Personal Narrative-The Color Of Color

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Sitting at my desk, I eagerly looked at my apple coloring sheet. It had a giant letter A in the top right corner and APPLE written across the bottom. I could not wait to color it. I slid my red crayon out of the box and began coloring. As I proudly finished coloring the red, I felt a tug on the back of my head. I ignored it, maybe he wouldn’t do it again if I pretended it didn’t bother me. I reached for my box of crayons and he pulled my hair again. This time it hurt more. I whipped my head around and whispered, “Could you please not do that? It hurts.” Then I turned forward. I thought to myself, “That’s strike one.” I returned the red crayon to the box and took the brown one out. Then it happened again, a sharp pull this time. Annoyed, I turned

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