CHAPTER 2: SKELETON LEAF AT BREAKFAST
The next morning, Mrs. Morgan was busy making the morning waffles, for the
nursemaid, Molly, had her Christmas Break. Everyone but Mrs. Morgan was in
the pink dining room, ready for the morning breakfast.
Mr. Morgan was reading the morning paper, sipping his tea. Ben, who had turned twelve two months ago, had chestnut brown hair and green eyes. He liked to listen to stories as well, and wore glasses. He was busy at the time eating sausages, and talking to Wendy.
"Interesting skeleton leaf." Ben studied the leaf wisely.
"And, the window kept opening by itself."
"REALLY?" Ben's eyes widened.
Wendy nodded. "Then, a figure of a boy came flying in!"
Harry was in the conversation too. "But then he flew away." Harry talked with his mouth full.
"Harry, improper of you to be talking with your mouth full." Mr. Morgan scolded his eye not leaving the paper.
Ben and Wendy quietly laughed. Harry pouted at them, eyebrows sagging. Mrs. Morgan walked into the dining room, a hand on each breakfast plate.
"What's the matter, darling?" Mrs. Morgan asked Harry, sitting down next to the boy.
"Ben and Wendy are laughing at me!" Harry scowled.
"Children?" Mrs. Morgan scolded the two giggling descendants. Immediately they stopped.
"Tattletale." Ben murmured holding up his napkin to his lips so only Wendy and Harry could hear it. Wendy tried not to laugh, so she pressed her lips together, body shaking when one laughs.
Harry scowled at his older siblings again. "Mother, Ben called me a tattletale!"
Mrs. Morgan glared at Ben. "Now that is enough." She huffed.
Mr. Morgan grabbed his coffee-cup, and noticed the odd leaf that his daughter was hiding. "Wendy," Wendy looked up. "May I see your leaf?" Wendy handed the leaf to her father. Mr. Morgan studied it. "Skeleton leaf. Doesn't even exist in England. It comes from a Skeleton Tree, which, indeed doesn't exist in Europe." He looked at his daughter attentively. "Where did you find it?"
Harry spoke up first. "Well father, a boy-"Wendy was sitting next to Harry, so she covered his mouth.
She smiled politely. "Actually, it drifted in from the window."
"Drifted in from the window, did it?" Mr. Morgan said calmly. Wendy nodded letting Harry loose. Mr. Morgan gave the leaf back to Wendy, who ran upstairs to her room.
Once she got to her room, she ran to her vanity. She got out a golden chain and put it round her neck. The leaf was secured onto the necklace, and Wendy wore it, looking in awe at her work.
"Wendy?" Ben knocked on Wendy's cream colored door. Wendy turned around in her chair.
"Yes?" The door creaked open, revealing Ben and Harry.
"Father says that we are to go to church today." Harry said.
"And mother says that you should change your clothes into your Sunday dress right away." Ben informed Wendy, tugging on his tie.
Wendy nodded. "See you downstairs."
The boys shut the door and Wendy, still keeping the necklace on, changed into her light blue jumper with a white blouse. She wore her hair in two tight braids with light blue bows on the ends of them. She got on her overcoat and gloves and walked down to the entryway, tucking the necklace into her blouse.
Mr. Morgan was reading the morning paper, sipping his tea. Ben, who had turned twelve two months ago, had chestnut brown hair and green eyes. He liked to listen to stories as well, and wore glasses. He was busy at the time eating sausages, and talking to Wendy.
"Interesting skeleton leaf." Ben studied the leaf wisely.
"And, the window kept opening by itself."
"REALLY?" Ben's eyes widened.
Wendy nodded. "Then, a figure of a boy came flying in!"
Harry was in the conversation too. "But then he flew away." Harry talked with his mouth full.
"Harry, improper of you to be talking with your mouth full." Mr. Morgan scolded his eye not leaving the paper.
Ben and Wendy quietly laughed. Harry pouted at them, eyebrows sagging. Mrs. Morgan walked into the dining room, a hand on each breakfast plate.
"What's the matter, darling?" Mrs. Morgan asked Harry, sitting down next to the boy.
"Ben and Wendy are laughing at me!" Harry scowled.
"Children?" Mrs. Morgan scolded the two giggling descendants. Immediately they stopped.
"Tattletale." Ben murmured holding up his napkin to his lips so only Wendy and Harry could hear it. Wendy tried not to laugh, so she pressed her lips together, body shaking when one laughs.
Harry scowled at his older siblings again. "Mother, Ben called me a tattletale!"
Mrs. Morgan glared at Ben. "Now that is enough." She huffed.
Mr. Morgan grabbed his coffee-cup, and noticed the odd leaf that his daughter was hiding. "Wendy," Wendy looked up. "May I see your leaf?" Wendy handed the leaf to her father. Mr. Morgan studied it. "Skeleton leaf. Doesn't even exist in England. It comes from a Skeleton Tree, which, indeed doesn't exist in Europe." He looked at his daughter attentively. "Where did you find it?"
Harry spoke up first. "Well father, a boy-"Wendy was sitting next to Harry, so she covered his mouth.
She smiled politely. "Actually, it drifted in from the window."
"Drifted in from the window, did it?" Mr. Morgan said calmly. Wendy nodded letting Harry loose. Mr. Morgan gave the leaf back to Wendy, who ran upstairs to her room.
Once she got to her room, she ran to her vanity. She got out a golden chain and put it round her neck. The leaf was secured onto the necklace, and Wendy wore it, looking in awe at her work.
"Wendy?" Ben knocked on Wendy's cream colored door. Wendy turned around in her chair.
"Yes?" The door creaked open, revealing Ben and Harry.
"Father says that we are to go to church today." Harry said.
"And mother says that you should change your clothes into your Sunday dress right away." Ben informed Wendy, tugging on his tie.
Wendy nodded. "See you downstairs."
The boys shut the door and Wendy, still keeping the necklace on, changed into her light blue jumper with a white blouse. She wore her hair in two tight braids with light blue bows on the ends of them. She got on her overcoat and gloves and walked down to the entryway, tucking the necklace into her blouse.