Chapter Two

One night, Tecna lay in her small box of a bed watching Feragonda type on her miniature laptop. The bed was a small metal box with soft cotton padding for a mattress, a piece of cosy fabric for a blanket, and cotton fluff used for a pillow. The box had a lock on it, but it was never locked, and for a very good reason. Tecna loved watching Feragonda type, she had been writing a novel even before Tecna's flower seeds had been given to her, so she worked exceptionally hard on it. Tecna watched Feragonda's fingers type fast as lightening on the keyboard, she really wished she could use all the technology the world had to offer.

"Why are you typing so much, mom?" Tecna asked, swinging her legs in total curiosity.

"I've been working on this novel since before you came out of the flower, dear. It's been some of my life's work." Feragonda explained.

"Is the novel interesting?"

"Well… it's about fairies, it's a love story."

"Fairies?" Tecna questioned. Feragonda showed her a picture of the fairy couple that she had drew for the novel, the boy was a tall, handsome man in a dashing uniform. The girl had a flowing dress that reached to her ankles, her hair tied back in a bun and dainty little shoes. Tecna noticed in the picture that they had a set of something on their backs.

"Are those their wings?"

"Yes dear, they allow the fairies to fly." Feragonda explained.

"Fairies are just imaginary, are they?" Tecna hopped out of bed and looked out the window in wonder.

"Yes Tecna, only imaginary." Feragonda answered.

"That's kind of… not fair. If the fairies in you book are just made up, then… I'm the only small person in the world. I just wish… I was normal." Tecna sighed.

"Oh no, no. You're special, you shouldn't wish to be like everyone else. Your intelligence and size alone makes you so unique." Feragonda replied, saving everything she had on her laptop, "Now, it's bedtime."

"Can you leave the laptop on, I want to read your story while I fall asleep." Tecna got into bed, and Feragonda put the laptop at a good angle by her bed.

"The laptop will start hibernating in 15 minutes, so you can't get too distracted." she told her as she left the room. Tecna started reading the document on screen as she lie in her bed, it was fascinating so far, but to bad that these small fairies, the only people her own size, didn't exist. The only thing to do now was to make the best of a tiny situation. So, she got out of bed once again and examined the miniature laptop. It was smaller than a regular one, and way easier to carry around. Tecna used her upper body strength to move the mouse. She saved and closed the document with Feragonda's novel and went to open her own. Once she had done that, she though of a way someone of her size could type. Tecna then began jumping lightly from key to key to test out easy words. She then flipped in order to jump from one end of the row of keys to the other. Soon, she was typing full sentences and getting a workout at the same time.


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