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Comment from Teri7
This is a very interesting and very well written story about you and the little girl that had the pretty doll but wouldn't share. Maybe her parents should have taught her about sharing. You used very good descriptive words and awesome imagery that goes well with your words. Best wishes in the contest. love and blessings, Teri
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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This is a very interesting and very well written story about you and the little girl that had the pretty doll but wouldn't share. Maybe her parents should have taught her about sharing. You used very good descriptive words and awesome imagery that goes well with your words. Best wishes in the contest. love and blessings, Teri
Comment Written 10-May-2024
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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Thank you Teri. I did have and some regrets, but I don't think I told me parents what I had done deliberately. I thought about how I would have felt if I'd lost my new doll.
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This is a well-told tale of a child with motivation, even if it is rather cruel. Fortunately, you did realize denying your cousin her doll was a bit selfish and conniving. Had the same thing happened to you, you might have been less willing to commit the crime.
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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This is a well-told tale of a child with motivation, even if it is rather cruel. Fortunately, you did realize denying your cousin her doll was a bit selfish and conniving. Had the same thing happened to you, you might have been less willing to commit the crime.
Comment Written 09-May-2024
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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Thank you Carol. I got some satifaction out of it at the time but I regretted it later.
Beth
Comment from Wendy G
A very honest story, and I am sure I did worse things as a child. It's humbling to think of what evil is really inside us, envy, jealousy, deviousness. And how thankful we can be for God's forgiveness. Best wishes for your book.
Wendy
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A very honest story, and I am sure I did worse things as a child. It's humbling to think of what evil is really inside us, envy, jealousy, deviousness. And how thankful we can be for God's forgiveness. Best wishes for your book.
Wendy
Comment Written 08-May-2024
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
Oh dear, this was a sneaky thing to do and although it seemed innocent at the time when we see the results of our actions we feel that stabbing pain of quilt for a long time afterwards. And even today you remember what you did. Thank you for sharing this honest story Beth, love Dolly x
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Oh dear, this was a sneaky thing to do and although it seemed innocent at the time when we see the results of our actions we feel that stabbing pain of quilt for a long time afterwards. And even today you remember what you did. Thank you for sharing this honest story Beth, love Dolly x
Comment Written 08-May-2024
Comment from karenina
What an extraordinary memory you have! I marvel at the weight of "sins" we carry from childhood into adulthood!
We tend to judge our actions from our adult perspective... and we must not...
We learn right and wrong along the way.
That shame you felt taught you something...
You weren't doing a "bad" thing...you were doing a child's thing.
That lesson served you well ever since!
Karenina
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What an extraordinary memory you have! I marvel at the weight of "sins" we carry from childhood into adulthood!
We tend to judge our actions from our adult perspective... and we must not...
We learn right and wrong along the way.
That shame you felt taught you something...
You weren't doing a "bad" thing...you were doing a child's thing.
That lesson served you well ever since!
Karenina
Comment Written 08-May-2024
Comment from davisr (Rhonda)
Hi Beth,
This is the first time I've read/reviewed this story. It fits in nicely with your other chapters and explains your references to it. You were a sneaky little girl, weren't you, lol. I think my little Kylie would really relate to you. She has a sense of humor, adventure and downright sneakiness, lol. You give me hope she'll grow out of it. She's also, sort of, and only child, and, like you, she's around lots of older people. We've started putting her in daycare to give her friends.
Thanks for reposting,
Rhonda
reply by the author on 16-May-2024
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Hi Beth,
This is the first time I've read/reviewed this story. It fits in nicely with your other chapters and explains your references to it. You were a sneaky little girl, weren't you, lol. I think my little Kylie would really relate to you. She has a sense of humor, adventure and downright sneakiness, lol. You give me hope she'll grow out of it. She's also, sort of, and only child, and, like you, she's around lots of older people. We've started putting her in daycare to give her friends.
Thanks for reposting,
Rhonda
Comment Written 07-May-2024
reply by the author on 16-May-2024
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Thank you again. This one shows me to me a bit more devious and not nice to people I thought weren't treating me right.
Beth
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I think you were a self assured kid with lots of spunk.
