Assignment #6 A beautiful smile
星期日 六月 22, 2008 8:01 am
A Beautiful Smile
Childhood
She wonders if her front teeth don’t look nice. She seldom smiles. Boys never pick flowers for her. She believes it is because of her teeth. She really believes so.
Teenage
Now she is 14. Boys stop chasing her; they stare at her whenever she passes by. She is worried. She wonders if she looks stupid.
One day, she talks with her girl friends. They laugh and reply, Look at you, your body tells. What? She turns to a mirror and sees a different her.
Night falls, a nude her arises; she watches her reddish lips, small yet firm breasts . . . She covers her eyes.
First Love
She turns 18. At her friend’s party, many of her friends already hang out like couples, yet not her, so she retreats to a corner. Outside it is raining and the raindrops falling on windows sound like music. She taps on the window to amuse herself quietly. She doesn’t believe in a wish star any more. Neither tonight. But tonight is so different, tonight there is a stranger silently watching her. His deep and soft eyes sparkle like blue stars. Blue stars . . . She suddenly feels dazzling. She returns him a shy smile, a smile slowly blooms . . . For years, she remembers his first words, you really have a beautiful smile . . .
Wedding
It is her day, finally! All of her family and friends are happy - Her long love journey soon will be closed with a ring. She smiles to everyone, but secretly misses those blue stars. Many come to her and make their toast with their wine, she smiles and turn to her newly-wedded hubby, he drinks a lot. It is his day too.
First Child
Holding her child’s soft body, she believes she is the luckiest person in the world. She cannot help kissing her baby hundreds of time a day. At night, she starts to smile and laugh a lot in her dreams. Her baby becomes the whole life of her.
Dental braces
She sees her daught an image of herself, yet more attractive and more pretty. She makes sure her daughter’s teeth nicely braced, fearing that she too miss her wish stars.
Chaos
Layoffs, housework, quarrels, worries, loneliness . . . She needs a therapist but she still keep smiling.
Graduation ceremony
It is her daughter’s day, she smiles. Witnessing her high school graduation ceremony, she is proud of her. Her daughter waves to her, she waves back.
Watching her big and bright smile, she smiles too, Sweetie, Life is a long journey; it just starts. But at lease, you truly have a beautiful smile . . . She feels relieved.