What happened and where was she? Sarah was feeling like her grandmother, ferhoodled. Very confused! One minute she was walking home and the next …. she was on 5th Avenue in NYC, holding onto a bag of chicken legs and donuts.
The honking of horns was going to give her a headache. “Excuse me Miss.” said one man as he eushed past her. She had stepped out of his way only to step into someone else’s path.
Whoa! She got shoved out of the way, almost losing her balance. She did manage to lose her bag of chicken legs. They were scattered all over the road now!
“Katie! Kate!” Quick come, lunch break is over. We have to be back in court. The jury has reached a verdict.
Sarah was studying the cowbell in her hand, which she had forgotten about. Suddenly she felt her arm being grabbed. “Didn’t you hear me, you look like you are daydreaming Kate.
“But wait, I am not Kate.” Sarah said as she felt herself being pulled along.
The other lady looked at her and laughed. “You were just on lunch break, Kate, it wasn’t Happy Hour! Were you drinking?”
Sarah didn’t know what to say. She let herself be pulled along as the other lady prattled on about the court case. A case that she had no clue about what was going on! Right now she had no clue about anything that was going on.
“Do you think the jury will rule in the plaintiff’s favor? Do you really think that Miss. Scarlet murdered the Professor?
Soon they were in front of the courthouse and Sarah found herself in line to go through security. BUZZ! Sarah had set off the alarm! Why had…then she remembered the cowbell in her pocket.
“Miss, we need you to empty your pockets and go through again please.” Sarah felt her face grow hot as she pulled her cowbell out. The security officer gave her a curious stare.
Tbe lady who had mistaken her for Kate, looked at the Security officer and said “It is her good luck charm.” The man picked it up, handing it back to Sarah and said, “Good luck Miss!” Sarah mumbled a Thank You, still feeling embarrassed.
“Kate, I have to ask, what are you doing with a cowbell?”
“Its my good luck charm.” she said, and she rang it 3x! Pink and purple smoke filled the hallway and when it cleared Sarah breathed a sigh of relief, she was back in town!
She was so glad to be back, but her mind was swirling. What had happened? She couldn’t stop looking at the cowbell while walking back to the Inn.
Opening the door she called out, “Miss. Lisette, I am so sorry I took so long! You will never believe what happened!”
Lisette came around the corner. “So glad you are back, I was beginning to wonder how many games you were playing at the Fluffer Nutter Shop!”
“Games? What? Oh yeah! Well actually, I didn’t play any games. I….”
Lisette couldn’t believe her eyes! “Where did you find that cowbell?”
“In the grass and let me tell you, this is one very magical cowbell!”
“I know!” said Lisette, “How do you think I ended up here.”
Now Sarah’s eyes were wide! “What! This cowbell brought you here?”
“Let me make us some Creme Brulee coffee, this is going to be a long story.” Lisette replied, while walking into the kitchen, leaving Sarah staring after her in wonder.
Sounds of the “Maple Leaf Rag” floated upstairs to where Lisette was busy cleaning rooms and getting ready for new guests.
The music of Sarah’s piano playing combined with the scent of the burning cinnamon candles filled Lisette with warmth.
She was excited about the new guests that were coming. They were a couple coming back from their honeymoon. Lisette paused in her cleaning as she started daydreaming about how it would feel to be in love!
“Miss. Lisettte” I am going into town now, anything that you would like me to pick up for you? Sarah asked as she called up the stairs.
“I could use a 5 pound bag of flour and some chicken legs. Thank you! I will bring some money down in a minute.”
Lisette finished making the bed and then walked downstairs to Sarah. “Here is money for the groceries and here is some extra money. Stop by the Fluffer Nutter Shop and pick up a cream filled donut for me and whatever your favorite kind is.”
Sarah smiled, “Thanks! Will be back soon. Well unless I get talked into a game of Scrabble with Mr.Fluff. He always comes up with the craziest words. Words I had never heard of before!”
