Pearls

"One day..." mumbled Ruby, "One day, I am going to be special". Ruby was the only oyster at the bottom of the cove that did not have a pearl. She so longed to be like the others and hated the way they taunted her for being different. Claret taunted Ruby the most, for she had the prettiest pearl in all the cove. "Ruby, you will never have a pearl, and even if you do, it will never be as pretty as mine!" shrieked Claret. Exasperated, Ruby shouted "You are cruel Claret and one day I will be special. Even if I have to sit in the cove and wait patiently for the next 100 years, I will prove you wrong!". Sure enough, Ruby's patience produced a pearl, a black pearl. The first one ever seen in the cove. Claret was no longer the star of the cove and Ruby finally had the pearl she had been dreaming of.