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058 creative sparks                   a collection of creative writing by EPTS  059





 THE GIRL


 AND THE CANDLE




  : SUPANAN SUPAVEKIN     : NATTAN  TAWORNSATIT and SISILPA SRISUKSON

 Out in the woods where no sun can   It was not only her grandmother
 get  through,  there  existed  a  small   who she had in her family. There was
 lonely cottage. The place was old and   also her mum. Her mother was not as
 moldy with a straw roof that was falling   nice and kind as her grandmother- she
 apart. But the family had no choice.   thought. But the mum was beautiful;
 They could not afford a better home.  long fair hair, glowing eyes, and pale
 In the cottage was a girl, a poor   white skin. She had been married to one
 little girl. She was sitting on her        of the wealthy men from the far north.
 grandmother’s lap listening to one of   Now they were staying somewhere in
 the tales. She loved her grandmother’s   the city, where there were lights. Since
 stories, every single one of them, from   then, the girl had only seen her mother
 the fairy tale unicorns to the legend of   once in a while. The girl always believed
 the mystery. Some were the ones she   that she was not loved by her mother,
 had heard about many times before, but   but she loved her mother anyway.
 she never got bored of them. Every   As her grandmother was reading
 night before bed, grandma would read   her one of the bedtime stories, some
 to her and put her to sleep. And she   questions popped up in her head.
 knew she loved her grandmother very   “Grandma,  I  miss  mum.  Why
 much.  doesn’t she come home?” asked the
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