“Have fun!” Lisette said as Sarah walked out the door.
Sarah didn’t get caugbt up in a game this time. Mr. Fluff and Mr. Nut were in deep concentration over a game of Clue. She loved it when they were played Clue. It was fun to pull her trick at times. They would be in such deep concentration that they wouldn’t notice her peeking at the cards in the secret envelope.
She did it again this time. Thanking them for her 2 donuts she walked to the door and then on the way out she yelled, “Mrs. Peacock did it in the ballroom with the candlestick.” and laughed as she heard them yelling, when she walked out the door.
Walking down the sidewalk Sarah was smiling. She was almost back to the Inn when she saw something shiny lying on the sidewalk. It looked like an old cowbell. She picked it up giving it a shake, to see if it would ring.
Hmmm….thought Lisette. Sarah must have got into playing a game with Mr. Fluff and Mr. Nutter for she had been gone quite awhile.
December may be around the corner … but Fall temps are still hanging on!
Whip cream is what makes Pumpkin pie worth eating!
When you forget to turn off your audio book …. and you go back to listen, feeling confused …. then realize that you are on Chapter 36 instead of Chapter 13. Well, now I know a big thing that happens to the main character!
Tanya looked both ways before crossing the road, and making her way towards the woods. She thought back to another woods, that was far away. The woods that she hid out in for awhile. She remembered the man in the woods who had owned the annoying, talking chicken. The chicken man had appeared to be a kind man, it was really a shame that she had to kill him, but she had to get his gold somehow. She started whistling as she entered the woods.
“Do you hear that? Someone is whistling.” Ethan said to Jade.
“Maybe its someone that can help us.” Jade said.
They both stared straight ahead waiting for the person to come into view. Jade screamed and Ethan stood there in wide eyed disbelief! It was HER!
Tanya couldn’t believe her eyes, she stopped whistling and her pulse began to race.
Ethan drew in a deep breath and then lashed out at Tanya, demanding his money and keys. He was stunned as Tanya said nothing, but her eyes looked wild with fright. Was she actually afraid of him? She grabbed his wad of cash out of her jeans pocket and threw it at him, along with his keys. Then she turned around and ran so fast, it was as if something was chasing her!
Jade and Ethan were in shock, but so happy!
“She looked so scared! Definitely not the tough girl that she had appeared to be when she robbed us.” said Jade.
“I know, that was so strange, but hey, we got my keys, lets go find my truck! ”
They started to walk out of the woods, when they heard a voice behind them.
“Glad you got your money and keys back. I could tell that girl was trouble and I thought I would give her a scare. I guess I succeeded!” and he let out a deep chuckle.
Now it was Jade and Ethan whose eyes were big with fright, when they turned around. They were staring into the face of a huge black bear!
“Oh don’t worry, I am harmless. I won’t hurt you. I didn’t want to roar for I knew then you all would be scared as well. I just stood up on my back legs and made a very menacing face at that lady. My name is Bobo, nice to meet you.”
Jade and Ethan were speechless. A talking bear? Maybe they were dehydrated and starting to get delusional. Before they could get their thoughts together they saw a hippo come walking towards them with 2 turtles on her back. Could this day get any more crazier!
“HI Bobo! You did great! We watched the whole thing. That was hilarious to see her run!” Henrietta said.
“You…you… talk too?” questioned Ethan, shaking his head in confusion.
“Yes, she talks, and so do we! Do you humans really think that you are the only ones capable of speaking?” Myrtle asked.
“Welll…..” Ethan and Jade didn’t know what to say, they just started laughing. What an adventure this trip to Vegas was turning out to be!
“Thank you so much Bobo for your help! We very much appreciate it!”
Jade was looking at Henrietta for awhile and then said, “You are one very unique hippo, your neck is so long!”
“That’s not the only unique thing about me, I can sing too! Do you want to hear me?”
