And chapter three :)

'You'll turn six? When exactly?'

'On the 24th december.'

'Oh...good...'

It was quiet ... until Frau meant:

'You should go to bed now...it's late...'

'Yes...where shall I sleep?'

'You can sleep in my room. Let's go.'

So they went to Frau's room.

Xing-Lu slept in Frau's bed and Frau in his coffin.

In the night Castor knocked at Frau's coffin.

This one stood up.

'W...what is it?'

'I...can't sleep.'

'Oh uhm... shall I ...tell you a story?'

'Yes...' Xing-Lu nodded with a smile and laid in the bed.

'Ehm... there was a princess ...and... she lived in a castle...but she was really unhappy,because...the prince,who she loved,was away...in another castle. And the princess was ... really jealous...because in the castle of the prince...there lived another princess. And...so...she was really sad...'

Frau didn't need to go on,because Castor was already asleep.

'He's somehow cute when he's asleep.',Frau thought with a smile and then went to sleep again.

On the next morning they had breakfast really early. After that Frau worked and Castor read some books in the libary. When Frau finished his work, he went to Xing-Lu.

'Xing-Lu? You want to go to the christmas market with me?'

'Christmas...market?'

'Yes. A market where people sell things...and so on..'

'Yes. I want to go there.'

Because it snowed the whole night ,the whole village was white.

It looked amazing and that's what Castor thought too.

In the way to the village they went to a field.

With big eyes Xing-Lu watched at the field.

Frau looked at him.

'Go.'

'What?' Castor looked to the older one.

'Make snowmen or snowangels...'

'Snow...what?'

Frau ran on to the field and built a snowman.

'Come on.' Frau yelled and Castor ran to him.

He helped Frau with the snowman. But then Frau threw a snowball at him while laughing.

Castor was irritated.

'Throw another at me.'

So Xing-Lu took a ball and threw it back. After a real battle they went on,laughing. On the market Frau bought the things for the church while Castor looked at a stall. It was a stall for lard balls.

Frau saw this and went to Xing-Lu.

'You want some?'

'Eh...that's to expensive.'

But Frau already bought some lard balls with powdered sugar.

'T...thank you.'

'You're welcome.'

They sat on a bench.

'And...you never played in the snow?'

'No...I have no time to play.'

'What about friends?'

'I have no friends.'

That shocked Frau.

'B...but what are you doing the whole day?'

'I have a strict plan. I have no time for friends.'

'That's horrible. Then...I'll be your friend.'

With huge eyes the little boy looked at Frau.

'You...want to be my friend?'

'Of course. Why not?'

'I'm not good enough for friends.'

'Don't say something like that! Never!' Frau took Castor by his shoulders.

'But...father...'

'It's not important what he tells you! Live your life! Don't let him destroy you! '

'Ehm...but...he...is someone who cares for me...'

'But...how can he tell you something like 'no time for friends'?!'

Frau was angry... angry at Xing-Lu's dad and angry at himself. Why didn't he realize that Castor had no friends and was so sad?

'I'm going to search Lance...I need to tell Castor soo many things.',Frau thought. But he couldn't let this boy be destroyed...

'You're allright?',Xing-Lu asked.

'Y...yes. Let's go back to the church. And as if Lance had known about Frau's thoughts ,he was there.

'Lance. I need to talk to you. Now.'

Hope you liked this chapter ^^