My big sister (narrative wallpaper)

It is seven a.m. time to get up

And get ready for school

A chilly winter morning, snow on the ground

But in my bed it is nice and warm



After the third warning of “You’ll be late if you don’t hurry”

I lazily climb out of bed and my feet hit the cold wood floors

I put my fuzzy slippers on and hurry to the bathroom

I quickly brush my teeth and throw cold water on my face (burr)



I go downstairs to the kitchen and as always my sister is waiting for me

“Hurry” she says “You are going to be late”

(I wonder how many times does she have to repeat herself)

I never say anything because she is my big sister



I sit down on my favourite chair at the kitchen table (it faces the big window)

My sister asks “Would like a bagel with cream cheese?”

Every school morning I have tea, but I am always really happy for the warm bagels

(Fresh out of the oven from the bakery around the corner)



That always starts my day off nicely when it is cold outside

I look around the kitchen of the house where I live

I see the tea cups and saucers and an old fashioned coffee grinder

Placed upon the shelves my dad built for my mom



I watch our cat sleeping in the chair next to me

Dreaming her cat dreams, and I think what a pretty cat

My sister says to me “Hurry up and eat or you are going to be late.”

She has broken my dreamy state I am in and now I eat



(But I am still daydreaming looking at the walls while I am eating)

I count the pretty patterns on the floral wallpaper in our kitchen

How the pattern repeats itself 2, 3, 2, and then 3

I noticed how the sun has come up in just a short while



And this kitchen is such a pretty place (nice and warm)

When I am awoken from my dreamy state

“Hurry up and finish or you are going to be late”

(I love my big sister, she is the best.)