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Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After is a kingdom of Becoming.
Come see Sun Dust Forest where
the shafts of light are humming!
And all the trees wake with the breeze,
Becoming songs, Becoming!

And when you tickle Shimmering Lake
Just with your tippy toes,
Stars pop out to chase her giggle everywhere it goes.
Then the glimmering drinks the shimmering
Becoming giggle glows!

Beyond the lake by Wonder Road is sparkling Castle Joy.
There, now dreaming, lay a truly happy girl and boy,
For when they rise, each other's eyes
Becomes them to enjoy.

Patch the Kitten Finds a Home

By Mary Erickson

**This is the first bit of a picture-book story just written by my mother-in-law. It is so delightful I asked her to let me share a taste of it here. As you read, imagine what the happy pictures will be like that will go with it!**

Charlotte lived in a house with Mama Marie, Papa Jack, her dolly Priscilla and Bayberry Bear. Mama had told Charlotte that the big tree in the back yard was called Weeping Willow. Charlotte felt bad for a tree called Weeping and thought a tea party might cheer it up. She spread her princess blanket under the shade of the big tree, brought out her best Winnie the Pooh tea set and propped Priscilla and Bayberry bear against the trees white bark. Mama gave Charlotte tiny cheese sandwiches without the crust. (Charlotte didn’t like crust much.) As she was pouring lemonade Priscilla suggested some strawberries from the garden would go well. Bayberry agreed and so Charlotte was sent to pick some.

When Charlotte had almost picked a teacup full she thought she heard a tiny sound coming from under a cabbage leaf. She stopped, listened and heard it again. Curiously she lifted the cabbage leaf to discover a tiny white and black calico kitten. Charlotte was amazed to see such a perfectly beautiful kitty. She was sure the fairies had left her the kitty under the cabbage leaf just for her. She was just telling Mister Moon last night how much she would love a little pet of her very own!

Softly, Charlotte knelt down and picked up the tiny ball of fur. The kitty seemed to know she was safe and snuggled into Charlotte...

Would You Rather 5

Would you rather rather would you
Be a would you rather you?
Rather would you be a rather?
Be a rather would you you?

Would you rather could you rather
Be a would you or a could you?
Could you would you rather be?
Rather could you would you be?

Would you rather you could rather
Be a would you could you you?
Could you rather be a would be?
Rather would you be a you?

Pinkerton the Great

Pinkerton Mutkiss didn't mean to have a name like that. It was Mr. and Mrs. Mutkiss's idea. They had named him after a beloved uncle who was a lifelong butler. But when he explained this to his fellow 4th graders at Alice Bell's birthday party, they found it amusing to call him over for random services throughout the day.
"Oh Pinkerton, be a dear and get me some more ice cream?"
"Pinky, what do you think you're doing, playing freeze tag with us? Don't you have dishes to do?"
Then Ramon Iglesias rubbed birthday cake in his hair. "Dash it all, Pinky," he sang to the tune of the other kids' laughter. "I've gone and dropped my cake! Do go and clean it up for me."
"Don't forget to bring me a new piece!" he added as Pinky shuffled off to the kitchen.
"Oh chin up," said Pinky to the boy in the window reflection above the sink, who responded with three big crocodile tears.
"You're good looking after all: green eyes, a few freckles, and now with fashionably messy brown hair, though the icing needs to be rubbed in just a little more for texture."
He was in the act of slicking it up when Alice Bell walked up behind him.
"Oh Pinkerton," she exclaimed.
Pinky looked at her through the reflection. "Blonde hair, yellow ribbons, blue eyes, daisy dress."
Alice's mouth dropped open.
Pinky stopped. "Did I say that out loud?"
"Pinkerton," she repeated slightly softer.
Never in his entire life had his name sounded so magical.
"I just wanted to tell you... I think Pinkerton Mutkiss is the greatest name I've ever heard!"
She came up beside him, kissed him on the cheek, and ran out the door before his neurons, who had spontaneously started tap dancing, had time to tell him what had just happened.
"Pinkerton." he said with dramatic gusto to the boy in the reflection.
"Pinkerton Mutkiss. I must say it's the greatest name I've ever heard too!"
When he came back to where the other kids were playing tag outside, he was armed with a big piece of cake with chocolate ice cream on top.
He aimed the huge sticky concoction at Ramon like he was about to pitch a fastball.
When Ramon hit the deck with a small squeal, Pinky couldn't quite contain a chortle. "Oh dear. Got you there, Ramon!"
Everyone giggled, including Ramon, as he picked himself back up.
Then, to the rapt attention of all, Pinky lifted the dessert up slowly with both hands as if he was offering some kind of tribal sacrifice. In one sudden burst, he smashed the entire dripping sweetness into his own face.
"Did you think I would waste all this perfectly good cake and ice cream on you?"
But in the end, with a wild whoop and a calvary charge, he decided to share it with Ramon.

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What would you do?

Isaiah's flying backpack surely put the "oo" in cool.
The wings popped out when it unzipped and flew him straight to school!
But one day, when a breeze came up, it flew him to Wyoming.
There he met a hawk named Hank with whom he took to roaming.