Imaginary Friends

           
    Do you remember when you were small, and you were not old enough to ‘go hang out’ with your friends just yet? Those were the days when your siblings were your close friends, whether you knew it or not. But we all had days when your brother or sister told on you for taking their Barbie or picking your nose, and you had no friends; so you created one.
              I had an imaginary friend named Sally. She was a gingerbread girl with icing as her hair, and gumdrops as her buttons. She lived across the street from me in a gingerbread house and always had cookies or goodies to eat! (I had a BIG imagination). When my sister decided I was not good enough to play with her on some days I would go play with Sally because playing with Barbie’s was not fun by yourself.

               One day it was dark and cloudy and you could tell the clouds were going to cry in any minute. Sally and I were jump roping when we heard a big crash of lightening. It scared us and we took off down the street. Sally had to go home because rain made her melt. As we were running to her house, the rain started to come down. Unfortunately, Sally did not make it. That was the day I lost my imaginary friend and I did cry.

               Looking back on that day makes me laugh now because I now know that gingerbread people do not melt in the rain. Sally was my first friend I ever had and also my first friend I ever lost. Everyone has days like this, whether it’s losing an imaginary friend or a real friends. Always keep your friends close to your heart because you never know when that day will come where your friend will melt in the rain.