Reference #2
When my brother took me to school, I crouched by a tree branch to peek at everything. I tried to look at the familiar scenes: the mandarin boxes painted on bricks, the bulletin boards, … to imprint them in my mind, maybe I won’t be able to see them anymore. The more I look, the more I choke, I burst into sobs. Suddenly, Miss Tam called my name, startling me. I entered the class to say goodbye to Ms. Tam, friends. I sobbed and couldn’t finish my words. She hugged me and said:
– You know it. She loves you so much!
Then she turned back to the class:
– Thuy’s parents divorced. Thuy had to leave our class, followed her mother to her mother’s hometown.
Surprised “ohs” were heard. The whole class was shocked. The close friends who have been holding each other’s shoulders every day for the past few years are sobbing, they left their seats to hold my hand, I was very touched.
Miss Tam removed my hand, walked over to the podium and took a pen and a beautiful gold-cap fountain pen, gave it to me and said:
– She gave it to me. Going to the new school, I try to study again.
Although I really wanted to accept it, I quickly put it on the table, I didn’t dare to accept it. I say:
Ma’am, I can’t accept… I can’t go to school anymore.
She was taken aback and asked me:
– What’s up?
– My grandmother’s house is far from the school. Mom said she would buy me a basket of fruit to go to the market to sell – I replied.
The teacher turned pale and burst into tears. The friends also cried each time louder. I want to hug you and your friends all day, I don’t want to leave them. But I was afraid of affecting the class, so I sobbed goodbye to everyone.
Then my brother took me out of the classroom. I felt my heart hurt, it was unbelievable. I secretly wish this was a dream…
Reference #1
My name is Thuy, a girl who grew up in a well-to-do family. I have an older brother who loves me very much, and I adore him too. His name is Thanh.
Since childhood, Thanh and I have always loved and been by each other’s side. Every afternoon we go to school together. Whenever I study, there is something I don’t understand, my brother is always ready to answer. Once my brother went to play football and broke his shirt, so he didn’t dare to go home, so I brought a needle to the football field to patch his shirt. Everyone around me complimented my brothers and sisters for always taking care of each other.
However, one day bad news came to my family. Mom and Dad decided not to live together anymore. So I will have to go back to my hometown with my mother, away from my father and brother. After knowing the news, I cried every night so furiously that both my eyes were swollen. At no point did I stop praying that it was just a dream. But then time went by and there was no sign of me waking up.
Then, one morning, my mother told me and my brother to separate the toys. Our toys are not much. And we don’t want to split up for anything. Because at that time, my brother and I were drowning in the pain of separation. Then, my brother decided to leave all the toys to me. I am touched and love him very much. But I suddenly realized that I couldn’t do that, because without the Bodyguard, he would have nightmares again. But it’s also impossible to separate the Bodyguard and Little Sister, that would be very pitiful. The more I thought about it, the more things came to a standstill.
Meanwhile, Mr. Thanh decided to take me to the school to say goodbye. On the way to school, seeing familiar scenes made my heart ache. I have never seen this road so short, because I never thought I would not be able to return to this place again. Going to school, looking around the schoolyard, the flagpoles, the tree stump, the board… I feel very sorry for the past months. Not only because I won’t be able to visit the school again, but also because from now on I won’t be able to go to school anymore. When they knew that, teachers and friends were all very sad. But now you know what to do, everything has been arranged. Afraid of affecting the class, I rushed out of the school.
As soon as I got home, I saw a truck parked in front of the gate. Neighbors are helping my mother load things into the car. I was as surprised as a lost soul, my face was as pale as a banana leaf. Then, in that moment, I rushed into the house, opened the box of toys, took out the Bodyguard, and put them side by side on Thanh’s bed. And admonished:
– Dear Bodyguard, stay! Stay on the porch and let me sleep! Leaving you, Little Sister will be very sad, but know what to do…
Then I hurriedly told him: – Brother! Whenever my shirt is torn, I will find you, I will patch it, please…
Then followed my mother to the car. However, after walking for a while, I turned around again, gave it to my brother, and told him to never leave Little Sister and Bodyguard apart. Because I don’t want them to suffer like me and my brother. Then, I turned around, got in the car, followed my mother home.