“I gotta go!” and Bobo.
“Wait! Take us with you.” cried Myrtle and Tulag as they climbed up on his back.
Jade and Ethan watched , feeling perplexed. Bobo was running away, as Henrietta opened her mouth and started to sing.
It didn’t take long for Jade and Ethan to figure out why Bobo and the turtles made a quick retreat. They grimaced as Henrietta continued. They didn’t want to be rude and run away from her too, so they stood there listening.
When she finally stopped, they breathed a sigh of relief.
“I never knew a hippo could sing, you are indeed a special hippo!” said Jade and Henrietta beamed with joy.
Jade and Ethan couldn’t help but feel drawn to Henrietta’s cheerful attitude. They all kept talking as she shared her story with them about escaping from the zoo and meeting Myrtle and Tulag.
“Its been great meeting you Henrietta, but we should probably go now. We need to find my truck.” said Ethan
They said their goodbyes and Ethan and Jade couldn’t stop talking about everything as they walked out of the woods.
Henrietta smiled. What a nice couple they seemed to be and she was so glad that Bobo scared away that mean lady. Now she was going to head back towards the river, she was sure to find her friends there and she was ready for a cool swim.
When Jade and Ethan got out to the road they saw an ambulance, a police car and a tractor trailer driver looking very frazzled! As they got closer they heard the tractor trailer driver talking to the police.
“I didn’t see her! It was like she came out of nowhere! I couldn’t slow down in time, she was smack dab in front of me!”
Jade and Ethan looked at each other. “Do you think…?” asked Jade. They looked at the stretcher with the sheet over the body. and didn’t say a word.
They climbed into Ethan’s truck and he turned the key. it started right up. He put his arm around Jade. “Now to find that special chapel!” With love in her eyes, Jade kissed him as they drove down the road and out of sight.
Happy Tuesday! Is it really the week of Thanksgiving already? I don’t know how November flew by so fast, but it did! I know for many of us our Thanksgiving plans are different this year, which can be disappointing and stressful. I really hope though that whether or not your plans have changed that you still can have a special day. A day to take a break and breathe amidst the craziness of this world, and to be thankful for the things that really matter!
It had been a week now since Henrietta had escaped from the Las Vegas Zoo and she was having a great time! Not only did she have her new turtle friends, Myrtle and Tulag, for travel companions, but she met other friends in the woods as well.
There was Bobo, the brown bear, who was a friendly as could be. They had a lot of fun down at the river, he would catch fish while Henrietta enjoyed swimming and cooling off.
She had met Caramel the rabbit, who had been the Easter Bunny a few months ago and was still hopping around feeling so proud. Caramel had introduced her to his sister Taffy. Taffy was polite to Henrietta but Henrietta got the impression that she still held a grudge towards Caramel for being the Easter Bunny. She didn’t look too happy when Caramel was talking about it with a light in his eyes. Henrietta thought that him being the Easter Bunny was so cool! She secretly wondered if there ever could be an Easter Hippo! She wanted to do something important!
Rascal the raccoon had introduced her to his family, who were all so nice. There were also so many squirrels, chipmunks and foxes that she had met. The squirrels always seemed to be in a hurry to scurry up a tree, so she didn’t talk much to them, but she often heard their friendly chatter to each other in the treetops.
This morning Henrietta had awakened early, she was excited, for they were going to travel more today. They had found a new trail that they hadn’t been on before, and wanted to see where it led.
She was munching grass on the riverbank later that morning when Myrtle and Tulag came to find her.
“Good Morning Henrietta! Are you ready for our adventure today?”
“Yes, oh yes!” she replied. “Lets go! In fact I know the perfect song to sing as we go.”
Myrtle and Tulag silently groaned. They really did like Henrietta, but …. her singing, not as much! Oh well, she was so kind and happy, that they couldn’t help but be happy with her, even if her singing caused a headache. They needed to somehow make their shells more sound proof!
