Bea, A Short Story

       There once was a beanie named Bea. Bea was very content with her job of protecting her human’s head from the cold outside. Her warmth helped her person to keep warm and she wouldn’t trade her job for the world. 
       Sadly, one day her owner accidentally left Bea at home. She felt very distraught. She worried for what seemed to be endless hours about what was to happen to such an unfortunate, cover-less head. Bea waited the day out in anxious misery.
       Finally, Bea’s human got home! Bea was so happy to see them home, safe and sound. As Bea looked closer, she noticed something was different. As soon as the owner stooped down, Bea saw that there was a new hat upon their head! The human picked up Bea, took off the new hat, and hung them up next to each other. Bea had never thought that there were other hats in the world. She was thrilled know that her human’s head hadn’t frozen and that now she had a new friend.
       From that day on, Bea’s community of hat companions grew and she never had to worry about a poor, cold, defenseless head again.

by: Katie McAuliffe