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Author:  Vikki [ Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Robin's Story

Hi,

The Robin heaved a sigh. ‘It is not nice to have to do what one is told always,’ she said.
"I know my pet," said her father gently, "but everyone has to do things they would rather not. I wish it was not necessary for me to go to Russia, and leave you behind, but I must go, and it would not be safe for you there."
The little girl valiantly fought back her tears, and scrubbed at her eyes with her small fists.
"I know Papa," she said, with a muffled sob, "but it will be so lonely without you, and I will be with strangers. Mamma has gone away and left me, and now you are going too..."
Captain Humphries pulled his little daughter onto his knee and cuddled her close.
"My poor little girl." he said, stroking the dark curls, which were so like her dead mother's.
"Mamma didn't want to leave you, precious, but God needed her in heaven, so she had to go to him. But she will always be watching over you, like a guardian angel. And I am only going away for a little while. I will write to you every day, and you will write back to me, won't you? And Miss Bettany will take very good care of you, I know. I'm sure you will like her, and she has a young sister who lives with her, so that will be almost like having an older sister for you. That will be fun, won't it Robinette?"
The small girl rummaged in her pocket for a handkerchief and, scrubbing her eyes, managed a nod and a watery smile.
"It sounds nice Papa, but I DO wish you could come too, instead of going to that horrid Russia!"
"So do I pet," he said "but I hope it won't be for long, and then I will come back to you. And if I have to leave my little girl, I'm glad that I can leave her with kind people who will love her, and I know that Miss Bettany will do that."
The Robin threw her chubby arms around her father's neck, kissed his cheek and scrubbed her black curls against his chin
"I will try to be good and happy Papa."

"That's my girl. Now we'd better get your trunk packed. We have to be at the station in half an hour."

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