They had been walking for awhile, and Henrietta had just stopped singing, so Myrtle and Tulag poked their heads out to look around. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, a bright, sunny day. Who knew what possibilities the day may hold. Up ahead it looked like the trail may soon end. They were wondering if they would find anything exciting when Myrtle asked Tulag and Henrietta a question.
“Do you hear what I hear?” asked Myrtle.
“The peace of Henrietta not singing?” Tulag replied, as Henrietta harrumphed.
“No, listen!” said Myrtle.
They all froze for a moment, at what they heard. It was human voices, and Henrietta was afraid it was someone from the zoo looking for her. It didn’t take long though to figure out that whoever these people were, they were not from the zoo. They all sighed in relief as they continued to listen.
It was a man and a woman, and they didn’t appear to be very happy. They were clearly arguing!
“It was your idea!” the man said.
“Well she looked nice and said she needed help, excuse me, for having a heart!” the woman sharply retorted.
“So now what are we supposed to do, thanks to the dilemma that your heart got us into!” the man replied back. “We have NO money! NONE, as in zero! He stuck his hands in his jean pockets, not even any coins to rub together! I hope you don’t mind sleeping out under the sky.”
At this the young lady started to cry and the young man’s voice softened.
“Oh Jade, I am sorry. I know it wasn’t your fault.” He put his arm around her and pulled her close to him.
“We will figure something out.”, he said. “Maybe my truck will break down on her, would serve her right for stealing it and robbing us! I am just so glad that she didn’t hurt you! I can’t lose you!”
Henrietta’s eyes started to fill with tears, she felt bad for this poor couple. Then she closed her eyes, and walked off the trail to give the couple some privacy as they shared an intimate moment. It was silent, they weren’t talking anymore, their lips were busy in another way.
“We should do something?” Henrietta said to Myrtle and Tulag.
“Like what? You are a hippo and we are 2 tiny turtles, what are we supposed to do? We don’t have any money.”
“True!” said Henrietta, and they all were lost in thought.
Meanwhile not far from the woods, was a shiny blue truck on the side of the road with its hood popped open.
Tanya slammed it down with a thud! Just my luck, she thought!
She kicked at the stones along side the dirt road. A broken down truck and out in the middle of nowhere! How long would it take for another car to drive by that Tanya could flag down?
She guessed that she would have to walk to the nearest town. At least she had a wad of cash on her, she smiled at that. She had struck it right, picking a couple heading to Vegas for a honeymoon, with plenty of cash on them.
So she would be fine, she would figure things out. She always did. She might not like being stranded on this dusty road right now, but it sure beat sitting in a cell. They would learn, no one could keep Tanya locked up!
She looked around and saw a trail not too far away, looked like it headed into the woods. Ahh! She had always liked the woods, perhaps she would enjoy following the trail for a little. Take a break from being on the road. She smiled as she walked towards the woods, maybe the woods would help her clear her head, as she decided her next step.
This is the conclusion to the story I posted on Thursday. Here is the link, if you missed it. Once Upon a Dream…
photo from Pinterest
Snowball dropped his trashcan lid in fright and the others stared wide eyed! They had never seen such a strange sight before, what was it?
Before any of them could speak, the strange creature’s voice cackled. “Please help me! I am under the spell of the wicked witch.”
Alabaster nudged Snowball, “So what were you saying again, about not believing in the wicked witch?”
Jinx looked at the creature and said, “I am always glad to help when needed, but how exactly can we help you? We don’t have any special powers!”
The rest of them nodded their heads in agreement, looking at the creature and waiting for it to reply.
“Its really easy, you don’t need special powers. I will tell you a phrase to say and then you all repeat it back to me 4 times, and the spell on me will be broken.”
“Okay, we will do it, what is the phrase?”
“Nosotras somos locos”
Alabaster looked confused. “What does that mean?” he asked the creature.
