It was now nap time at the playgroup and Emma was twitching in her sleep, she was having an nightmare.
"Emma, Emma" The willow hollowed, it turned into her father.
"What are you doing here!, You stupid thing!" Manny yelled.
"But, daddy! It's me your daughter!, Emma!" Emma cried.
"Don't be stupid!, Your just a human!, I never told you that because you'll never understand!" Manny yelled.
Uncle Sid came up, his eyes hollow and bare.
"Get out of here!, You'll kill us all!" Sid said and Emma found herself ducking for a smack from uncle Sid.
"What are you doing?, Why are you trying hitting me" Emma cried.
"Because, we hate you" Manny said.
Animals ganged up on her.
"Diego!" Sid said, clicking his finger and Uncle Diego crawled up on her, his eyes, Blood red.
"U..U..ncle Diego?" Emma cried.
He pounced.
Emma woke screaming, Waking up the other Kids.
"Emma, what's wrong?" Helen asked, running up to her.
"N..Nothing" Emma said.
"Are you sure?, Your shaking" Natalie said, touching Emma's Shoulder.
"Yeah, Yeah" Emma said, shaking Natalie's hove off her shoulder and lay back down on the leaf mat, still shaking.
Later that day it was almost time to go Home and it was just Emma, Ashley and Billy left to play with the toys, Well, They took all the toys from Emma and Left her with Teddy, She was Happily playing with him, until the kids came up to Emma.
"Hey, give us that bear!" Ashley said, making a swipe for Teddy.
"No!, he's mine!" Emma yelled.
"Yeah, But I want it" Ashley said.
"But it's mine!" Emma said.
"Yeah, whatever" Ashley said and took the teddy out of Emma's Paws (Hands) and started wiping mud all over it.
"Hey!, Stop it!, He's mine!, Hey, stop it!, Stop it!" Emma wailed, Ashley and Bill laughed, dunking Teddy in more mud. "Stop it, He's mine!"
Natalie and Helen walked over.
"What's wrong?" Helen asked the small human.
"I want my Teddy!" Emma cried.
"Oh, Emma you have to share!" Helen said.
"But, I've been sharing with them all day!" Emma said.
"Okay" Natalie chuckled "Come on, Ashley, give her back her Teddy"
"Okay, Miss Natalie" Ashley laughed and threw the muddy bear back to the red faced Emma.
After a quick snack Manny, Sid and Diego came to pick Emma up.
"Hi, Sweetie, how was your day?" Manny said.
"It was...Okay" Emma said.
"Great" Sid said, Hugging her.
"Mr. Manfred, Can I have a word with you please?" Helen said.
"Sure" Manny said and followed her into a cave and he was guessing this was her office.
He looked back and Emma was laughing and riding on Sid's Shoulders.
"Take a seat" Helen said.
Manny dumped his butt on the floor.
"I think Emma has some sharing issues" Helen said.
"What?" Manny asked.
"Of course this is normal of an only child" Helen said.
"But-" Manny started.
"And she had a bad dream at nap time because she woke up screaming" Helen said. "She needs more fruit and veg and I think she'll be fine" Helen said.
"Okay, I'll she right to it" Manny said and walked out the cave.
When he got to his herd he saw Emma riding about on Diego's back.
"Come on, Let's go" Manny said, putting Emma on his Back.
"What did you do to your teddy?" Sid asked.
"I..., Drop it in some mud" Emma said, Fearfully.
"Okay" Manny said "I'm sure, Uncle Sid can Fix it"
At tea...
"Daddy, How come I don't have a trunk?" Emma asked.
Sid and Diego's Head shot up and look at each other.
"Or I how come I don't walk on all fours, Or have big feet?" Emma asked.
"Um, Um, Um" Manny didn't say anything.
"Or an mommy" She said, looking down.
"Look, Emma, It's about time I told you, your not a mammoth, Your a human, I adopted you when you were little and We found you" Manny said.
Emma was silent.
"Emma?" Manny asked.
"Emma?" Diego and Sid whistled.
"I think I'm going to skip pudding tonight" Emma said.
She got up and walked into the cave.
Manny got up to follow her.
"Don't do it" Diego said, stopping him.
"I'm pretty sure she needs to be alone of a bit" Sid said.
In the cave.
Emma was huddled in a corner, hugging her dirty teddy.
The sunset reflected off her pale face.
The five year old sniffed up some tears.
Why would Daddy lie to her.
…...
Poor Emma!, That must have been a shock!.
I know someone who's adopted, My Dad's Partner's Mum.
What will Manny do?
How will Emma react?.
I'll update sooooooooon!
Love,
Ice age Watermelon
