GYWC 2024 Anthology

Once Upon a Time Devontay Wongus

Once upon a time, there was a kid named Ben. He was very happy all the time but got stuck in his head a lot about how he was very big with a deep, deep voice and everyone was scared of him. Only his mom knew that he just a baby in a big body with a dream to become a millionaire. But he hated school because everyone would make fun of how big he was, and his mom told him it’s no way he’ll become a millionaire without school, so he felt that his mom didn’t believe in him. But one day he went to church and prayed about being a millionaire and went home tried to apply for jobs, but they would not accept him because of how he looked. But Ben ain’t never quit on his dreams. He struggled with almost everything in his life, and h e always wanted to be a millionaire, but now it’s like he want it more than ever, but no one believe in him or want to take that chance on him because they believe he will mess it up. But this particular day, Ben was feeling great. He was walking to the store and ran into this rich guy named Rich. Rich asked Ben what he wanna be in life and Ben told him he just wanna be a millionaire. By the end of the conversation, Rich gave Ben $300,000 as an investment and to see what Ben will do with it. Ben went home got all his clothes from his mom’s house and moved out. His mom wondered where he was going, but she didn’t really care. But Ben didn’t spend a dollar on no clothes or anything extra. He bought himself a house and started up his own clothing brand, and he kept being consistent with his brand. By the second year of his clothing brand, he was a millionaire, and his clothing br and’s worth got up to $800,000. Moral of the story: believe in yourself, even when no one does. My name is Devontay. I am an athlete, and I am a raising 12th grader, and what made me make this story is because at one point of time, I didn ’ t believe in myself because I felt like I didn ’ t wanna step too far out the box. But when I realized my worth, I start looking at the world different, and now I just try to make up for time when I didn ’ t believe in myself and try to be the best version of myself. Theeeee end.

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