Daddy
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#1: Daddy Author: Rosie, Location: Huntingdonshire/Bangor PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:18 pm

It is a late summer evening, or perhaps that should be night, for it is dark and the stars are already gleaming in the deep blue sky. Out in the garden, the sound of a gurgling spring carries clearly on the still night air. There is the delicate fragrance of violets and headier honeysuckle, all mixed together with the lingering scent of summer and warm grass.

A small girl is sitting on a swing which hangs between two great old trees. Her small, sturdy body propels her higher and higher, as if she is trying to reach the very heavens themselves. She wears only a cotton frock, but it is a warm night. Short fair plaits bob on her shoulders in rhythm with her movements. If we could see her face, we would realise that her eyes are full of dreams, hope, and longing.

"It’s not fair," she mutters to herself. "Why should they have a father around, and get to see him every day, when they’re so mean and hateful?" By ‘they’, she means the two girls staying at the vicarage for the summer; despite the hopes of her guardians it has not been a successful friendship. "Oh, I know Father is famous and everything, and that he must go away, but I want him so much! How can I not know my own father? Six years is such a long time, and I was so little when he left that I don’t remember him at all; I only know what he looks like from a photograph! Oh Daddy, when shall we see you again?"

Tears begin to well up in those blue eyes, and she swings harder to banish them, blinking rapidly. And so we shall leave her, this small, sad, little girl swinging for the stars…

 

#2:  Author: Kat, Location: Swansea PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:22 pm

Yay Rosie! So glad you posted it! Very Happy

I think this is the only time I feel sorry for Mary-Lou, so thank you Wosie!

 

#3:  Author: Ann, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:41 pm

Thank you Rosie - I'm glad you posted it too! It's so well described I almost feel as though I'm standing there watching her.

 

#4:  Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!! PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:54 pm

That was beautiful Rosie, I can hear the birds and smell the flowers.

Thank you Very Happy

 

#5:  Author: Amanda M, Location: Wakefield PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:32 pm

That was beautiful Rosie - poor Mary-Lou Sad
Thank you.

Star Wars

 

#6:  Author: Rosea, Location: Edinburgh PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:17 pm

That was lovely Rosie, thank you.

 

#7:  Author: pim, Location: the Derbyshire wilderness PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:27 pm

Thank you Wosie, that was lovely. May I just creep in and give ML a big hug? Peas?

 

#8:  Author: Rosie, Location: Huntingdonshire/Bangor PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:03 pm

*giggles*
Go on them Pim, but mind the swing...
And thank you guys, it was just one of those random 'bitings'!

 

#9:  Author: nikkie, Location: Cumbria PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:18 pm

Poor M-L Crying or Very sad

 

#10:  Author: Vikki, Location: Sitting on an iceberg, freezing to death!!! PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:46 pm

That was beautifully written Rosie! Thank you hunny!

 

#11:  Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:17 pm

Poor little Mary Lou. Crying or Very sad

Thanks Rosie.

 

#12:  Author: Carolyn P, Location: Lancaster, England PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:56 pm

Rosie i love this, thank you so much. Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad

 

#13:  Author: Pat, Location: Doncaster PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:59 pm

That was lovely Rosie. Thank you for posting it. we shall want some more from you now.

 

#14:  Author: Rosie, Location: Huntingdonshire/Bangor PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:37 pm

Pat wrote:
We shall want some more from you now.


yer wot?
Wink

 

#15:  Author: Kat, Location: Swansea PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:42 pm

You heard! Get typing!! Wink

 

#16:  Author: Ellie, Location: Lincolnshire PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:54 pm

Thanks Rosie, that was luvverly. I love the way it was written.

 

#17:  Author: Nicci, Location: UK PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 6:54 pm

That was lovely Rosie. Very sad for ML. I really like the style of writing as well.

 

#18:  Author: Helen P, Location: Cheshire PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 9:05 pm

Awwwwwww. Thankyou Rosie. Poor Mary Lou.

Very well written! *Ooer I sound like a teacher now!*

 

#19:  Author: Sophoife, Location: down under Down Under PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 3:09 pm

Oh poor little girl!

Yes, I also feel sympathetic towards ML reading that!

 

#20:  Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:35 pm

Thanks Rosie - that was lovely

Liz

 

#21:  Author: Alice, Location: London, England PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:38 pm

Thank you Rosie. Poor Mary-Lou.

 

#22:  Author: Nell, Location: London, England PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:41 am

Thank you Rosie, that was lovely.

*snuggles*

 

#23:  Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle PostPosted: Fri May 06, 2005 9:43 am

Rosie that was beautiful. Sorry it has taken me so long to read it but I haven't been in St Agnes House for ages.

 

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