Short Story The Treasure Box - 1522 Words

â€Å"Jerry! C’mon, we need to go to the store,† Jilly shouted. Jerry came rushing down the stairs with his favorite cow toy, Mr. Mootastic. â€Å"How many times did I tell you to get rid of that toy?† Jilly asked. â€Å"It doesn’t bring any good luck with getting the supposed ‘good’ chocolate powder for milk.† â€Å"Yes it does!† Jerry replied. â€Å"Remember that one time when I didn’t bring Mr. Mootastic?† â€Å"Yeah, I do,† Jilly told Jerry â€Å"And it was because the store ran out of the powder.† â€Å"But†¦but†¦but†¦Ã¢â‚¬  â€Å"No ‘buts,’† Jilly said. â€Å"And if you don’t want the toy to be gone, then at least leave it behind. You’re gonna have to grow up.† â€Å"UGH!† Jerry said. He stomped upstairs all the way to his room to put his favorite toy in the treasure box. When he opened†¦show more content†¦The sunlight sho ne brightly down onto the car, and the traffic jam too. It was so hot that most of the cars rolled up their windows and turned on the air conditioner. Jilly thought that she and her brother can easily make it through the traffic, but she was quite wrong. â€Å"How much longer do we have to drive?† Jerry asked while exhausted. â€Å"Can you at least turn on the air conditioner?† â€Å"Listen Jerry, I don’t know,† Jilly replied. â€Å"And no, I told you already that we don’t have the air conditioner. But man, I’m thirsty† â€Å"I’m thirsty too†¦but how about some bottles of water?† â€Å"What?† â€Å"Uh, I had them here in my backpack†¦but now they’re-?† â€Å"*Sigh* This is why I should never trust you to get water.† â€Å"But wait!† Jerry exclaimed. â€Å"I did get water but they transformed into bottles of milk!† He waved the bottles of milk in the air to make his sist er see them in the mirror. She said, â€Å"Yes I see them. You’re trying to convince me that ‘Mr. Mootastic is behind all of this. Let’s turn back now and get him!’† â€Å"But-† â€Å"NO. ‘BUTS, † Jilly shouted. She turned eyes straight to the road again, away from eye contact to Jerry. Jerry sighed and thought to himself. It’s not the fact that I hate my sister, I just don’t think my sister and I don’t belong with each other, Jerry thought. The very least he could do was to stare out of the window and take a look at the barren piece of land that is out there. â€Å"I wonder why there is a small desert out there†¦Ã¢â‚¬  he said outShow MoreRelatedThe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer . __________________. A Book1061 Words   |  5 Pagesexactly an ordinary boy on the moral side. What makes him delightful to the reader is that on the imaginative side he is very much more, and though every boy has wild and fanta stic dreams, this boy cannot rest till he has somehow realized them. 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