Middle School Student Creative Writing - Super Model

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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Finding the Value of a Period One day, the punctuation marks association threw a party. At the meeting, everyone spoke freely, without hiding their own value. The tall exclamation mark said in his usual high-pitched voice, "Because of me, human speech becomes more vivid and exciting!" The tearful ellipsis also came over, saying softly, "Because of me, human speech becomes more subtle and profound." The quotation marks with their curly hair also refused to be outdone, saying eagerly, "Because of me, human speech becomes more rational. Without my help, can the main status of proverbs and sayings be highlighted?" Everyone argued back and forth, but only the period remained silent, pondering what he had brought to humans? His body was plump, not beautiful; his speech was dull, not lively; he only "marked" lightly at the end of a sentence—what was the use?
At this point, someone suggested that the valueless punctuation marks should be expelled from the association to align with the current social trend of "the capable rise, the mediocre step aside, and the incompetent fall," preserving the association's century-old reputation. Strangely enough, the punctuation marks who had just been at odds with each other all turned their gazes to the period, their meaning clear: You can't speak, you're useless. The extremely self-esteem-driven period didn't wait for them to speak before bursting out.
The other punctuation marks thought they had driven out a valueless member and cheered joyfully. But within a day, the human world had turned into chaos: writers couldn't put down their pens, news broadcasts couldn't stop, and work summaries couldn't be concluded. So, humans searched high and low for the period, even posting notices everywhere to find it. After failing to find it multiple times, humans realized that the punctuation marks family could no longer fully meet the needs of daily life, work, and study in human society and decided to find someone else to replace them.
Fearing to be sent to the "cold palace," the other punctuation marks panicked and realized the importance of the period. They all went to look for it.
They searched and searched, coming to the birch forest where the period usually liked to take walks, shouting loudly. The exclamation mark said, "Period, come back quickly! Humans don't need endless flattery and endless praise; they need sincere and simple living, and only you can do that!" The ellipsis said, "Period, come back quickly! Humans dislike pretending to be profound and dislike mutual suspicion; they need honesty and straightforwardness, and only you can do that!" The comma said, "Period, did you hear? Humans dislike endless chatter and long speeches; they need clear and concise living, and only you can do that!" The quotation marks also said, "Period, come back quickly! Humans not only need to recall the past but also need to face the present; they not only need to inherit fine traditions but also need to create their own culture—only the sincere you can do that!" The book titles said, "Period, come back! Humans need you to give history a perfect answer, humans need you to give the present a perfect summary, humans need you to give the future a realistic plan!"
At this moment, the period, hiding in the bushes, heard all this and simply...