Childhood Toy

A Childhood Toy

Basing on the toy you use in your childhood toy it can be easily predicted who you are going to be in the future. Girls get dolls; that is why there are more women in the fashion industry. In addition to fashion, women are better with interior design, because they are more creative. They can imagine how a room will look with furniture. Boys, on the other hand, are better in engineering. Automotive, construction and computer industry developers are mostly male. The first toy that was a prediction of my future was an electric car. I still remember my reaction when I got it, how important it was to me, and what happened to my favourite toy.

It was Christmas and as a five year old boy I believed in Santa Claus. I was sitting by the window, waiting for the first star in the sky. It was just after 4 p.m. and that is when I saw it. The star was shining so brightly that I knew Santa Claus would come. I could not wait anymore! I helped my mom to do dinner so we could start Christmas Eve as soon as possible. The food was so good and afterwards I asked my mom when Santa Claus would knock on our door. She told me to be patient or he would not bring me anything and added that if I would stay by the Christmas Tree, he would never come. I asked my brother to go upstairs with me to watch TV. He agreed so we both went upstairs while my mom were washing the dishes. An hour later she came upstairs and the first words coming out of my mouth were about Santa Claus. She said, “I don’t know, I haven’t heard anything,” so we continued watching TV. Fifteen minutes later, she said she heard a closing door and steps coming from downstairs. My brother and raced to be first by the christmas tree. He won and pulled his present out from the pile of presents.

Finally, it was my turn. There was this huge box wrapped in green paper with gold bells on it. It took me five seconds to unwrap my present. Inside there was this beautiful shining red remote controlled semi truck...