Seashell earrings

I spent all morning at the beach looking for two perfect shells that my mum could make into earrings. I got one straight away, so I thought I'd find another one quickly too, but then they were all broken or the wrong colour or had holes in. She said we could just make a necklace but she never wears necklaces. Then I found another and it was blue and shiny and perfect all over, but when I brought it back we saw the first one had got broken to bits in my dad's pocket, and it was nearly time to go home and I hadn't even had a chance to dig my hole. But maybe it's good that it happened, because when I was sad they got me an ice cream, and it meant I got to keep the second shell.