Christmas is round the corner. My elder sisters are racking their brains for the perfect present for their boyfriends at high school. There have beens fights between them at home as usual.



Like them, I do not know what I should get for my good friend, Leslie. Having been her friend for quite some time, I know that she is not one, who expects something expensive. However, I strongly feel the need to give her a present as much as how I feel the need to eat when I am famished. After stealing paper and crayons from school, I tried to make a book of drawings for her. At the end of the day, all the pieces of paper with my uncompleted drawings on it were deemed by me of poor quality and not good enough to satisfy. Thus, they landed into the stove for burning up as I tossed them inside.



Oh dear. Christmas is nearing. But I have not gotten anything for Leslie. Furthermore, May Belle has her eyes set on a Barbie doll. I understand that she feels left out whenever Leslie is around but I cannot possibly entertain her all the time. I know that May Belle needs something special and so, I promised to get her what she wants. This is a way of making up to her.



I thought of getting her a tiny Japanese television set. No matter how hard I thought, I simply cannot figure out why Leslie's family decided not to buy a television despite being able to afford it. If she had one at home, our classmates in schools will stop teasing her about not having a television. But I cannot afford it.



Finally, I decided to get her a dog today. It all began when I saw a sign, which read, "Puppies Free" while sitting in the school bus. The dog is brown and black and has greatbrown eyes. After I had stolen a ribbon from Brenda's drawer, I tied it around the dog's neck and dashed to the creek bed. When Leslie saw my present, her eyes shone with delightment. I am so glad that she likes my present.