On the way, I sat down, silent and sobbed. I just wish it wasn’t true. Mother will not return to her hometown again, the whole family will be reunited as in the old days. However, things could no longer be changed. I hope that soon, I will see my brother again, see my father again one day.
Reference #3
My mother, hoarse, came from the screen:
– Well, the two of you will share the toys.
As soon as I heard that, I involuntarily trembled, and looked at me with despairing eyes in horror. My black eyes at this time were deeply sad, my eyelids were swollen from crying a lot.
Last night, when I woke up, my brother also heard my sobs and anger. He kept biting his lip to keep from crying out loud, but the tears kept flowing like a stream, soaking his pillow and sleeves.
This morning, he got up early, quietly opened the door, crept out into the garden, sat down under the sapodilla tree. Hearing a noise behind him, he turned around: I’ve been following since. I quietly put my hand on his shoulder. He pulled me down and gently stroked my hair.
We just sat like that. In the east, the sky is getting brighter. The dahlia flowers in the garden had glimpsed in the morning mist and began to show off their brilliant wings. The worms danced on the branches and chirped. In the street, the sound of motorbikes, cars and the voices of people going to the market is always chirping. The scene was still the same as yesterday, the day before yesterday, but why did the disaster hit my brothers and sisters so heavily?
My family is well off. My brother and I love each other very much. I must say I am very good. Clever again. When he was in fifth grade, he once went to play football, and a huge piece of his shirt was ripped off. Afraid of his mother’s beating, he stayed on the beach and did not dare to return. Listening to my friends, I took the needle to the stadium. I told:
– I take off my shirt, you and give it back. I patch it well, mom doesn’t know.
Looking at my slender hand gently moving the needle, for some reason, he felt so sorry. For a long time, busy playing with friends, I never paid attention to me… Since then, every afternoon he went to pick me up. We held hands as we walked and talked.
But now, my brother and I are about to be separated. Can be apart forever. Thank God this is just a dream. Just a dream.
But no, there was the sound of slippers in the house and my mother’s voice:
– Where’s Thanh, where’s Thuy?
We were startled, scurried to get up
– Take out the toys! – My mother ordered. I opened my eyes wide like a lost soul, unsteadily clinging to my arm. Taking me inside the house, he said:
– No more division. You give me everything.
He repeated it two or three times, and I looked down in surprise. I shook my head sadly.
– No, I don’t take it. I leave it all to you.
– Hang on forever. Share! – My mother yelled and angrily walked towards the gate.
I sniffled and said:
– Well, you just split it up.
We don’t have many toys either. I dedicate most of it to her: the dried lily set, the plastic fish table, the sea snails and the colored thread. I don’t care about it, my eyes just stare blankly into space, occasionally hiccuping softly. But when he had just taken the two dolls out of the closet and set them aside, I suddenly howled angrily:
– Did you separate the Bodyguard from the Little Sister? Why are you so evil!
He looked at me sadly.
– Well, you already told me. You give me everything.
He put the Bodyguard next to the Little Sister among my toys, My eyes softened, but suddenly thinking of something, I cried out again:
– But then who will watch the night for you?
He smirked bitterly. There was a time when my brother used to fall asleep and see ghosts. I said: “Let me make the Bodyguard guard for you”. I tied the knife to the big doll’s back and placed it at the head of his bed. That night, he never dreamed of ghosts again. Since then, in the evening, after finishing my lesson, I “armed” the bodyguard and put it on his bedside. In the morning, I took the knife off, put it back where it was, next to Little Sister. The two children put their arms around each other’s shoulders. Since coming to my house, they haven’t been apart for a day, so now seeing you divide them, I can’t stand it. We just sat there, we didn’t want to divide it, we didn’t want to take it back. After a while, I put the two dolls back where they were. They once again put their arms around each other’s shoulders and looked up lovingly at them. I suddenly became happy:
– Look at them smiling!
