C(h)arácter Vol 2 May-June 2013 | Page 64

C(H)ARÁCTER FRANCE: COUNTRY OF MY DREAMS CAMILO RODRÍGUEZ Third Grade. His favorite books are: "Harry Potter" by JK Rowling, "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe, "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain, "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S Lewis, "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, "Chocolatoski" by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, "The sons of the glassmaker" by Maria Gripe and "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde. It was a December 24th morning in the year 201 2; in Cincinnati (Ohio). The people were starting to wake up; the city was all decorated with bright and colorful lights. People walked, laughed and sang Christmas songs. There was only one boy who was still sleeping; this boy was named William, and he had a brother called Brian. Brian was a very annoying person. He liked to play bad jokes to everyone. The Christmas morning, Brian got into his brother´s room, he had a bucket of cold water in his hand, he stood closer to his brother´s bed, hearing William snoring “poor William"-he said –"Mom told me he doesn´t like cold showers”. He silently threw the water on the middle of William´s face. “Brian!“Shouted William, while he cleaned his face with his hand-. How dare you! I am going to tell mom, and one day, I hope she is going to believe me”-But Brian shouted louder- “We are going to France!”- William, who was still trying to clean his face started to shout64