Micki's+Folktale

__ Folktale __ Micki McIntyre There were 2 girls named Laleh and Kelli who lived in the “ATL” that had been best friends since Elementary school. Laleh was a hard worker who made straight A’s every year she was in school, and Kelli was very smart also. She had the potential to make straight A’s, but she became lazy at times and didn’t do her work. They hung out every day ever since they became best friends and never got tired of each other. Laleh and Kelli are hanging out at Laleh’s house when Laleh surprises Kelli about her new job. She tells Kelli, “I’ve found the best job that I could ever be hired for and they hired me!” Kelli replies, “What is it? How much are you making?!” Laleh answers, “It’s about time you asked! My boss rewarded me $500,000 just for accepting the job! I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy in my life.” Kelli starts screaming and jumping around in joy seeming even happier than Laleh. They hug each other for about 3 minutes when Laleh says, “So are we going to hug for an hour or are we going to celebrate? I say we go on a shopping spree. I’ll pay for everything.” Kelli goes almost as wild as she did when she was surprised by the announcement Laleh had made to her. They get on the bus to go to the mall and both of them seem to have a permanent smile tattooed on their face. They arrive at the mall and buy everything they wanted plus a little more and leave the mall with their arms covered all the way to the shoulder with shopping bags. Although, it was obvious that they would be in pain carrying all of that weight, they still had that smile from ear to ear on their face. When Laleh and Kelli finally arrive back to Laleh’s house to unload all of the clothes, shoes, and accessories that Laleh bought, they flop onto the couch and just stare at the ceiling. It was evident that they were living their dreams, or at least they thought. Laleh jumps up and says, “You have been my best friend ever since I can remember. I can trust you with anything and to prove it to you; I’m going to show you where I hide my money. Follow me.” Kelli has no objection to this preposition made by Laleh and follows her. Laleh goes in her closet and opens up a secret compartment in her wall revealing all of the money that she received for accepting the job and says, “Tadaaaaa!” Kelli’s jaw drops in astonishment because she had never seen that much cash in her life. Laleh says, “I have to go to the bathroom soooo bad! I’ll be right back.” When Laleh walks out of the room, Kelli waits to hear the bathroom door shut. She heard it and goes into the money stash and takes $100,000 and stuffs it in her purse while waiting for Laleh in the living room. Laleh comes out of the bathroom with a look of relieve on her face and sits on the couch next to Kelli. Kelli says, “I have to go. Mom just called and said I need to be home and that it is an emergency.” Laleh can sense the anxiety in Kelli’s voice but puts her worries aside even though the situation is very peculiar. When Kelli leaves, Laleh can’t seem to get the thought out of her mind how weird it was for Kelli to leave early, so she goes and checks her money stash. She looks in amazement when she finds $100,000 missing. She can’t even fathom what her eyes have fallen upon. Laleh goes into a craze and gets her 9 mm. to go look for Kelli. After looking at many different places, Laleh goes to a car dealership and sees Kelli about to buy a brand new 2010 Camaro. Laleh goes crazy at the sight of it and shoots at Kelli 5 times but misses each time because Kelli ducks behind a big truck. Laleh in fright of being caught runs home and stays there to dodge the police. Kelli begins to feel horrible about stealing some of Laleh’s money and comes to the conclusion to call her and try to make up. When Kelli calls, Laleh simply answers saying, “What do you want? More of my money?” Kelli tries to apologize but Laleh just hangs up on her. Kelli could not let their life-long friendship end this way, so she decides to pay a visit to Laleh. When Kelli arrives at Laleh’s she knocks on the door and Laleh surprisingly answers. Kelli says, “Look, just listen to me please. I know what I did was absolutely HORRIBLE, but I have taken a loan out of the bank and here is all of the money that I stole from you. I don’t want this to end our friendship, Laleh. We have been friends since Elementary school! I know I lost your trust, but I am willing to do anything to earn it back.” Laleh says, “That really meant a lot Kelli. You are my one and only best friend and as any Christian would do, I forgive you. You did lose my trust, but you can definitely earn it back. I love you!” Kelli jumps in excitement, almost as happy as she was when she first heard Laleh had accepted the job and says, “Thank you so much! I love you too! Promise to be best friends forever no matter what?” Laleh answers, “Of course.” Then, they both hugged each other for what seemed like 10 minutes. A few months later, they were still hanging out everyday and were keeping their promise. Kelli even moved in with Laleh and found a nice job so she could help pay for the household needs. They decided to make a mutual decision that everything that Laleh owned, Kelli owned and everything Kelli owned, Laleh owned so that it would be impossible to ever steal from each other again, even though they knew neither one of them would ever do such a thing ever again. They both learned some lessons the hard way. More money, more problems and stealing never pays in the end. They both kept their promise and remained best friends forever.