126 Hours

Author's Note: This piece was inspired by a Christmas gift I received. I took the place of it and pretended to feel what it would be like.

On average, I take 126 hours to make. I am very small  and when you are done with me for a little while, I get stuffed in a case. I have a plastic bar and then a silver head and then you press my keys and blow. I am very shrill and you usually get the chills when you play me. If only you knew what it was like to be me. If only you knew......

I make beautiful music. Oh my gosh. I just gave you a clue. I have 9 keys in all. I am mostly made of metal and when I am in the cold my inside sort of freezes. You read notes in order to play me. If you play something wrong, it makes me sound bad. Nobody likes to sound bad, so don’t do it to me. All sorts of people handle me everywhere they go. I can be used for a job or just enjoyment. If you didn’t know, I am a piccolo.

I love my new owner, as she is very gentle. She doesn’t every hurt me and she plays me beautifully. Her parents bought it for her and I was expensive. I left my friends at the music store, in the case they are. I wish I didn’t have to leave them but I guess I just am leading a better life rather than being trapped in a case.