Jamie's+folktale

 **//Teddy bears, candy & lies! //**

“The new three story mall just opened today, Mom. Can we go please?” “Well if you clean your room then yes, I guess we can go, Grace.” She runs up the stairs of her two story apartment. As any six year old would do, she throws her toys in her closet and her baby dolls on her bed. Running down the stairs yelling, “Mom I’m ready! Let’s go, let’s go! The new candy store has all my favorites.” They pull in to this huge grand opening of the three story mall. Her little eyes almost pop out of her head, all theses bright signs and banners, everywhere of sales and new things and stores. Mom starts to lay down the rules as they get out of the car. “Now grace you only get one toy so look at all the stores before you buy the one you want, and grace, no candy. We have to go to the dentist on Friday.” “Okay mom I get it, no candy. Let’s go!” Lights gleaming from her eyes with each and every store they walked in, she couldn’t chose just one toy but she remembers what her mom said "only one." In her head she goes over every toy she wanted as they sit down for lunch. She waits for mom to come back with her food from the line, she looks around THE CANDY SPOT! She sees with bright purple and red lettering. She runs right to the door just as she’s about to open it, mom calls her to the table. “Now grace I told you no candy this time maybe after the dentist we can come back.” Grace’s head is spinning how could she ever wait for all those different kinds of candy. She thinks of a plan, well I'll just get mom to walk around a little more, go get me a toy then before we leave she’ll have to use the bathroom. She’ll go to the potty and I'll get candy. Everyone’s happy. So they go back to the teddy bear store and Grace makes her teddy bear for her one toy. This teddy bear took a long time for grace had to put love into making it. She found the cutest little red dress for her teddy too. “Grace, hurry up I have to use the little girl’s room.” Mom says. Graces thinks to herself “right along with the plan, yes.” “Coming mom just one minute.” They go back down stairs and mom tells grace to sit at a table for her to get back. “Okay mom,” as soon as mom was out of sight grace runs to the candy spot gets all the candy she likes and hurries back to where her mom told her to be. Before she got to sit down she forgot what table her mother told her to sit at, so she picks an open table and waits. Mom comes out but sees that grace isn’t at the table she put her at. "Grace, didn’t I tell you not to move?" "Well um yes mom but these people wanted to sit and eat and there was no open table so I gave them ours." "Oh well as long as you didn’t go to that candy store I told you not to." Answering quickly “No way mom I'll wait like you said.” "Okay well let’s get you home for your nap," as they walk back to the car. Back at home now mom tries to get graces teddy bear as she gets out of the car, “NO mom I got it." “Grace are you okay?” “Yea I am mom just tired. I’m going up to my room.” Opening the door to her room grace looks about to see where she can put her candy where no one can find it. In a box under new birthday clothes from the past weekend she finds is the perfect place. The next day she wakes and gets ready for school. “Grace lets go we’re going to be late” calls mom then dad comes up and hits the door “Gracie bear are you awake? We have to go.” Yes dad I got to um brush my teeth I'll be right down. She runs the water then grabs the candy from the box and pushes it down in the bottom of her backpack turns the water off and runs down the stairs. Ready as she walks quickly to the car. "Grace are you feeling okay? It’s like your trying to hide something." Dad asks and "Why would you think that daddy I just really love my bear we got yesterday. Okay well I’m at school see you later love you," as she runs off. She goes right up to her best friend Elizabeth “Elizabeth guess what I got yesterday!" Dieing to hear what she got,” What tell me, tell me!” she almost yells. "Shh," grace says softly "I got candy from the new candy spot and the mall.” “No way Elizabeth says your mom wouldn’t let you have candy. “ I got it when she went to the bathroom and god it’s so good. I’m going to get it for lunch today. “Grace, be careful I don’t want you getting in trouble” Elizabeth says worried. “Lizzy don’t do that I won’t get in trouble I’ll say it’s what mom and dad packed me for lunch.” “I hope it works Grace.” "It will, I know it as they sit down for class time. Lunch time is here." Elizabeth and grace walks to their backpacks and gets their lunch. The teacher Ms Hope five foot three, short brown hair, dark green eyes walks around and makes sure everyone is eating. She gets to Grace and Elizabeth and stops. “Grace, what’s that you’re eating?” " Well my mom packed it for me, it’s my lunch, I guess." "Well I would like it if you went down to the café and got a better lunch. Please?" Her eyes look up almost about to bust out in tears “ okay I will” Later that day as grace walks in the door her mom sees that she’s been crying “ Grace baby what’s wrong? Did you have a bad day? “Mom, I really don’t wish to talk about it. I’m going to my room. Call me when dinner is ready, please." And up the stairs she goes. Not ten minutes later the phone rings, grace stand up “Oh no could that be my teacher” she wondered. "G.R.A.C.E! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT THIS MINUTE!" Her mom yelled like she hasn’t in awhile. Grace’s heart stops. As she slowly comes down the stairs, "yes mom?" she says quietly. “What did you have for lunch today? And don’t you dare lie to me again.” “I had candy mom.” She says knowing she’s about to get it. “And where did you get this candy, grace?” "Mom I got it when you went to the bathroom at the mall yesterday.” "Grace Elizabeth! Now you’re telling me I can’t leave you alone for two minutes without you doing something? Is that it? And when we got home you didn’t want me to get your teddy bear because that’s where the candy was? “ "Yes mom that’s where I put it.” Grace says like her life depends on it. “When your dad came up to your room this morning you were putting that candy in your bag weren’t you?” "Yes mom I was." Grace says, her voice getting quieter with every word. "Grace I’m so disappointed in you I don’t even want to look at you. How could you lie to me? I told you the day after we went to the dentist I would get you what you wanted. You even lied to your dad! You look up to him Grace, and then you lie? I don’t understand. I just don’t understand." Mom goes on talking. "Just go back to your room your dad will deal with this when he gets home." Grace runs up the stairs trying to get away from the trouble she now found herself in. she hears the door and her dads voice getting deeper, you could always tell when dad was getting mad his voice getting deeper and deeper. He walks up the stairs and she heart drops. She hates disappointing her dad, he’s her hero. He walks in and tells her to go outside. He doesn’t yell. He doesn’t spank her. Just to go outside was his request. She came back in to an empty room. “Dad, where is all of my things? Where are my toys?" “Well Grace, you didn’t want to wait for your candy, you just lied and went and got it anyways so since you already got what you really wanted you can wait to get all your things and toys back right? I think that’s the best way to teach you not to lie. Without your toys and fun things you’ll have a lot of time not to lie and wait for good things to come to you."