Here's another story!!!

MARY, THE GENIUS
By Margie Jiang

Once there was a girl, a beautiful girl, whose name was…Mary. Now, we’re not talking about the “Mary had a little lamb” story. This one is different because this story is about a girl in Washington, whose genius changed everything …
“Whoa! Slow down Mary!” Mary was a ten year old girl. She was bounding through the snow, making a blur to her dad. Snowflakes were falling. Mary caught little snowflakes on her tongue, while she ran and bounced. After a while, she stopped and rested under a large tree. Finally, Mary’s father came running toward her. He looked out of breath-and he was. “Next time, run slower. I know you are excited, but run slower,” he choked. ”Aw dad, you need to exercise. Besides, this is my first time seeing snow. Don’t you want me to enjoy what I see?” Mary asked, in her sweetest voice as she lay on the fluffy, white snow. “Well, next time, you stay by my side, OK?” said Mary’s dad, still panting. “Well… ok. Anyways, what’s in your hands pa?” asked Mary. The truth was that Mary’s dad was a hunter, but he never told Mary, for she loved animals. Now, Mary had never seen a REAL animal. Her dad brought her toy animals, which Mary thought was real. Mary’s dad looked in his hands. He knew that he had been caught. The only thing to do was to lie. Mary’s dad didn’t like lying so much. Whenever he lied, his nose twitched. Mary thought that the “nose twitching part” was weird. Anyway, as he held the dead snowshoe hare, Mary ran over to him. She held her nose in disgust. “Daddy, what is this? It doesn’t seem like an animal!” Mary complained. Uh! Mary’s dad couldn’t stand lying to his daughter! “Mary, uh- this- um- what- I’m- saying- is- um- sorry! This is a real animal! It is a snowshoe hare!!!” Mary’s dad blurted out. “What? This can’t be! How ridiculous! Daddy! Why did you kill it?! I can’t believe that it’s a real animal!” Mary said, confused. “I had to kill it for us to survive!” Mary’s dad answered. Mary burst into tears. She put her head on the snowshoe hare. Mary’s dad looked at the scene. Oh, why had he told Mary that the snowshoe hare was a real animal? Still, he felt relieved. Holding that comment in his mind didn’t feel so comfortable. Mary’s dad was still thinking about the comment when he and Mary were walking home after their exhausting adventure. Finally, they got home. Mary decided that she would go to the White House tomorrow, and make a speech. It’s just not right to kill animals. What if someone killed HER? That would be the same thing as killing animals! Someone’s got to do SOMETHING! It has to be someone brave enough to speak up, someone sturdy enough to get the people agree, and it has to be someone strong enough to avoid the look on the people’s faces. Mary was that person. She was brave. She was sturdy. She was strong. She was ready! That night, Mary couldn’t sleep. Why? She was thinking about what to say in the White House! It wasn’t as easy as Mary thought. She would have to prove that she was a genius. The next morning, Mary was excited. She jumped around the house like she was riding a horse that was out of control. “Whoa! What’s gotten into you today?” asked Mary’s dad. Of course, Mary hadn’t told him- not yet, but she will right now! “Daddy, I was wondering if I could make a speech at the White House.” Mary said. Once he heard this, Mary’s dad made no sound. “You could watch me.” pleaded Mary. “All right,” Mary’s dad said. YYYIIIPPPEEE!!! Mary’s heart gave a little jump.
At 1:00 pm, Mary went to the White House. She signed up on the “Who Wants to Give a Speech?” list. About one hour later, Mary found herself on the stage. She started speaking. “I think that we shouldn’t kill animals,” she began. The crowd was amazed that such a young, little girl was speaking to the president! “What if someone killed me? That is like killing animals! You’ve got to think about other things too. To me, I think that animals are treasures, great treasures, and precious treasures. They won’t last forever. Besides, they have given up their lives for ours! Now we have to thank them, but if you kill them, would that be a thank you? Did those animals even bother you? They might like you, and run around you, but if you kill them, why have they liked you in the first time? Think about it. Animals are disappearing from all over the world, and we’ve got to save them. If all animals are gone, what would we do? I hope you understand the lives of the animals,” Mary said, as a tear dropping from her eye. Everyone clapped after her speech. Mary was glad and proud. Everybody agreed! The president made a speech. He said that he agreed with Mary too. There should be no such thing as killing animals for two years. After a month, a law had been made. NO KILLING ANIMALS FOR TWO YEARS!!! it read. Mary was relieved. Having to see animals pass away is sickening. So, that’s the story of Mary, the genius of Washington. [Of course, that story was fiction.]
THE END!