Summer Ethan And Daria example essay topic

LemonheadNobody knows why Ethan had an enormous lemon shaped head. It was a major debilitating factor in his life that prevented him from doing many activities. He couldn't wear a football helmet or hats. Ethan couldn't even play in the play places at McDonalds because his head wouldn't fit through the tubes. Ethan wasn't born with a lemon shaped head he just kind of slowly grew into it. When he was seven it was only about the size of a watermelon and was just starting to take the shape of a lemon.

By the time Ethan hit middle school his head was about a foot and a half wide and two feet tall. Many people would ask Ethan why he had such a large head. His responses over the years to questions about his head differ. When he was ten he would cry and run away, but when he was fourteen he would respond with witty sarcasm. A girl named Whitney once asked "wow... why is your head so big" and he responded with "why is your nose so big, I guess god hates me and you" If Ethan was in a really bad mood he would just simply give them the finger and say "why do you ask dumb questions". Some people revered Ethan for his comicalness and for his personality but others called him lemon head or big head and made fun of his large head.

Ethan never took too much offense to the teasing though; he figured they were just ignorant. After all Ethan was not short of friends he had plenty. Ethan was the kindest hearted and most outgoing person you'd ever meet and he rarely ever hated life. He didn't let the size of his head affect his life in a negative way. In fact Ethan rarely cared what his head looked like.

But he began to care when Daria moved into the house next door. Daria was the new girl in town and Ethan noticed her as soon as she stepped out of the moving van that brought her here. She was stunningly beautiful she had brown hair that flowed around her as if it was always in a breeze. She had the most gorgeous blue eyes and had creamy light brown skin that could make any heart melt. She was perfect in every aspect in Ethan's eyes. As soon as Ethan could gather up enough courage he went next door to talk to her.

His plan was to introduce himself and establish very quickly that he was the guy next door that could cater to anything she needed. He peered around the fence that separated the houses and saw her; she was sitting on the patio sipping a cold glass of lemonade. He took a deep breath and start to approach her. As he neared the porch with one big gulp he said "hey, I'm Ethan...

I uh... live next door". And to Ethan's surprise she replied with a smile "oh hi... I'm Daria... nice to meet you". Ethan smiled back and awkward silence followed. He had to think quickly because he knew that if he made it awkward she'd never want to see him again. He had to make a good first impression.

He spotted her glass of lemonade and decided to break the silence, "you know my head is the shape of the fruit that is in that glass your drinking". As soon as he finished his sentence he knew that he shouldn't have said that, it brought out the pity card and not to mention pointed out the obviousness of his enormous head. But once again Ethan was astonished as she replied, "yeah I guess it is". She didn't even ask why his head was so large. At that moment in time Ethan knew that he had found someone truly special and that he had to get to know her. Daria would be his and he wouldn't ever let her go.

It was the summer time and Daria had moved in at the beginning of the summer in the early weeks of June. That summer Ethan and Daria would see each other everyday. They would take bike rides down to the creek and skip stones across the surface. Sometimes they would take trips to Fielders Deli and buy the largest ice cream cones they could manage.

On the warmer nights they would fall asleep beneath the stars. It was as if the two were inseparable. It was everything Ethan could have hoped for. At the start of the school year Daria wouldn't be going to the same high school as Ethan and it made them sad to think they would have to spend six hours apart a day. On Ethan's first day of school there was quite the buzz when he walked through the double doors. He couldn't seem to figure out why people were staring at him, well more then usual at least.

It wasn't until after first period when he visited the bathroom that he noticed what everyone was whispering about. As Ethan peered into his reflection in the mirror his head was normal shape and size. He was absolutely amazed. Ethan yelled and jumped into the air, "my head is normal" he exclaimed. After Ethan gave himself one last wink in the mirror he went into a stall to relieve himself. As he opened his fly a lemon fell out onto the ground.

Ethan was surprised and startled as the lemon flopped to the ground. As he watched the lemon, it began to wiggle and it hopped onto the toilet seat. Ethan gasped and pushed himself up against the wall of the stall. As he watched on with intent the lemon opened a set of eyes.

The lemon blinked a few times and began to speak. It said "hello Ethan, you were cursed as a child with a lemon shaped head by a good hearted witch". Ethan wondered how a curse like that could possible be from someone good hearted but as he thought that the lemon continued on, "the curse was a childhood of teasing and torment for a one true love and an adulthood of a normal head". It was after the lemon said that that Ethan began to understand the curse. "I am here to tell you that your childhood of torment is over and that your true love Daria will always be with you as long as you do one thing" said the lemon. Ethan asked what and the lemon replied with "you must eat a lemon everyday for the rest of your life or Daria will disappear".

Ethan quivered and retorted that he would agree to that. And with that the lemon gave a last reply of "very well, good luck" and jumped into the toilet bowl and flushed itself down. Ethan and Daria are still together as of this day. Ethan still eats a lemon everyday and is 108 years old because of it. But he suspects it might be another good-natured curse that is keeping him alive. Daria doesn't look a day over 17, which was the age she was when they first met but it's only through Ethan's eyes.

Everyone tells them they make the cutest old couple and he can't help but be thankful to whatever witch put that spell upon him.