He seemed to be trying to happily follow me, but tears welled up in his eyes.
Suddenly, my face fell again:
– Why won’t Dad come back? That means I can’t say hello to my dad before I leave.
He looked at his father’s door. It’s been a few days, and my father is still missing. He looked at me sadly. I have always been so attentive and filial.
– Or you can take me to school for a while.
He stood up and handed me a wet towel. I wiped my tears and looked in the mirror and combed my hair. My brother and I led each other to the street. I held his hand and snuggled close like in the days when I was a child. We walked slowly on the familiar red dirt road of our hometown. Sometimes, suddenly, I stop, my eyes fixed on a tree or a roof, familiar scenes on the road we have walked a thousand times since childhood.
It was almost noon when we arrived at the school. He took me to class 4B. Teacher Tam is giving a lecture. We huddled against a tree in front of the class. I bit my lip in silence, my eyes fixed on the whole schoolyard, from the flagpole to the bulletin board and the charcoal lines drawing the mandarin umbrella on the brick pavement. Then I burst into tears.
– Oh, Thuy! The teacher’s startled cry startled him.
I entered the class:
– Ma’am, I came to greet you… – I sobbed
Miss Tam hugged me tightly.
– You know it. She loves you so much!
And she turned back to the class:
– Thuy’s parents divorced. Thuy had to leave our class, followed her mother to her mother’s hometown.
An “oh” sounded in surprise. The whole class was shocked. There were sobbing cries from close friends. Some of them boldly left their seats and went up to hold my brother’s hand as if they didn’t want to leave. All the friends who played passes, played greats, had candy, and apples were also saved for each other during the past few years…
Teacher Tam removed my hand, walked over to the podium, opened her bag, took a notebook and a yellow-cap fountain pen, gave it to me and said:
– She gave it to me. Going to the new school, I try to study!
I quickly put the notebook and pen on the table:
– Ma’am, I can’t accept… I can’t go to school anymore.
– What’s up? – Miss Tam was shocked.
– My grandmother’s house is far from the school. My mother said she would buy me a basket of fruit to go to the market to sell.
“Oh my god!”, the teacher turned pale and burst into tears. The little ones also cried louder and louder. Finally, afraid of disturbing the class, I raised my head and sobbed:
– Well, I say hello to you stay. Hi everyone, I’m leaving.
He led me out of the classroom. Many teachers stopped lecturing, shyly watching us. Leaving the school, he was surprised to see that everyone was still walking normally and the golden sunlight covered the scene.
As soon as he got home, he saw a truck parked in front of the gate. Neighbors are helping my mother load things into the car
The breakup was too sudden. I was like a lost soul, my face was as pale as leaves. I rushed into the house and opened his toy box. The two dolls I put in it. I took out the Bodyguard and put it on his bed, then suddenly hugged the doll, kissed it urgently on the face and whispered:
– Dear Bodyguard, stay! Stay on the porch and let me sleep! Leaving you, Little Sister will be very sad, but know what to do…
I cried and ran over to hold my hand and said:
– Hey bro! When my shirt is torn, I will find you, I will patch it, please…
He sobbed. My mother came in from outside. Mother stroked my hair and gently took my hand:
– Let’s go, son.
Through tears, he watched as Mom and I climbed into the car. Suddenly I ran down to him again, holding the doll in my arms. I quickly walked back to the bed, putting the Little Sister in my arms around the Bodyguard.
“You let him stay.” Her voice was dry. “You have to promise me never to let them sit apart. Do you remember? I promise
– I promise
He groaned in reply and stood as if rooted to the ground, watching my small, limp figure climb into the car. The truck revved up, hit the road, and sped away.
