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Vivian RouseGiles ScottKatelyn Stories 04-07

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  • Pretty Bird
  • Flying North in Autumn
  • The Core of My Apple Heart
  • Light
  • Pretty Bird

    Venus perched in the morning sun and admired her reflection.  Since this year’s molt, she was brighter and gleaming with sharp contrasting colors. Crisp cyan, black, ivory…Oh Mammacita!  Tres belle! What a fabulously fluffy bird!  Magnifique! That’s right, pretty passerine… “You sweeeetie sweet sweet.” A whisper song rose softly to her own shining corvid face. Venus enjoyed her own company and was not often publicly vain but there was nothing wrong with being a big beautiful Blue Jay, was there? She turned ninety degrees then smoothed and preened her “lesser” side.  Hmm… That is much better.  ...Z7Cone door

    Flying North in Autumn

    Flying North in Autumn.February.I wish I was a penguin.They seem so content where they are. They have never been in the Northern Hemisphere and feel no pressure to go there. They know they belong up here in the South.Well, so do I.People call us Arctic Terns.But that is only because most of those people live in the Northern Hemisphere. We spend more time on the Antarctic than in the Arctic.I think of myself as an Antarctic Tern. This is where I belong and want to stay.The fact that I was hatched in the North, as we all are, is not the point. We left there when I was less than 3 months old. Tha...Z7Cone door

    The Core of My Apple Heart

    When they first met me, it was obvious I wasn't like other girls. At my age, they'd always talk about guys at school. But I was more interested in my apple trees. My passionate interest didn't last very long when one day, I saw him. It was your typical sunny afternoon on a Wednesday, where people would come to purchase my sweet, crisp apples. I liked the weekdays, when it wasn't so busy because everyone was either at school or work. I made sure the apples on display shined like diamonds, wiping each of them carefully and thoroughly. Since there weren't many people today I decided I should go...Z7Cone door

    Light

    "Julian""Julian""JULIAN"If this man ignores me one more time I swear I'll... "What do you want, Monica?"Julian seems exasperated. I'm not sure why, as he's been the one ignoring me all morning. HE drags ME to the apple orchard and now he's sulking? I was perfectly content lounging on the couch with a hot mug of tea, rose infused black tea of course, and wasting away this brisk October day. But not Julian. Forever the active extrovert. He just HADwww.onedoor.cc to get out of apartment.It's a beautiful day, Mon, look at the sky! We still have time to get to the orchard early and beat the crowds.I sigh. Julian...Z7Cone door

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