The Birthday Party
by Holly F.

Once there was a girl named Ada and she couldn’t wait until her eighth birthday party. The party was in two days, and she was like a kid in a candy store. She told her mom that she wanted a puppy, a pony, and a kitten which she would name Princess. She longed for the presents, the joy, and the best part, the ice cream cake. Her birthday was going to be held in her backyard, and four of her friends were going to attend.
        The night before her party when it was time to hit the hay, she didn’t get any sleep (she only got seven hours of it ).  In the morning her mom made her blueberry pancakes that were served with blueberry syrup. When she ate her pancakes she got dressed in her nicest clothes (a pink tank top and a purple lace skirt), then she hurried down stairs to fetch her purple jacket. Then she helped her mom put up streamers, blow up pink, purple, blue, yellow, green, and red balloons, and decorate the whole entire house.
        At two p.m. people started to arrive. Ada was so excited she was over the moon, she ran to the door every time it rang. The first person to arrive was her friend, Chelsey.
        “ Hi! “ Ada squealed, when she saw her friend. “Come in, set your gift on the fireplace, and come play with me in my room.”
        “ Ok! “ Chelsey replied back and hurried off with Ada to her room.
        They played with Ada’s porcelain dolls. Chelsey got the doll with the brown hair like hers and with blue eyes, and Ada got the doll with the light blonde hair like hers and forest green eyes. They had a tea party with their dolls and they also played house with them. Soon enough another person arrived to the party. This time it was Riley and Ella, and they were sisters, and also inseparable. Ella was seven, and Riley was eight. Ada was quick to the trigger and was to the door first. They quickly greeted each other, then everyone went upstairs and continued playing with the dolls. This time she heard the doorbell ring, and everyone ran downstairs like headless chickens to greet the person that had just arrived.
        The person who had arrived was Lynsie. She had light blue eyes that would take your breath away, and golden locks of hair that would sway back and forth whenever she made a move. They all scurried up to Ada’s room and started playing a board game. Ada was very happy everyone there was close to her heart.
        “ I want the blue piece “, Riley said while grabbing it out of Ada’s hands, as if it was up for grabs.
        “ No it’s mine, I’m the birthday girl”, Ada protested taking it back, with a face like thunder.
        Soon all the girls were fighting about who got the blue piece, and soon enough Ada’s mom came up stairs to see who upset the apple cart. When she walked in the room she saw that the same people who were telling Ada have many happy returns, were fighting and wrestling each other for pieces. Of course like any mother she separated the sheep's from the goats and told everyone it was time for cake and ice cream.
        “ I’m not hungry “, Ella said. I guess she decided to  put her foot down because it took a long while to get her to eat.
        “ Okay girls what happened? ”, Ada’s mom asked, once they got to the kitchen, as if it was the sixty-four-thousand dollar question.
        “ It was Riley’s fault “ Ella accused ( just like a bad worker would blame his tools ).
        “ Now let not make a mountain out of a mole hill girls “ Ada’s mom suggested. “ Also you’ve made your bed - you’ll have to lie in it.
        “ But -”
        “ No buts. Now I’m glad we see eye to eye on this girls. “ And with  a blink of an eye  she was gone.
    “ I’m sorry I grabbed the pieces from your hands Ada, “ Riley said, feeling down in the dumps.
    “ It’s O.K., “ Ada said. “ I should have given out the pieces evenly. “
    “ Well I guess that an err is human, to forgive is divine. “ Ella suggested. “ Now we all know that we shouldn’t fight tooth and nail. “