Interview question: Julie C. Eger, do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
I would have to say the first ‘real’ story I ever wrote was titled The Rat Who Ruined Christmas. I was about eight years old. Before the rat story I was always writing stories about a princess who kept losing things, but those were more like lists than stories. But the rat story, it started out with The sun was shining high and bright on Christmas day…and then it went into how the family handled Christmas after they found out a rat had chewed up all the wrapped presents and ruined Christmas morning. The family went on to give each other ‘thoughtful thoughts’ as gifts and the rat wandered away hanging his head in shame until the youngest member of the family left him a piece of cheese even though he’d destroyed her present. The thoughtful thoughts the family gave to one another carried them through this sad time and the story ended with…The sun was shining high and bright the day after Christmas.
Julie C. Eger 7/11/16
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