Modern Day Fairy Tales by ILIA
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Ti Ana and The Giant Sneak Peek
Once
upon a time there was a very curious young girl named Ti Ana who lived
in the Village of Mush.
The
Village of Mush wasn't always named that, it just became that.
A
long, long time ago, at least in kid years, the Village of Mush was
called the Village of Lush. It was the envy of the
surrounding
countryside because of its lush green fields, rolling hills, abundance
of food and gorgeous blooming flowers year round. The Village
of
Lush had the best of everything: nice weather, bountiful farms, gourmet
cooks, thriving businesses, creative artists, great storytellers, the
best entertainers and the families were very happy. Of
course, in
the Village of Lush, it was always spring – never too hot and
never too cold.
A
wealthy land where the people prospered.
Ti
Ana could remember attending festivals when she was very
small.
The fields would be filled with wonderful smells of fresh baked meat
pies and sweet pastries, booths with ribbons, dolls and all sorts of
neat stuff, stages with musicians, plays, clowns and more.
The
surrounding village folks would be invited to participate and have a
jolly time.
Children
playing, music, adults dancing, crowds of happy people, it was so fun!
But
now it just rained...and rained...and rained and all that's left is
muck in the Village of Lush, now Mush. The houses had to be
moved
off the ground and into the trees – but were still so wet that it
was nearly impossible to find a dry place anywhere at all in the
village.
Covered rickety bridges had to
be built to help the
people stay out of the mushy muck and not get drenched while running
errands.
Day
and night the pitter pat of raindrops could be heard. The
people
of The Village of Mush attempted to tune it out but there was a
constant beat that accompanied everyday life in the village whether the
villagers wanted it or not. Every motion, every action was
accompanied by the beat of the rain.
At
first the tinkling of rain drops was like music to the ears.
However, after years and years of rain constantly
falling
non-stop the sound became discordant background music like an eternal
sour note. A sour note that beat into the consciousness of
every
resident until it became dull drear daily life.
The
rain soaked the ground so much that it started to turn into a
bog. Streams started but soon became rivers with rapids
because
there was so much rain. It rained so much that a
new lake
formed where the rolling hills used to be. And the new lake
filled to the brim of the highest hills chasing the village
folks out of their beloved homes and
farms.
Many
frogs found their way to the new marshy land of Mush to take up
residence in the lake. Eventually the frogs got so soaked
that
instead of croaking the frogs creaked like soggy rusty door
hinges.
Eerie
fog rose up from the lake to cover the land and the frogs added to the
scariness with their non-stop creaking. The Land of Lush, now
Mush sounded and looked like a very scary horror show...
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