Sally was walking in the woods with her mom and dad holding her hand. In her other hand, she was dragging along her stuffed teddy bear, Mister. Sally had a yellow dress with pink flowers and her hair were two pig tails. Today was Sally's fifth birthday, she and her family are going on a camping trip for three days. Today is very special to Sally today. She loved that today is her birthday because her mom is nine months pregnant with her baby brothers. Sally was skipping in joy while a huge grin went across her face.
On the third day of the camping trip, it was 10:00 and Sally couldn't sleep. She had so much fun in the forest, that she didn't want to leave tomorrow.So she took Mister in her hand, got out of her sleeping bag and exited the tent without waking her parents. In her princess pajamas, she walked through the dark wilderness hearing bugs buzzing and her feet crunching throught the leaves on the ground. She was a little scared, but she just followed the moon's path, since it was the only light she saw. She started sucking her thumb and clutched Mister's paw to distract her from being scared. Sally walked until she got in the middle of the moon. It was probably the center of the whole forest. There was a stump in the middle of the forest with all the pine trees surrounding it's space. Sally, not scared anymore walked over to the stump and sat on it with Mister on her lap. She started staring at the moon which was staring back at her. She pretending that she was talking to the moon.
"Hi Sally."
"Hi moon." she made Mister wave at the moon.
"What's your bear's name?'
"Mister."
"That's a funny name."
"Yeah, my daddy named him that and got it for me for my third birthday."
"You have a nice daddy."
"Do you have a daddy?"
"Yeah. He's Jupiter."
Sally giggled.
"Why aren't you sleeping Sally?"
"I can't sleep."
"Why?"
"I don't wanna leave the forest tommorrow. I wanna stay here and look at the trees and talk to you."
"But I'm everywhere Sally. When you go home, I'll be there at night. And we can talk until the end of time."
Sally hesitated with a smile. "Do you have any other friends?"
"Of course I do. I'm friends with Saturn, Earth, Milky Way, but you're my best friend."
"Really? But we just met."
"Actually, I saw you when you were just a baby. So I know everything about you."
"Oh yeah? What's my middle name?"
"Lynn."
"Wow! You're good."
"Thank you. Hey, when are you gonna go to sleep."
"I dunno. I guess when I'm tired." Sally thought for a moment. "Can I sleep here?"
"Sure. But just to remind you, don't be scared. I'm like a protective blanket. No one or nothing will hurt you when I'm here."
The stump was big enough for Sally to lay down. She he getting comfortable with Mister and murmered "i love you" to Mister.
"I love you Moon."
"I love you too Sally. Good night."
