRL”

He got up and ran off, and I went to play with my friends. He never bothered me again