ESL 096- Behind an ugly mole

“Uncle!”
I bowed before a strange man. He was only older than me five or six ages, something like that. But he looked like the mid-forty uncle; especially if I didn’t tighten my grip on the fence’s surface, an accident would happen to me due to that big black mole on his face. A long strand of hair stuck out from that mole.
I wondered why the strange man appeared in my house. Who was he??? A thousand of questions skipped in my mind. I muttered to myself and stared at him.
My sister approached us with enigmatic smile. She said to me, “This is a man who our uncle and aunt wanted to introduce to you. You’re going to get married to him.”
“What? This uncle….. Me….eeeeeee??????????”, I gaped.
“How this can be? Maybe, there was a mistake. I am only grade 12, how can I get married to him. How can I accept the man with a horrible mole?” I thought and cried loudly as if I was a child.
My sister laughed at me. She said that the man would be my brother-in-law in the future. He was a structural engineer. According to my uncle and my aunt, he graduated from a popular university in Ho Chi Minh City. But whoever he was, engineer or Viet Nam’s president, or whatever he could be, I didn’t want to accept the ugly old man with that mole who would get married to my sister.
Because of his first time visiting us, my aunt and my uncle invited him to have dinner. I was forced to go to my aunt’s house. I carefully looked his actions and my sister’s attitude. My sister smiled to him. Frustration and anger jumped out of my thorax. I decided to leave my aunt’s house although my sister tried to persuade me to stay there until the party had done. I ignored and walked to my house. Three kilometers to go back home that day became further, further…
He knew I hated him, but he didn’t be angry at me. He treated me as his little sister. Day by day, I gradually forgot his big black mole. I realized that good characteristics were hidden behind that ugly mole.

ESL 095-first one

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I Am

I am a curious and an ambitious daughter
I wonder where the river flows when there are big floods
I hear the rocks dropping in the water and fighting each other
I see a couple of ducks hugging to make the nearby frog envious
I want to know everything in this enormous world
I am a curious and an ambitious daughter.

I pretend to be ill to get your attention-Mom
I happily feel when I receive warm eyes from you despite the fact that there is the only glimpse
I quickly touch my happiness before it disappears
I worry you leaving me alone in this enormous world
I cry when you shout at me that you hate me
I am a curious and an ambitious daughter.

I understand that nothing exists forever
I say that I won't offend you before you leave me
I dream that you shower your love on me
I try to keep tightly your love
I hope I can get my dream
I am a curious and an ambitious daughter.