A story within a story - Annie's Day

I was done with my chores, and I was off. I ran to the beach to meet Hugh and Kate, My best friends and the only children my age in this small town in the sticks. My Momma and Daddy told me this morning that I was going to be a big sister. I went ballistic with joy.

"Hey Annie - Bananie!" Hugh yelled to me.

"'Sup, Hugh, Kate!" I responded to Hugh's call.

We played on the peach, but we don't play in the water, because it was too cold. it was noontime, and we were invited to lunch by Gustafa. So we ate and talked with the hippie. I think he is kinda cool. He even taught me a couple of notes on the guitar. Then Kate, Hugh and I left the yurt.

We were walking uphill on the old path that has been walked on for many years when a man with wild hair, glasses and a lab coat bumped into us. His glasses dropped to the ground. I picked them up, and handed it to them.

"Here you go, mister." I said to him. But he didn't say anything, but kept staring at me.

"Who was that guy?" I asked Kate after we were uphill.

"His name is Daryll, he's a scientist." Kate said.

"I think he's creepy." Hugh said.

"Agreed." I said. Then it was the uphill turn to my family's ranch. So I said goodbye to my friends, and walked up the hill. I entered the house, to find my Daddy cooking, and my momma looking at pieces of paper on the table.

"I'm home!" I announced.

"Welcome home Anne!" Daddy yelled from the stove.

"Welcome home Baby!" Momma said.

I went and sat next to Momma. "Momma, can the baby hear me?" I asked.

"I doubt it." She said. "It's too early."

"Ahh." I said. "Can I kiss the baby?"

Momma nodded, rolled up her shirt. I kissed her belly, and then Daddy came smiling into the room with plates full of food. Momma's shirt was back over her belly, and I started to dig in. Daddy ruffled my half up - half down hair. And he sat down too.

After dinner, the three of us went to the spring, and Momma and Daddy were walking, while I picked the wildflowers. Then when we sat next to the spring, Momma braided them into my hair, Daddy taking pictures throughout the whole process. Then I skipped along ahead of them on the walk back.

After a bath, I was tucked into bed. I had a question to ask.

"Can I have a story?" I asked them. This was a simple request, and it's one that I don't ask very often.

"Once upon a time, there was a prince." Momma started. "But this prince wasn't just a ordinary prince. He was the prince of the stars. He only was seen at night. One night he was walking his nightly stroll, when he bumped into a girl. She was young, she was still in her teens, but the moment he saw her, he fell in love.

"The girl, who thought that this man was handsome, had no interest in love. She was taking care of her niece, who was three years old and demanded attention. But it took him a year, but he finally got her to say 'I love you.'

"It was another two seasons until they got married. and guess what?" Momma asked.

"What?" I asked.

"They adopted the little niece and they moved into the prince's star palace. Which is located on the moon." Momma said.

"That's why when we see the moon at night, there's a face." Daddy said. "That's the location of the star palace."

I giggled. "That was a good story!" Then they kissed me goodnight, turned out the light, and closed my door. I snuggled into my sheets, and closed my eyes, and imagined that I was the little niece in the story.

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A/N: I thought that we needed a (short) chapter in Annie's view. Can you tell where Jill's story comes from?

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