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4/3/2021 16 Comments

BETSY’S RAINBOW BALLOONS

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                                                                             BETSY’S RAINBOW BALLOONS
                                                                                                 by
                                                                                Donna O’Donnell Figurski
 
 
Betsy held onto her rainbow balloons. I’m not sharing a single one, she thought.

Betsy bounced through the park.

Tomas fell off the swing.

Just ONE, thought Betsy and gave Tomas a red balloon.

Betsy skipped toward the library.

Millie cried next to her twisted bike surrounded by her library books.

Just ONE, thought Betsy and gave Millie an orange balloon.

Keneisha tumbled into a puddle–yellow balloon.

Liam lost his Frisbee–green balloon.

Akiko slipped on a plum skin–blue balloon.

Lyla dropped her lollipop–indigo balloon.

Nico lost his soccer ball–violet balloon.

When Betsy got home, she only had a rainbow-colored balloon left. MINE! she thought. All MINE! I’m NOT

sharing it.

NOPE! Not ever!


But when Betsy saw her little sister cooing, giggling, and grabbing at her last balloon, Betsy giggled and said,

“Bella, I’ll share my rainbow balloon with you anytime.”

And she did!

                                                                                            
16 Comments
Becky Falkum
4/4/2021 04:57:16 am

Love this, Donna! Good luck. :)

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/4/2021 02:01:44 pm

Becky, thanks so much. I decided to enter at the last moment. Crossing fingers.

Donna
donnafigurski.com

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Katie link
4/4/2021 08:52:16 pm

Betsy is such a sweet character. I love the contrast between her inner voice who thinks she’s going to be selfish and how she doesn’t even hesitate to be unselfish, it’s just who she is.

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/5/2021 06:47:17 pm

Katie, thanks so much for commenting. You completely understand Betsy.

donnafigurski.com

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Susan Summers link
4/5/2021 08:14:20 am

So sweet. What a wonderful story. Good luck!

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/5/2021 06:49:03 pm

Susan Summers, I really appreciate your reading and commenting on BETSY'S RAINBOW BALLONS. It was write to dream up.

donnafigurski.com

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Laurie Carmody
4/6/2021 05:52:52 am

This is so sweet. I also love how you wove in the color theme!

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/6/2021 10:09:54 pm

Laurie Carmody, I really appreciate your reading my story, BETSY'S RAINBOW BALLOONS. I'm glad you noticed the rainbow-colored balloons.

donnafigurski.com

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Nina
4/9/2021 02:45:35 pm

What a great story to start the season of Spring. I loved how caring and giving the main character was portrayed throughout. Even though Betsy was a fictional character, we all can lessons from her. While teaching lessons of sharing and caring, makes a fantastic bedtime storybook for our little ones.

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/14/2021 06:17:05 pm

Nina,

I'm so excited that you had a chance to read my story about Betsy. It's amazing how these characters just spring out of my head and onto the screen. So fun!

Wouldn't it be fun to read to a little one?

donnafigurski.com

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Kaitlyn L Sanchez link
4/13/2021 10:05:54 pm

Aw so sweet! Thank you for sharing this sweet story for the spring fling Kidlit contest!

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/14/2021 06:14:51 pm

Kaitlyn L. Sanchez,

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog with your kind words. I had a blast writing this new story. It made me want to write more 150-word stories. Thank you and Ciara for putting the challenge out there.

donnafigurski.com

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Ciara O'Neal
4/25/2021 05:44:53 pm

Love, love, love Betsy's precious heart!

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/25/2021 05:47:33 pm

Ciara O'Neal,

I LoVe, LoVE, lOVe that you LOVE Betsy!

donnafigurski.com

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Kiersten Figurski
4/30/2021 07:03:06 am

I appreciate the diversity in the characters.

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Donna O'Donnell Figurski link
4/30/2021 05:06:26 pm

Kiersten, it's so important for children to see themselves in books. It's an author's responsibility to make that happen.
Thank you for reading my blog.

Donna O'Donnell Figurski
donnafigurski.com

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