My Brother Christopher

Hi! My name is Lucky. I’m 9 years old. I want to tell you a story about my little brother. His name is Christopher. He’s fifteen months old. He can walk already, but he cannot talk yet.

My mom says I have to give good examples because Chris imitates everything I do. When I play ball, he will try to catch the ball, and my mom will shout, “Be careful, don’t kick your brother!”
When I play with my toy cars, he will grab the cars and throw them everywhere!
When I try to sleep at night, Chris will climb up my bed, sit down on my belly, and then he will pinch and poke every part of my face, then he will jump up and down on my belly, and he will laugh happily if I laugh at him.

One day, my mom taught him to throw away a piece of garbage into the dustbin. Since then, he always try to throw everything away into the dustbin, including my mom’s comb, my father’s cell phone, and his food. I just realize it’s not easy to teach a skill to a baby, even a simple one.

I love my brother very much, and I hope he will grow up very soon, so that we can play ball together, and I hope he will love me as much as I love him.

THE END

Ini adalah cerita yang dibawakan anak sulungku waktu memenangkan juara 1 lomba story telling yang diadakan oleh PIPO English Course di Istana Plaza Bandung. Juri menyukainya karena topiknya yang orisinil (peserta lain kebanyakan membawakan cerita dari buku atau dongeng yang telah dikenal orang). Dan kebetulan anakku cukup atraktif membawakannya (memamerkan foto adiknya, memperagakan cara Chris melempar bola dan mobil-mobilan, sampai memperagakan gayaku waktu memperingatkannya untuk berhati-hati dengan adiknya, hahaha, jadi malu!)

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