As a young school girl, life to me has always been rich. There is hardly any time when I feel lonely. In fact, most times, I'm drowned in people's voices, especially that of my parents.

My mother, for example, always regards me as a little girl. In her eyes, daughter is daughter, and it is so natural for her to tell me, from time to time, what to do and when to sleep.

How I wished to have a quiet day with myself alone! You see, "Man is born free yet he is always in chains". But this would change. Finally a chance came when my parents were in-vited to a friend's home for a two-day visit. I was left home alone!

"It's wonderful! I can decide everything now. " I said to my-self , "like a real adult. " First, I tried my hand at cooking. The green spinach was made into soup. Yellow eggs and red pork were fried together. And then snow white rice was cooked. The dishes were done under the directions of a cookbook, which were really better than my mother's. Her wordy instructions could never keep me patient enough to work well. Though the dinner was nice, there was nobody to enjoy it with me. And my happiness decreased. When night fell, I turned on all the lights of the room. I wanted to feel comfortable, warm and safe. However, the room was lighted so brightly that it appeared larger and emp-tier. Moreover, nobody else was in sight, no voices could be heard and finally loneliness crept over me.

I tried singing to drive it away, but it turned out that it couldn't be any fun without audience. I thought of the time my mother taught me to sing and the words father praised me with. Even though it was their complaint, it could have been better than complete silence. At last I gave up. It was said that the grass was always greener on the other side of the hill, but then I had enough. It was not that I was so dependent, rather, I sud-denly realized the value of those little things. How silly of me not to have noticed my need for my parents earlier. Life could only be beautiful when you share it with the one you love. Besides, things could have been better if I had not been so naughty.

"If only I could see them when I open my eyes tomorrow;" I promised to myself, "I will be good enough to them."

The next morning I was wakened up by the knock on the door and saw mother smiling there. "Morning, dear. How have you been? ──Oh, Jenny, you didn't wash your dishes! Go and clean them now." "Yes, Mum." I quickly gave a big, big smile as everything has been back to normal.

This is my short adventure with loneliness. And it taught me the value of people.

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