Dad's Birthday

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"Lara, spread the runner on the table and where is my gown? Haven't you ironed it yet? Oh God! these servants can't do a thing." "Mrs. Matthew, your gown is already kept in your bedroom and I will just spread the runner." "Oh! thank goodness, at least something is done." This is how my mom always talked to Lara,our housekeeper. I am Tulip by the way and I am the youngest child of Mr and Mrs Matthews. My father, Kevin Matthews is the mayor of London and my mother is a famous English actress, Dorothy Matthews. We are very rich people. Our daily life is very formal because my father keeps meeting CEO'S of various companies and the other important rich people every single day! But I hate the way we live! Just imagine, you get out of bed and you can't even go to the dining table if you are not dressed in a beautiful frock, every single time when you come to your bedroom there will be a person stretching your bedsheet and dusting your bed even if it is not dirty! Your parents don't have time for you and to please you, they  get you personal servants or gifts! This all might seem lovely, you feel you have got all the freedom! You have people taking care of you and you don't have to follow any rules or what your parents say, it is indeed nice but only for a short period of time when you have to live this way permanently or for a long time it is not very nice we all like to misbehave and enjoy when our parents are not around, we all love it when we can do anything we want and nobody would be nagging us but this excitement of freedom is momentary, when for a long time your parents don't have time for you or there is no one telling you what to do you start feeling left out! May what be we all feel safer and more comfortable when our parents are around and deep down inside we all know we also only study or do anything except for mischief when we are told to and that's what our parents do! They guide us.... anyway, today is my father's 43rd birthday I wanted to bake his birthday cake but my mother said "oh! come on that would be so cheap! No offense dear but you also know you can't bake a cake that tasty, so leave it on the professionals." I complained! "It is our father we are talking about mom why can't we prepare for his birthday why do you always have to involve our helpers!" My mom replied "first of all sweety it is not helpers they are our servants and besides when you are provided with a service why not make the most of it" "you are right mom but only for once, it's daddy's birthday I really want to do something for him please can't you give a holiday to all our helpers or as you say servants!" I cried, "that's enough Tulip go inside your bedroom!" My mom shouted on me, but I wasn't saying anything wrong!...I went into my bedroom crawled up in the bed and asked Nadia, my butler to leave the room. I was really angry but had no place to let my anger out so I decided to get some shut eye. After a few hours when I woke up, Nadia was ironing my mother's  red party gown I asked her why was she doing so, she said "on the occasion of your father's birthday Mr. And Mrs. Andrew and Mr. And Mrs.Potts  would be meeting up with your parents in the famous Ledbury restaurant! "WHAAAT!!" I screamed, I hurried to My mom's room and asked her, "so you and won't be even celebrating with us!?"oh dear! I wish we could I really do but Mr. Andrew and Mr. Potts are very important people and we can't say no to them! "Even if you could reject would you!!" "Ofcourse sweetie!" Oh don't you joke mom!........and we got into an argument.....and the 7th time in this decade me and my siblings missed daddy's birthday......

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⏰ Last updated: Jun 15, 2021 ⏰

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