Helloooooo everyone! Sorry that the update is so late (I meant to update before Christmas but I can't control my family, and I had to go and do some things, so I'm updating now instead). Before I give you the chapter though, I wanted to give you a belated Christmas present (or Hanukkah gift or whatever festive season you celebrate this time of year=)); Her and I are DOING A SEQUEL =) We've decided to start writing it after New Year's so expect a new story sometime in the early 2011 ;)
Regarding this chapter, I don't like it when people write using the "baby-language" because that makes it really hard to understand some times, and therefore I haven't done that. However, I've adjusted the grammatical level to that of a child, and I hope it makes some sense because it's really hard to write from a child's PoV since it was so long since I was one (and I haven't been around a 1,2-year old in like 10 years, that's not really the best source to go on either)
Here it is though; the epilogue, the last chapter, the finale of Moving On…
Alice (Epilogue)
"Come here, honey" daddy say "you need a bath before bed. You can have your duck"
Love bath. Daddy say there water everywhere.
I love splash. Water going up. Duck swim. I take duck. Splashing fun. Daddy wet now. I laugh.
Daddy wash hair. Not fun. Water eyes. I cry.
"There there, it's gone soon" daddy say. Water gone.
Hair wet. Daddy take towel. Pick me up.
"I think it's time we get you out of the bath, or you're going to end up a raisin"
"Mama say no raisin. Oil on skin gone" I say. Daddy wrong. I no raisin.
Daddy laugh.
"You really are your mother's daughter" daddy say.
"Hi Alice" Mama say. Daddy give Mama me "Did you have a nice bath?"
I nod.
"Daddy wet!" I laugh. Mama laugh too.
"Yes he is"
"Hey, it's not my fault your daughter loves to splash so I get wet"
"My daughter? She's your daughter too. You take some responsibility for her upbringing and bath-routines"
"Mama" I say
"What is it, honey?"
"Feel"
Mama belly big. Mama say baby in there. I no think so.
"Sure Alice, but then it's nightynight. You have daycare tomorrow"
"Okay" I say.
I feel belly. Feel funny.
I laugh.
"Okay Alice" Daddy say "Time for bed. Say nightynight to mommy"
"No"
"Alice, you have to be up early tomorrow"
"No!"
"How about if daddy reads to you?" Mama say
"No"
"How about if mommy sings?" Daddy say
I like Mama sing.
I nod.
Mama take me to bed and sing. I sleepy now. Nightynight.
I hope this story was worth reading and that we see you (or hear from you rather) in our next one =)
XOXO She and Her