The Necklace

By: Ruby Ann C. Sta .Ana

Once upon a time there was a girl who name bora , she is always honest and kind but she is not
having a good life with her stepmother , a long time ago after her mother die from cancer her
father decide her father decides to find a new wife, and for someone to take care of bora while
his father works far away, his father does not know that his new wife is abusing bora with his
daughter ellie, with each passing day, the two become increasingly cruel to bora One day while
Bora was selling his stepmother's food, an old man approached him and he was look so hungry
and tired 'can I ask for a little food from you I am hungry and very tired' if I give you I will be
scolded by my stepmother, but I will still give you, here and take it, be careful where you go she
said to the old man with a smile. when she came home she said what happened his stepmother
got angry and she beat Bora, 'you really gave it to others while we had nothing to eat' and he beat
it again and herstepmother banished bora away. as bora was walking away in the middle of the
night he dropped her necklace to the river which was given by her mother, bora's face was very
sad and she could do nothing but sit down, but bora was shocked when she saw a very a light
came on and the old man he came out, 'do you want me to help you get the necklace' 'yes' said
bora 'then wait for me and I will dip it' after a few minutes he brought a necklace with full of
diamonds ' is this your necklace ? ' ' no ' bora said and he will dive again after a few minutes he
came back with gold necklace ' is this your necklace ? ' ' no ' and he dive again after a few
minutes the old man back with a silver necklace ' is this your necklace ? ' ' still no ' then the the
oldman dive , after a few minutes the old man came back with the rusty necklace ' is this your
necklace ?' ' yes this is mine ' bora was so very happy ' bora because you are honest and helpful i
will give those necklace as a reward take it ' bora was so shocked after hear these words ' thank
you so much old man i will never forget you ' then the old man disappeared while bora is in the
side of river her father was coming and he saw bora her father was very angry to his new wife
because of what she did to bora , when the father and bora come home, the stepmother is
shocked 'sorry ernest I didn't mean ' and she knelt down and apologized tp bora 'but ernest was so
very anger he kicked the stepmother out with ellie .and then bora talked about the man who gave
her a reward . her father was so very proud to bora then the two will started a new life again then
her father was never want to get married again and they used the reward to start again and until
their business grew, ernest loved his daughter bora dearly. they lived happily ever after and
ernest never left bora to work far away.