The Red High Heels

Who would think that a second-hand pair of red high heels would cause so much chaos in two young girls’ lives?  It happened many years ago when little girls playing dress-ups was what little girls did back then.  There were no computers, no electronic video games, or 400 channels on the television to choose from.  In fact, if someone had said that someday the little girls would find their daily conversations would occur via digital signals instead of face-to-face, they would have been looked at each other with puzzlement.  Playing dress-ups, Barbie dolls, “house”, and building your own dream home out of the Sears and Roebuck catalog was all the little girls knew what do to.  Still, it was the best fun that today’s little girls can only dream about.

Instead of playing nicely and sharing the red high heels, these two little girls seemed to find pleasure in fighting over them.  Neither would give in, because to them, they were the most beautiful shoes in the entire world.  In their eyes, when one of the little girls put the high heels on, they transformed into Cinderella.  As hard as the two girls tried, they both wanted to wear the red high heels and, for the most part, the girls shared them but only after a small argument took place.

It’s not sure what happened one evening when the little girls were spending the night together and decided to play dress-ups, but a huge argument pursued.  It didn’t matter that the little girls had plenty of other dress-up clothes to choose from, they each wanted to wear the red high heels.  They had a stash of “real” wedding gowns discontinued from a bridal shop, many pairs of other colored high heels, old purses, furs, and even beautiful costume jewelry.  Each of the little girls wanted those red high heels in the worst way and neither one of them would back down.

Finally, one of the little girls decided to walk home in the dark (a whole two houses away) because a decision of who was going to wear the high heels could not be met.  The other little girl stood crying at the door begging her best friend to come back but the little girl just kept walking without even turning back.  The little girl standing at the door was heartbroken that her best friend would leave and not act like she cared one bit.  Several days passed and neither one of the little girls would apologize (they were quite stubborn little girls!).  

In the end, the little girl who was left standing in the doorway, wrote her best friend a note of apology and you’ll never believe what happened?  All was forgotten and forgiven and the two little girls decided to play dress-up again only this time, both of the little girls wanted the other one to wear the red high heels!  If you would ask one of them today about the red high heels, they will both undoubtedly start to laugh and try to blame each other for that memorable evening.  They both agree, however, that they wish that they could play dress-ups again and go back to days when little girls did what little girls should do when growing up – invent their own fun without television, computers, and electronic games.