“Its just the magic phrase, you don’t need to know what it means.” the creature said with a mischievous gleam in his eye.
“Whatever!” said Jinx
On the count of 3 they all repeated the phrase, “Nosotras somos locos” 4x and suddenly there was a man standing in front of them wearing a huge smile. “Thank you sooo much! You don’t know how long it took me to find someone to repeat the phrase to me. That was the only way to break the magic spell! Good luck to you all!” He turned his back on them and ran away laughing.
Jinx, Jangle, Alabaster and Snowball could only stare at each other in great shock! They were furry all over with bulging green eyes. They had turned into the strange creature!
“Well Snowball, you may not believe in the Wizard of Oz, but right now I sure am hoping you are wrong! We need to find that Wizard as soon as possible, lets go everyone!”
Starting to all run, they all bumped into each other and fell down. They weren’t used to running on paws!
Since running didn’t go too well, they walked, if you could call it walking. For a while they were silent, lost in thought. Then Alabaster spoke up.
“If this is the yellow brick road that leads to Oz, than where is Dorothy and her little dog Toto?” he asked.
“They are probably in the land of Oz already.” Jinx said.
“If there really is a land of Oz,” Snowball muttered under his breath.
They continued on, all them feeling more worried than they let on. How long would them remain this way? Was there really a Wizard, and even if there was, could he help them?
“Hey look I see the gate! Its the emerald gate!” Jangle said.
The rest looked at where Jangle was pointing and Jinx said, “It is a gate, but it most definitely is not emerald, its BLUE! Do you not know your colors?”
“Who cares what color it is, lets just hurry, the sooner we get through the gate, the sooner we find the great Wizard.” Alabaster said.
They all hurried up as much as possible and made it through the gate. They actually climbed up and over the gate, for none of them could open it.
They quickly realized that they were better at climbing up something than climbing down. All of them ended up falling as they were climbing down. They landed in a big mud puddle on the ground.
“We sure look great to see the Wizard now!” stated Jinx and he heard snickering behind him.
He turned around and saw 2 girls holding their hands over their mouths with merriment in their eyes.
“HI, my name is Dorothy. Do you all need some help, looks like you all had an encounter with the wicked witch.” said the girl.
“Well we didn’t see the wicked witch but yes we got tricked and now we are under her spell! I figured you would be here Dorothy. I knew this was the land of Oz,” Alabaster said, feeling proud. “Where is your dog Toto?” he asked.
This caused the girls to dissolve in more laughter.
“I am not that Dorothy!” the girl replied back. You aren’t in Oz!”
Snowball yelled, “I knew it! I knew there was no Oz!”
“Oh No! There is very much a land of Oz, but we aren’t it. This is the land of Waz!”
Everyone felt so confused and Jinx spoke up.
“Whatever this land is, Waz, Paz, or Maz, there is just one important thing that we need to know. Do you have a magic wizard in your land of “Waz?” Jinx asked, feeling doubtful.
“A magic wizard? Welll…not exactly a a magic wizard, but…” the pink haired girl interrupted Dorothy with a nudge and a wink, causing her to stop mid-sentence.
“We will take you to someone who will be glad to see you!” the pink haired girl said, giving Dorothy another conspiratorial wink.
The others felt like they had nothing to lose, so they followed the girls. When the girls passed the castle they all wondered where they were going. Shouldn’t the wizard be in the castle, even if it wasn’t really a wizard?
Instead they kept walking, until they came to a brilliant blue meadow. They couldn’t believe their eyes, there in the middle of the meadow they saw a blue alien like creature. While the girls went up to the alien and started talking to them, the others lagged behind, wondering if this day could get any more strange!
Oh what was that high pitched wailing noise, they all covered their ears. The next thing they knew they were surrounded by little blue aliens.
“We are very glad to have you! We are so very anxious to start our experiments!”
“Experiments, what experiments exactly?” Snowball asked, feeling his stomach turn.
