Surprisingly,Saria didn't seem to even take any notice to Link the first time he called out her name.He just assumed she hadn't heard him.At last,he decided to make an attempt to get closer,jumping through leaves and bushes and dodging large tree barks,to finally reach Saria sitting in between her hiding place, the Ocarina still to her lips.Link's eyes boggled.She hadn't changed a bit.Then he abruptly remembered the old legend's true saying...
The Kokiri never grow up.
And then Link remembered he had left their enchanted forest surroudnings...which caused him...well..to change drastically.At last,Saria turned around,the moment her eyes were set to Link's,she screamed and fell backwards off her rock.Link tried to reach down to catch her,but she fell and hit the dirt ground strewn with gravel just below her post.She rubbed her aching head,then leaped back onto the rock,obviously trying to avoid looking directly at Link again,mumbling a jumble of mixed words under her breath.
"Um...pardon?",Link asked,feeling as if she was talking to him...just..avoiding him.Saria's large,elfen-like nose perked up to meet Link's face stunningly."Oh,sorry,I was just saying you shouldn't really...creep up on little girls like that.",Saria said,the quiver in her voice making it obvious she thought what they were talking about made for quite an odd conversation.Link pulled his head back,then reached it within her shingle of bushes again to gently place his hand lovingly underneath her chin,looking her straight in the eyes to see they looked as if she'd start crying...
"I knew you'd come back.",Saria said,tears sting her eyes at last.Link's lower lip quivered slightly before her hugged her,this time,the force didn't really push her off her post again...
And then...the strangest feeling swamped Link...
A feeling that made him wish he'd never grown up.