Put yourself in their shoes contest - Sponsor: Eve Roper
August 7, 2023
My friends are happy gleaning fields of grain but I'd rather read about France or Spain. I travel through the pages of a book, remembering each journey that I took. I long to see more of the whole wide world. An ocean traveler with sails unfurled, a fortune teller in a caravan. I would roam like a gypsy with that plan. I yearn to wander and want to explore mountains, busy cities, and so much more. I want to visit places that exist in pages of books. I've made a checklist. My parents say there's a look in my eyes that I don't bother trying to disguise. My heart wants to lead a vagabond life and not marry early and be a wife. I am only ten but I'm sure they're right, for I dream of foreign lands every night. Over lush green meadows I wish to traipse on lavender hills and heathered landscapes.
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