Guest Post: Finding Ryan by Sujey S. 8th Grade

Finding  Ryan

by Sujey S. 8^th Grade

          Mother was cooking breakfast. Kaitiyn was 12 years old, and her very sneaky brother, Ryan, was four.   Father wasn’t there since he was at work. Mother said, "We are going to the store after we eat breakfast." Kaitlyn and Ryan hurried to finish their breakfast.

          Kaitlyn, holding Ryan by the hand, took him to the clean, white car. Mother got in and they left and went to Super K. Mother parked the car close to the store. Kaitlyn’s mother told her to get a cart for her brother. She did, put her brother in the cart, and they went inside the store.

          As soon as they entered the store, they saw a lot of fruits, snacks, vegetables, and …pastries!

Mother said to Kaitlyn, “Go take care of your brother while I get the groceries . Stay next to the pastries with your brother.”  Kaitlyn was looking at all the pastries, but mostly at the RED VELVET CAKE. She wanted a red velvet cake but didn’t know if her would let her get one. While she stood there, staring at the cake and thinking of ways to persuade her mother, Ryan quietly climbed down off the cart.

    Mother was shopping for kale, carrots, tomatoes, and onions, checking the sizes and to see if they had bruises on them. Kaitlyn finally looked over at the cart and did not see her brother. She was worried sick and was turning around to look for him. Then her mom finished picking the vegetables and walked towards the cart.

“Where is your brother?” she asked.

“I don’t  know - he was just here!” Kaitlyn replied.

“Let’s go look for him before someone takes him!” Mother said as they set off to look for him.

While her mom was in the meat section, Kaitlyn looked at the pastries section to see if her brother was hiding in the cupcakes. He had seen a Spiderman cupcake and wanted to eat it. She was mad and worried about her brother, until she heard a sound next to the bathroom. It was a little kid yelling,  

          “I want to go to the bathroom!”

          Then she saw her brother.

         “Why did you climb off the cart?” she asked.

         “Can we go to the restroom now?” was his answer.

           So Kaitlyn took him to the bathroom, then back to their mom. Mother was relieved to see him.

           “We are going to talk about this when we get home but first let me pay for the

stuff,” Mother said.

Kaitlyn explained everything, and Ryan explained to mother that he had to use the bathroom. Mother and Kaitlyn forgave Ryan, and mother forgave Kaitlyn, but she said to keep a better eye next time on her brother. They had a good time eating together.

By the time father came home from work, they decided that they had forgotten about what had happened.