The white lace hat
by basia_capulet on January 24, 2009
in students
It was a beautiful June just before the First World War. The ten-year old Lucy and her parents were spending their holidays on the lakes. Lucy had a long blond hair and beautiful big eyes. The girl lived in her own little world and didn’t need friends to play with. Lucy’s best friend was nature. She loved flowers, trees and animals, but mostly focused her attention on butterflies. Lucy always said that she would be entomologist. Her collection of these most attractive was wonderful because it had the diversity of species and colours.
One day, while she was walking with her parents and their friends along the lakeside, she saw a fantastic yellow butterfly. Lucy had to catch this specimen for her collection. She started to run. The butterfly danced lightly, drawing circles in the air. Lucy was so delighted and excited that she completely forgot about the surrounding world. She didn’t notice when she lost her white lace hat. The bushes gradually changed into forest trees and then trees into marsh plants. Lucy didn’t manage to catch the butterfly and suddenly realized that her body got caught in the bog. She panicked, screamed and cried but nobody heard her voice. Only the butterfly circled around her head, even after she disappeared.
Lucy’s parents and the police searched for her a long time. The white lace hat was found between bushes the next year, when snow melted. After Lucy’s death only her rainbow collection reminded her parents of how a colorful character Lucy was.
