today my chinese paper had tis compre...i dunno how to read half the words but i can piece up the scattered words to form a picture of what it meant an i found it really meaningful ...going to translate it to english now...hope it will work out well..

A long time ago, in this little town in america, lived this little gal. She lost her father at a young age and she continue to live with her mother and earning a living by selling ornaments. She continued to lead this tough life until the age of 18.

During the christmas that year, her mother gave her 20 bucks to get something for herself as a christmas present. It was a huge sum considering their financial background and the gal took the money and went to get something for herself. As she went to town, she, being ashamed of her family backgrounds and only dare to walked to town through small alleys, avoiding the main road. As she walked to the provision shop, she saw her crush and she wondered who will be his prom for the christmas celebration. Finally she reached the shop and was shocked to see the many glittering head bands and flower pins.

The shop keeper amazed that she had natural caramel hair, blue eyes and a green flower pin would suit her best. As the shop keeper brought the flower pin over, she saw the price and was shocked as it was 16 bucks. As she was trying to refuse the offer, the shop keeper had put it on for her and gave her a mirror. She was shocked to see her beautiful image in the mirror and she immediately bought the flower pin and rushed out of the shop. As she was exiting the shop, she ran into a old lady but she juz said excuse me and continued running off although the old lady was calling to her.

As she ran to the most crowded road in the town, people started staring at her with glares only relflecting shock and amaze. She also overheard ppl whispering that she is beautiful and wondering whose her mum. Then she passed by her crush. The boy was shock to see such a beautiful girl and asked her to his prom for the night. She was extreamly delighted and agreed immediately.

She then decided to go back to the shop to get another thing for 4 bucks but as she entered the shop, the old lady said to her, " Hey little gal, i knew you would come back, u dropped tis pin when u ran into me juz now. "




after reading this story, i felt that it carried lotsa meanings and thus decided to post it here...pls correct me if anythin is wrg wif the passage...enjoy (: