Every Fridays Ms.Rees' 'Reading for Pleasure' group goes to the Media Center and browses books and also recommend it to a friend. At that time, I had already finished my book which was 'Shug' and I have a lack of deciding which book I should read now. So I moved my eyes to Prashansa and asked, "Do you know any books that I would like?" "You should read the Harry Potter!" She answered very rapidly with excitement in her voice.
I actually didn’t like the Harry Potter book (this is also another confession). It was all fantasy, and I lied to her that I enjoyed reading it but I told her later that I didn’t like the book (she didn’t have an emotional change.) I asked Ms. Rees, “Could you help me find a book so I can read?” “What type of books do you enjoy reading?” She answered. “Um... A book about someone’s life” I said. She told me to wait until she will find a book. While I was browsing a book named ‘The White Darkness’ I heard Ms. Rees’s foot steps coming toward me. I turned back and I saw a book named ‘TheIsland of the Blue Dolphins’ and ‘Kissing Doorknobs’ in her hand. “You will like this book” she said.
I really really am regretting what I said which was: “I’m enjoying this book!” because after than I always had to lie that I was enjoying it. And I really disliked the book but I didn’t want to hurt her feelings because she liked reading it. To add on in Reading for Pleasure class, we always talk about what book their reading, and soon it was my turn to tell about it. “I’m reading The Blue Island of the Dolphins.”I murmured. “Ah, that book is so bad” “Tat book is so boring!” When I hear all these comments about the book I was reading, I said, “But I like it” although it totally was not. I could realize that Ms. Rees was staring at me (Maybe it’s not true, but I felt it like that) so I kept saying the fake good things about the book. At that moment Ms. Rees said “Eunbin, there’s a movie of The Island of the Blue Dolphins if you want to watch it” Please no… even though my mind was trying to say something totally in a different way, I answered, “Really?” Ah.. and I also asked her if she liked it and she said, “Yes, I really liked it.” (I don’t get the good thing about this book but she seemed to know the entire good thing about the book and the movie)
One day I told Prashansa that I really don’t like the book and she tried to tell Ms. Rees and I tried my best to stop her (which was successful). Maybe because I didn’t wanted her to know that I lied to her, but now I confess that I hated ‘The Island of the Blue Dolphins’ (And I hope no one tells her about it and I really hope with all my heart that she won’t read this confession.
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