Comment from patcelaw
What if we do all kinds of things like this and it's not something that you need to be ashamed of it's something that happens with all the children. When I was about your age just when my twin brother and I burned the barn down. And I was blamed for it, even though it wasn't me that got the matches. It was my twin brother. But I still love my twin brother and better than any other kids in the family.
reply by the author on 08-May-2024
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What if we do all kinds of things like this and it's not something that you need to be ashamed of it's something that happens with all the children. When I was about your age just when my twin brother and I burned the barn down. And I was blamed for it, even though it wasn't me that got the matches. It was my twin brother. But I still love my twin brother and better than any other kids in the family.
Comment Written 07-May-2024
reply by the author on 08-May-2024
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Thank you Patricia. I'm like the hear the whole story about the barn burning. I did't realized you had a twin brother. Thanks for reviewing my story.
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The story of that fire was in the first chapter of my book called. She did right now she does WRITE.
Comment from Jim Wile
Great story, Beth, about an important lesson learned. I can understand your frustration and your way of dealing with it, but your conscience told you it was wrong. And you learned from it, albeit slowly. Some people never do and tendencies become lifelong.
When I was in first or second grade, the teacher was going to give us a spelling test, and I got the bright idea of copying the words down inside my desk. I didn't know what cheating was, but just thought that was a pretty clever idea. However, the teacher caught me looking inside the desk during the desk and came around to inspect. My body was glued to that desk so she couldn't peer in. She said, "Oh well, there's nothing there."
She knew that I was a good kid, and she decided correctly that I would have figured out what I did was wrong. Which I did, and never cheated again. She was a wise teacher and handled it well.
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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Great story, Beth, about an important lesson learned. I can understand your frustration and your way of dealing with it, but your conscience told you it was wrong. And you learned from it, albeit slowly. Some people never do and tendencies become lifelong.
When I was in first or second grade, the teacher was going to give us a spelling test, and I got the bright idea of copying the words down inside my desk. I didn't know what cheating was, but just thought that was a pretty clever idea. However, the teacher caught me looking inside the desk during the desk and came around to inspect. My body was glued to that desk so she couldn't peer in. She said, "Oh well, there's nothing there."
She knew that I was a good kid, and she decided correctly that I would have figured out what I did was wrong. Which I did, and never cheated again. She was a wise teacher and handled it well.
Comment Written 07-May-2024
reply by the author on 10-May-2024
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Thank you Jim. Yes, kids make mistakes and hopefully learn from this. I appreciate the review and I'm glad you shared your experience with me.
Beth
Comment from jim vecchio
Thank you for reposting this. "Devious" no longer applies to you. It has been replaced by "talented." I know how you felt. i lost a good boyhood friend once by hiding his bike. We all make such misatkes and, hopefully, we profit by them.
reply by the author on 08-May-2024
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Thank you for reposting this. "Devious" no longer applies to you. It has been replaced by "talented." I know how you felt. i lost a good boyhood friend once by hiding his bike. We all make such misatkes and, hopefully, we profit by them.
Comment Written 07-May-2024
reply by the author on 08-May-2024
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Thank you Jim, It just fit in this spot although it was written two years ago. I 'm glad you read it. I appreciate your comments.
Beth
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
Such a bright child with craft and cunning! I never think that's altogether a bad thing, especially if you can later learn from your actions and recognise a need to be more caring and less devious. Your story, as ever, hooks me in with a great opening sentence/paragraph and then develops into an irresistible account of childhood urges and emotions. Well done and good luck, Debbie
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reply by the author on 15-May-2024
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Such a bright child with craft and cunning! I never think that's altogether a bad thing, especially if you can later learn from your actions and recognise a need to be more caring and less devious. Your story, as ever, hooks me in with a great opening sentence/paragraph and then develops into an irresistible account of childhood urges and emotions. Well done and good luck, Debbie
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Comment Written 07-May-2024
reply by the author on 15-May-2024
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Thank you Debbie. I wasn't too proud of my what I did making that girl lose her new doll. I sure she didn't realize I did it to her deliberately but I felt bad about it after she cried.
Beth