The aliens didn’t respond they just grabbed them and started dragging them all away! The poor, poor, pitiful guys were feeling hopeless, like this was the end, when suddenly a flying dragon appeared in the sky!
The aliens quickly let go of the guys, screaming as they ran away! As the dragon got closer something looked very familiar to all of them. Had they seen this dragon before?
it swooped down and said, “My name is Dinosauris, quick, hop on my back!” He didn’t have to tell them twice they climbed on and up in the sky they flew!
“BUZZZZZZ!” Alabaster fumbled for the alarm clock to turn it off. He looked around the room. He was in his cottage, in his own bed, oh home never looked so good! He bounced on the bed in excitement causing the picture above his bed to fall and klunk him on his head.
Jinx woke up with a start, almost falling out of bed. He quickly ran to the mirror. YES! No fur! His head shined bright. He was so relieved!
Jangle woke up with the word “loco” stuck in his head. What did it even mean?
Snowball stumbled into his bathroom, still feeling sleepy. He looked in the mirror and …. OOOOH NO, his eyes were bulging and green! Oh he sure better still be dreaming!
Thankful that in this year of “social distancing, we can still reach out and “touch” someone thanks to technology!
What Cheerio is for you? Its not just plain Cheerio’s anymore. Pumpkin Spice, Coconut, Blueberry, Peach, Maple, or Banana Nut?
“No, we don’t put the Christmas tree up until December!”… 2020 … “Mom, can we put the Christmas …” “Go ahead, I will put the Christmas music on and make the hot cocoa!” Yes, our tree is up!
It was that time of year again! Things were bustling at the North Pole. The elves were putting in long hours and they were worn out by the end of the day.
Alabaster, Snowball , Jinx and Jangle, were heading back to their cottages, anxious to go to bed.
“How is your head feeling Alabaster?” asked Snowball. Earlier in the day the big heavy Countdown to Christmas clock had fallen and clonked Alabaster on the head.
“Its still pretty sore!” Alabaster said, while rubbing it.
“I don’t know why Santa didn’t think my Countdown Calendar was enough. I made it big and bold. That wouldn’t have hurt your head as much.” replied Snowball.
“Well if you would have been paying attention instead of crunching on caramel popcorn, you probably would have been able to jump out of the way. Plus all that caramel isn’t very good for your teeth.” Jinx said.
Alabaster made no comment, besides a groan. Soon they were all back to their cottages and all sound asleep, before the clock struck 10.
What was that? Was the cottage moving? Jinx and Jangle looked out the window. They were up in the air! All kinds of objects were flying past them. What was going on?
After a wild ride they landed at last.
Jinx and Jangle were eager to get out of the rocking house. They walked out the front door, still feeling a little wobbly.
“Where are we?” asked Jangle.
“I am clueless!” said Jinx.
They started walking down a yellow brick road when they saw someone walking towards them. He was carrying a garbage can lid in front of him.
“Excuse me, but who are you guys, are you from here?”
“We are Jinx and Jangle and we are lost. Can you help us?”
“Hi! I am Snowball. Sorry can’t help you much. I am not from around here either. I can tell you though that you are on the yellow brick road!”
“You mean the yellow brick road that leads to Oz?” asked Jinx.
“Ummm…no, you are on a road that is made out of bricks and the bricks are yellow. Do you really believe in Oz?” Snowball asked, with a laugh.
“Did someone say Oz?” All heads turned at the voice coming from behind the bush. Out walked a man who was shaking all over.
“My…my name is Alabaster and is that where this road leads to?”
Snowball couldn’t believe it! Did everyone believe in the land of Oz?
“Why are you trembling?” he asked Alabaster.
“I….I.. saw her. …I saw the Wicked witch!”
Snowball smacked his head with the garbage can lid, had everyone gone…….
