Hello everyone!
This is my entry for July's Creative Challenge in the Sylvanarium, "Heroes, Idols & Stars".
I hope you like it!
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Fiorella Andes was stumped, and that was very unusual for her.
She and the rest of her classmates had been asked to write an essay at school, and the theme was "Tell us about your hero".
At first, Fiorella had thought, of course, of world-renowned pianist Lionel Grande, with whom she had made her grand debut when he performed in Arcfield. But then, she had thought that was too obvious, too easy. She could imagine that poor Mr Grande, shy as he was, would be swamped with children of the village visiting his Arcfield home, all looking for an interview.
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An idea came to mind, however, when later in the day she overheard her parents talking about their day in the living room.
At that moment, it became clear to her who she would be writing about.
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"My name is Fiorella Andes, and today I will be writing about my Papa, Ricardo Andes, or Rick for short. He is Arcfield's doctor, and although until recently he only did house calls on his trusty bicycle, recently he has been able to open his own clinic thanks to some rich people investing money into the town. He's there bright and early every day, although he still never misses his first coffee of the day at The Blackcurrant Bush".
"The very first thing Papa does when he arrives at his clinic in the morning is to check his patients' files and appointments for the day. Nurse Emily, who also works the reception, always helps him".
"The clinic is visited by all sorts of people during an ordinary day. One day, for example, Molly Waters, Fred and George's mama, came saying that she was feeling under the weather, although no one would have suspected it seeing her as chatty as always and throwing a barrage of personal questions to Emily almost before she could utter a single word".
"Papa always takes his time with his patients. While chatting with Mrs Waters, he listened to her chest...
... and took her temperature. Fortunately, she had no fever".
"In the end, he ended up prescribing some cold pills and told Mrs Waters to rest and drink plenty of water".
"Papa couldn't rest after attending to Mrs Waters, since there was a commotion at the front door. Anthony and Christopher arrived in a hurry, since Christopher had fallen off his motorcycle while delivering pizzas and hurt his leg".
"While reassuring Christopher, he put his leg on a cast and told him to stay off his feet (and the motorcycle) for a while".
"In conclusion, Papa is my hero, because he is kind and brave, works very hard and helps everyone when they are sick or scared".
