Once upon a time in land far, far, away there lived a little girl named Adeline. Adeline was one of the best at what she did, and she was a dragon slayer. When you look at the little girl you will notice that she only stands about 45 inches tall and is only 4 ½ years old. She began to slay dragons by accident one afternoon while playing a game by herself in her bedroom on a rainy day. It went something like this:
“Stop evil dragon or I will kill you” Adeline laughed as she waved her Styrofoam sword toward her dog, Clementine. She had a purple cape tied to her neck and was dangling off her bunk bed to defeat the make believe dragon played by her more than willing energetic lab mix dog. Every afternoon while her mother was in the living room working on school work Adeline would play in her bedroom pretending to be a princess who slayed evil dragons. This day they had been playing for only about 10 minutes when Adeline suddenly slipped off the edge of her bed and fell with a thud to her bedroom floor, except when she rolled onto her back and pulled her cape off her head she was looking at a bright orange sky and could smell fresh grass, not like the grass outside her house which was surely dead and now covered in two inches of snow, but fresh spring grass, almost sweet.
“Mom!” she cried out, “Hello? In anyone here?” The little girl looked down the hill to see a small cottage with a thatched roof, much like one in the books she had been reading with her mother. She decided to approach the cottage and knock on the door.
An old man with a cane hobbled out and said “Princess Adeline! What are you doing so far away from the castle?”
The castle? Princess? What was this man talking about, and how did he know her name, Addie wondered in disbelief? He reminded her of the old man she would see on his porch when she and her mom took the dog on the long walk around the neighborhood.
“Well than, we had better get you back! It is almost suppertime” he grumbled as he motioned her to step inside his giant radish shaped car. For some reason, Adeline didn’t hesitate and she climbed in and within 20 minutes she was in front of a castle she recognized from her storybooks, but couldn’t remember which one.
“Mommy!” she squealed with delight as she entered the door of the castle. She ran directly into her mother’s arms except something was different, her smell. Mom looked the same, but she smelled like flowers. Adeline didn’t remember mom having any perfume that smelled like that, and she was also wearing a fancy queen robe. Adeline soon figured that she must be dreaming.
“Adeline, my sweet Adeline, did you ever find Clementine the evil dragon during your adventure today?” her mom inquired.
“What?” stammered Adeline, “I think I am having a dream, Mommy”.
“No silly little girl, you are my Adeline, my dragon slaying princess daughter” Mom reassured her.
Now Addie was very confused, but she smelled something familiar and her tummy began to grumble. Macaroni and cheese! It was her favorite food in the world; she knew that smell without even having to see it.
Excited and starving Adeline approached the dinner table with the purple linens where she sat next to her mom and behind the biggest plate of macaroni and cheese she had ever seen. Adeline became so excited that she grabbed for her golden fork and accidentally dropped it on the floor. She bent down to get it and bumped her head so hard she fell on the floor and pulled the purple tablecloth on top of her. When she pulled it off her head she noticed that she was back in her room, being licked by her dog.
A dream? But the macaroni smelled so real?
“Adeline” her mother called from the living room,” lunch time, I made your favorite! Macaroni and cheese!”
“Coming mommy!” Adeline yelled back. She jumped up and headed for the living room.
“Stop evil dragon or I will kill you” Adeline laughed as she waved her Styrofoam sword toward her dog, Clementine. She had a purple cape tied to her neck and was dangling off her bunk bed to defeat the make believe dragon played by her more than willing energetic lab mix dog. Every afternoon while her mother was in the living room working on school work Adeline would play in her bedroom pretending to be a princess who slayed evil dragons. This day they had been playing for only about 10 minutes when Adeline suddenly slipped off the edge of her bed and fell with a thud to her bedroom floor, except when she rolled onto her back and pulled her cape off her head she was looking at a bright orange sky and could smell fresh grass, not like the grass outside her house which was surely dead and now covered in two inches of snow, but fresh spring grass, almost sweet.
“Mom!” she cried out, “Hello? In anyone here?” The little girl looked down the hill to see a small cottage with a thatched roof, much like one in the books she had been reading with her mother. She decided to approach the cottage and knock on the door.
An old man with a cane hobbled out and said “Princess Adeline! What are you doing so far away from the castle?”
The castle? Princess? What was this man talking about, and how did he know her name, Addie wondered in disbelief? He reminded her of the old man she would see on his porch when she and her mom took the dog on the long walk around the neighborhood.
“Well than, we had better get you back! It is almost suppertime” he grumbled as he motioned her to step inside his giant radish shaped car. For some reason, Adeline didn’t hesitate and she climbed in and within 20 minutes she was in front of a castle she recognized from her storybooks, but couldn’t remember which one.
“Mommy!” she squealed with delight as she entered the door of the castle. She ran directly into her mother’s arms except something was different, her smell. Mom looked the same, but she smelled like flowers. Adeline didn’t remember mom having any perfume that smelled like that, and she was also wearing a fancy queen robe. Adeline soon figured that she must be dreaming.
“Adeline, my sweet Adeline, did you ever find Clementine the evil dragon during your adventure today?” her mom inquired.
“What?” stammered Adeline, “I think I am having a dream, Mommy”.
“No silly little girl, you are my Adeline, my dragon slaying princess daughter” Mom reassured her.
Now Addie was very confused, but she smelled something familiar and her tummy began to grumble. Macaroni and cheese! It was her favorite food in the world; she knew that smell without even having to see it.
Excited and starving Adeline approached the dinner table with the purple linens where she sat next to her mom and behind the biggest plate of macaroni and cheese she had ever seen. Adeline became so excited that she grabbed for her golden fork and accidentally dropped it on the floor. She bent down to get it and bumped her head so hard she fell on the floor and pulled the purple tablecloth on top of her. When she pulled it off her head she noticed that she was back in her room, being licked by her dog.
A dream? But the macaroni smelled so real?
“Adeline” her mother called from the living room,” lunch time, I made your favorite! Macaroni and cheese!”
“Coming mommy!” Adeline yelled back. She jumped up and headed for the living room.
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