They all looked up as they heard someone cackling. ( to be continued)
“Trudy, we are never going to make it home, with you wanting me to stop all the time, to feed the swans.”
Trudy acted like she hadn’t heard and Mary rolled her eyes. Why had Mama made her bring Trudy along. It was taking them twice as long to get home. Mary thought the swans were pretty, but she wasn’t fascinated with them, like Trudy. She had her favorite animals, and she was ready to get back home to them.
They did have a nice picnic on the water though, it would have been lonely to have a picnic all by herself, Mary admitted. It was nice to be away from home for a little. It was peaceful out on the water, unlike home.
Mama had come home a month ago with a baby brother for Trudy and Mary. At first Mary was in awe of him, he was so tiny and cute, but when he started wailing every night at 3am, she covered her ears and her awe started to die down a bit.
How could such a little thing make so much noise? She shared a room with Trudy and Trudy slept through his cries, but Mary never did. Mary woke up Trudy one night, for if she had to be up, she thought it only fair that her sister be awake too. Her Mom didn’t quite see it that way though, when Trudy complained at breakfast the next morning about being so tired. Mary got in trouble, but she was laughing inside when Trudy’s head fell into her cereal bowl because of how sleepy she was.
That laughter was short lived though, for she got in trouble later in the day, for not watching Trudy. Her Mama was trying to put her baby brother down for a nap and Mary was supposed to watch her sister. She mumbled “yes” to her Mama as she left the room and if Trudy would have just kept playing with her dolly in the playroom, all would have been well!
Mary had been reading a book and she was at the most exciting part when Trudy decided to leave the room. Mary figured she could finish the chapter before going and checking on her, but that was a big mistake! Trudy had wondered into the kitchen and got into the cookie jar. Not only did she eat all the cookies that had been left, but she had knocked down Mama’s mug rack, breaking all the mugs, while trying to reach the cookie jar! Trudy did get into trouble too, but unfortunately so did Mary.
Then later that night, Mary had snapped at Trudy and she got yelled at by her Mom for being contrary. Mary went to bed mad and was really glad to to out on the water today, but of course she had to bring Trudy along! Being a big sister could be such a bother!
Finally the swans swam away and Mary rowed them back home. When they docked Mama was standing there waiting for them. She was smiling, which made Mary happy. The mishaps from yesterday had apparently been forgotten.
“Did you girls have a nice time?”
Trudy ran to her Mama giving her a hug. “I got to feed the swans! They loved me.” Her Mama smiled and ran her hand through Trudy’s hair.
“How about you Mary?”
“We had a nice picnic, but I am ready to find Marshmallow and give her a hug.”
“Well you can go spend a little time with Marshmallow and then I have a surprise for you!” Mama said with a bright smile.
Mary was excited, she wondered what it could be! She ran to the pasture to call out to Marshmallow. She hugged her around the neck as she fed her with a bottle. Marshmallow was newest calf that they had. She had just been born a week ago and Mary loved it. Once Marshmallow was finished with the bottle, Mary gave it another hug and then ran to the house to find Mama.
When she got inside her baby brother was swinging in the little swing and he smiled at Mary. He did have a really cute smile thought Mary. She went over to him and he grabbed her finger, making Mary laugh. He wasn’t that bad, when he wasn’t crying!
Mama came over to Mary, putting her arm around her shoulder. “I know its been a little rough lately, with your little brother taking so much of my attention. You have been a great help with your little sister. So how about a special treat tonight. Would you like to go shopping at your favorite toy store and then perhaps we could go out for ice cream?” Mama said with a wink.
“Yes, oh yes!” Mary said, throwing her arms around Mama in a tight hug. I am going to go put on my purtiest dress!” she said, as she ran to her room. Her heart was full of smiles, wondering if the special doll house that she had seen last time they were out would still be there. Then she thought of the banana split that she wanted, with extra cherries and pretty sprinkles on top! YUM! Tonight would be so much fun!
Nuggets of Gold 