Ch. 19: Parental Sadness
written 5/2/12 modified 5/4/20
The kids were as Jewel stated starting to show more and more signs of maturity both through looks and behavior. Their games of tag were becoming less prevalent.
They were almost at their adolescent age. They still had to stay where their parents could still see them, but they were allowed to go a little further. Blu and Jewel,
especially Jewel, were still sad knowing the fact that they wouldn't get to be parents much longer. However they were somewhat happy knowing that soon their kids
would become independent. The kids woke up one morning to the usual music of the tropical forest. They were about to go join in the fun, but just as they reached
the entrance/exit of the hollow they heard a sniffle behind them. They slowly turned around to see their Mother crying into their Father's chest. Pearl was the first of
the three to speak up, "Dad what's wrong with Mom?" she asked her Dad while looking at her Mom with extreme concern. Blu thought for a moment, but then
realized that her daughter had become mature enough to understand the truth regarding Jewel. "Well your Mom has been very depressed lately." he replied. "Why?"
Pearl asked. "Well because..." he was cut off by his wife. "Because I don't get to act like a Mom much longer and my realization of that has been making me cry
constantly because I love being a parent." Jewel cried wiping her face clean of tears with her wing. The three kids were surprised by this, but remembered back to
when their Mother was able to constantly care for them was when they were first born into the world as baby chicks because she got to stroke them constantly, kiss
them, hug them, tuck them into bed (nest), etc. Pearl knew exactly the right thing to say. "Mom, no matter how much time passes by, Topaz, Jose, and I will always
be your children." she said. Jewel looked down at her daughter, "Oh thank you my dear sweet Pearl." said Jewel whose eyes were still red from crying. Then Topaz
said "Yeah Mom we'll never be fully parted." "Also when (or if) we find a mate and start a family of our own, you'll get to be a Grandmother and Dad will get to be a
Grandfather." added Jose. Both their Mother and (to some extent) their Father started tearing up happily at that thought. "Thank you, kids. Now you go play I'm going
to hang back with your Mom for a bit, just stay in our sight okay." said Blu. "Of course Dad." replied the three preteens together. With that they took off.
Sorry that this chapter was so damn short, chapter 20 will be much longer. Btw the kids were in their preteen stage in this chapter, but in chapter 20
they will
be introduced as regular teenagers this was just the transition between preteen and teen stage.