First Snow Fall

My First Job
I just got a job at the grocery store.This is my first job.I will receive a pay cheque every two weeks.I wear a uniform.The uniform has the name of the grocery store on it.
I have many jobs at the grocery store.I have to collect all the carts from the parking lot and bring them back into the store.I have to put all the produce out for the people to see.
I will be putting out the vegetables.There are carrots, lettuce, cabbages, cucumbers and beans to put out this morning.I also have to put the fruit out on the stands so that it looks nice.The oranges roll away when I put them out, so I have to be careful.I put out the apples, bananas and grapes.I stack boxes up so that people can buy cereal and cookies.
I have to be careful, or the boxes will fall.There are cans of things which also need to be placed on the shelves.
The Lie
Yesterday I told a lie.I don't feel very good about it.I was bouncing a ball in the kitchen, and the ball bounced up and broke a cup.It was one of my mother's best cups, so I was afraid that she would be mad.I put the broken cup back on the table, and I didn't tell anyone that I had broken it.That night, my mother asked who had broken the cup.My brother said, "not me."My sister said, "I didn't do it."I said, "I didn't break the cup," but I was lying.
My mother said that we would all be punished, if someone didn't tell the truth and say
who broke the cup.I still did not tell her that I had broken it.
She gave us one more chance, and said that she wasn't mad about the cup; she just
wanted us to be honest.I still didn't say anything.My brother, sister and I all got sent to our rooms.We had to stay in our rooms all morning.My brother said that it wasn't fair.
I felt very bad because my brother and sister were being punished because of me.
I went to my mother and told her that I had broken the cup.
She said that she was not upset about the broken cup.
She knew that it was an accident.She was disappointed in me because I hadn't come forward and told the truth.She said that she wouldn't have punished me if I had been honest with her.I told my brother and sister that I was sorry.
I felt bad because they were punished because I was dishonest.I told my mother that I was sorry that I had lied to her.I told her that I had learned a lesson.Honesty is the best policy.
It is better to tell the truth.It is not a good feeling when people don't trust you.
I have learned that lying just hurts people.Sometimes it is hard to be honest, but it is the best way to be.
Hobbies
A lot of people have hobbies.Hobbies are interesting things that people like to do in their spare time.My father has a hobby.He has a model railroad set that he put together.
A tiny electric train runs through make-believe villages and travels through tunnels and
over mountains.My father also enjoys sailing.He has a real sailboat that he takes us out on.
He is teaching me how to sail.I like to collect things.I collect comic books, stamps and coins.
I trade comic books with some of my friends, and sometimes I buy comic books at stores.
Some of the very old comic books are worth a lot of money.I have stamps from all over the world.Whenever any of my friends get a letter from a faraway place, they save the stamps for me.I have stamps from England, Japan, Australia and even Russia.
I use a magnifying glass to look at the stamps, and I keep them in a special album.
I don't have too many coins yet, but I have a very old dime from Canada, and I have a
coin with a hole in it from Africa.My mother used to collect dolls when she was a little girl.
The dolls wore costumes from different countries.My friend John's hobby is painting.
He does oil painting.He has even sold some of his paintings.He is a good artist.
My friend Linda sews.She has made clothes for herself and some of her friends.
Maybe Linda will be a fashion designer when she gets older.Sometimes people's hobbies lead them into their careers.