STORIES
2006
97 - Noli
Saturday …
Vanni and Syrrah are back from the Elvin realm ...
NOLI:
Vanni! You home.
VANNI:
That’s right. We just got in and the first thing
I had to do was see my favorite girl.
NOLI:
Noli?
VANNI:
Who else?
NOLI:
Noli miss Vanni.
VANNI:
And I missed you too. You know Noli, something
very special is about to happen to you.
NOLI:
Noli's birt-day?
VANNI:
Not quite, but we are having a party for you tomorrow.
NOLI:
With cake?
VANNI:
Of course, but first I have something important to tell you.
VANNI:
... Maybe it'd be best if I did it in a story.
NOLI:
Noli love stories.
VANNI:
Then you’ll like this one ‘cause it has a happy ending.
VANNI:
Once upon a time there was a little girl.
NOLI:
A princess?
VANNI:
Sure, she can be a princess. This princess lived in a big castle with
her mom the queen and her dad the king. They were all very happy.
VANNI:
... One day the princess became lost. The king and
queen looked everywhere but they couldn’t find her.
NOLI:
Where she go?
VANNI:
Well, what the king and queen didn’t know was that the princess
met a lady who promised her a fun adventure. So the princess
went away with her. Soon she found herself in a big
city living with a family that loved her very much.
NOLI:
That nice.
VANNI:
Yes we all thought so too - but while the princess was having
her adventure, the king and queen kept searching for her.
They missed her so much.
NOLI:
Do they fnd her?
VANNI:
It took a long time, so long that the princess forgot about them.
VANNI:
… She thought she belonged to the family that adopted her. The new family
loved her very much, but when they found out that the princess had a real mommy and daddy - they made sure to get the princess back to them and ...
NOLI:
An' they live hap’ly eva after.
VANNI:
That’s right Noli.
NOLI:
That good story Vanni.
VANNI:
Noli, the princess in the story is you.
NOLI:
Noli no princess.
VANNI:
You are to us and to the nice couple that have been visiting with you all week …
NOLI:
They nice.
VANNI:
They sure are. They’re your real mommy and daddy.
You’ve been living with us and having a fun adventure and now it’s
time for you to go home with them.
NOLI:
What you mean?
VANNI:
You know how sometimes one of us will leave here? Like when
Syrrah returns to her realm. This time it’s your turn, that’s all.
NOLI:
Vanni come too?
VANNI:
Yes, I’m going to bring you there, but then, later,
I’ll come back here.
NOLI:
‘Meo?
VANNI:
Cammeo will stay here too. This time only Noli leaves.
NOLI:
No wanna leave.
VANNI:
Oh I know this all sounds scary but it’s going to be alright. It’s just
a new adventure. And Cammeo and Brynie and me - we’ll all
take turns visiting you. It’ll be OK, really.
NOLI:
But … Noli love Vanni.
VANNI:
I love you too. I wouldn’t let you leave if I didn’t know you
were going to be very happy. I want you to try it for a while
and see what you think. Will you do that, for me?
NOLI:
For Vanni? ... O-tay.
VANNI:
That’s my favorite girl.
~ Good-bye Noli ~
