Sir Orpheus's Riddle For Anne
"A strange sensation you say?" Sir Orpheus asked Anne.
"Yes," Anne said to Sir Orpheus. "an extremely strange sensation."
"Like I have stated to you before, Courageous Maiden," Sir Orpheus said to Anne. "I cannot help you solve mysteries."
"Oh, right." Anne sighed.
Back in the real world in the boys' bedroom, Tom was lying in the bottom bunk in the set between the bottom bunks where Flip & Henry were sleeping on either side of him, when he had begun to have a dream.
Within his dream, Tom saw the silhouette of a beautiful girl about his height with short hair in an ankle length gown with sleeves that looked like a tank top's straps.
"Maboroshi no Periuinkuru suishō, onegai, Illusionary Periwinkle Crystal, please." the girl said.
"Who are you? And why do look so sad?" Tom asked the girl.
The girl looked down into Tom's brown eyes, "Maboroshi no Periuinkuru suishō, onegai, Illusionary Periwinkle Crystal, please." she said to him again.
Tom then awoke and climbed the ladder to the top bunk where Alan slept that night.
Tom began shaking Alan, "Alan, Alan! Wake up, Alan!" Tom hissed.
Alan sighed serenely, "Sarani go-bu, shite kudasai, five more minutes, please." he groaned.
"You and your Japanese, Alan," Tom shouted irritably. "this is an emergency!"
Henry sat up in the bottom bunk to Tom's right hand side, "What's the emergency, Tom?" he asked groggily.
"I had a dream just now, Henry," Tom said. "about a princess who is my height and she wants me to find a periwinkle crystal for her, and I don't know who she is or what in the heck this dream means!"
"Tom, it was nothing more than a dream," Henry yawned, laying back down. "go back to sleep."
Tom went back to the bed that he slept in that night.
Back in the girls' bedroom, Anne continued to dream.
"Who are you, Sir Orpheus? And where do you come from?" Anne asked.
Sir Orpheus looked up at Anne, there was a look of seriousness upon his face.
"You shall soon see in time, Courageous Maiden." Sir Orpheus said to Anne.
"Oh man am I in a jam!" Anne exclaimed.
Anne awoke with disappointment.
The window in the boys' bedroom was open and a warm breeze blew in.
"Five more minutes, please, Amy," Alan sighed in his sleep. "just five more minutes."
Alan awoke Flip & Scooter with his sleep talking.
"Oh no," Flip groaned. "not again!"
"Alan woke me up too, Flip." Scooter complained, yawning.
"One more hug, Amy," Alan begged in his sleep. "please! Just one more."
"Amy?" Scooter asked.
"Alan must have a thing for that dame!" Flip guessed.
Anne quickly came into the boys' bedroom.
"No Flip, Buddy doesn't have a crush on Amy," Anne said. "far from it!"
"What do you mean?" Flip & Scooter asked Anne, whispering in unison.