Books and Pens - Forever Friends

Entry for the 100th round of:

COLORING THE WORLD CONTEST TEMP. CLOSED   (E) A colorful contest that offers more. #1308391 by SHERRI GIBSON

PROMPT: A FOREVER FRIEND

When I was just five, I started learning my first alphabets. Naturally, I was more into dolls than books. As a result, my grades declined a lot.
My mom came up with a wonderful solution. She asked me to teach my dolls. Teaching those inanimate objects was really fun. I also had to read stories to my dolls, just to practice storytelling.
Gradually, I got so hooked to story books that I could finish almost three books a day. Reading helped me achieve my academic goals too.
When girls of my age rode on tricycles, I had to sit in a baby- walker, to learn walking. Fairy tales were my only friends in those long, painful hours.

Since childhood, I never had many human friends because of the way I walked. I can’t put my left foot flat on the ground; it is two inches shorter than the right, due to my premature birth. I walk on my right foot and left fingers. Now I have to use a walking- stick when I go out.

My classmates seldom came to play with the lame girl during recess, so again I had to seek refuge in my books.
At the age of twelve, I began writing. I love pouring my heart on paper, as it has more patience than people.
Even today, books console me when I’m blue, pens give me strength to trudge forward and face the challenges.

So I’d say books and pens, forever friends.
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