I found myself thinking less and less of home.
One day, I got a serious fright. I'd forgotten what my parents looked like! I could no longer picture them as perfectly as before. I'd forgotten what Gabby looked like, and for a second, I'd even forgotten her name! I'd forgotten what our housekeeper looked like, even what a computer looked like! Well, I remembered that Gabby had had black hair, but that was all! I knew our housekeeper's hair was red. And my mom's... well, I couldn't picture my parents at all anymore. All those months of being here, seemed to have vanished my old life... as if it was another lifetime, or maybe a dream. The only faces I could picture clearly were those of Ella, Nathaniel, Areida, Slannen, Mandy, Ella's father, Hattie, Olive, and all the people I'd met here in Frell and Jenn and the forest.
But... I still had to go back. I just had to. Yet thinking back, my memory of New York seemed smudged... and I got an almost dirty feeling thinking of all those people together in one small place. I couldn't believe that I had actually liked that before! But I owed to my family, to my housekeeper, to Gabby, to show up again. Plus, I remembered that I'd loved my life. I'd loved technology and people and business. If I went back I'd love it again right?
Eventually we ran across some elves. Yes, I said elves.
I know, I couldn't believe it either!
And yet, as always, Ella wasn't surprised.
Anyway, let me tell you a little bit about them.
A: There were TONS of them!
B: They were all green and gross looking!
C: They slept in little hammocks! I had my own... but I'd never slept in a hammock before.
D: Despite their ugliness, they were really nice!
E: They had really cool pottery... and the Head Elf (At least that's what he seemed like) said that some guy named Slannen made them. Actually, they were really, really good!
F: They were super generous! The Slannen gave us each a pottery piece! Those must have cost like, a fortune! Ella got a howling wolf. If you looked at it, and I mean really looked at it, you felt as if you were actually the howler and I mean you actually felt it! You just feel why he's howling and you feel your throat howling too! Anyway, I got something too! I got this baby bird... but the bird was caught landing on a branch of a tree... If you looked at this you felt your toes touch down and you felt her pride at landing her first flight. You felt her wings tense... everything. It was the most amazing thing ever!
But that's not all the elves gave us! They lent us two ponies and a load of food.
G: They love Ella's magic book! They laughed and laughed at the story The Shoemaker and the Elves.
H: They only eat and drink soup! It was kind of annoying actually, but it was ok.
So next day we set out again for the wedding, only at a much faster pace.
I was ashamed of it, but I couldn't help the tiny part of my mind that was hoping we'd miss it.
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