My first gift in high school

          When I was in the10 grade, I was very timid because I was a immigrated student. But day by day, I get used to my classmates, teachers and made close friend with the twins, a boy and a girl. We shared anything together, but one day, I was unhappy because I thought that they didn’t remember my birthday, they didn’t say anything about it during 4 periods in class in that day. And I went home, this feeling is not continuous longer because I was received my birthday gift by the twins in the midnight. It was a tortoise that is the most beautiful and the most meaningful gift in my life from the twins.

            My first gift was a lovely seashell tortoise. While I was studying my lessons, my friends must be tiptoed into my house’s yard to keep secret and didn’t wake my dog up. They put the gift onto the yard and went back quietly then they called me opened the door to picked the gift up. I did jump and smiled a lot because my friends remembered my birthday, and I was very excited because of my lovely gift. My gift was rolled by a big pink paper and on the top of the box’s face, they made a green bowtie. I lightly opened the box to know what is in side. My gift was made of big seashell and many small lovely seashells. On the shell of my tortoise, there were 2 coconut trees were together under the sunshine. The trees were planted in a small island. And the island was covered by blue sea. The eyes of my tortoise were perfectly round and black and they can moved around, looked so fun. It had 4 toes which were made by small different color shells, like grey mixed brown. I loved it so much, so I put it onto my bookshelf

         It is not only a beautiful gift but also a meaningful gift. Because of 2 coconut trees on the tortoise shell remind me about the twins. My friends were tall and thin like the trees. Moreover, the strong trees stand for Vietnamese especially people who lived in Ben Tre. The trees stand firmed although many difficulties come from nature and come from people. The coconut’s leaves reach into the sky like human being always tries their best to get a better life. The sunshine above the top of the trees had yellow slightly light as the hope always comes with people who always believe in the future. The sea as a great nature which is very deeper and larger than human’s understanding, so it made us tries a lot to know and to control the world.

            My first gift is the best gift of mine. It makes me remember my high school friends and our lovely memories. It is not only a gift but also a friend which encourage me to try my best to overcome difficulties. I will keep it for a long time to show my children in the future as a lesson of truly friendship.