Creations

I wrote a new story.  It's on the "Ink" page.

Here's the rest of the story of The Little Girl in the Big House.

She bounced her hardest and this time she reached the warm star.  She wrapped her fingers around it.  She expected to break the string and fall back to the trampoline w/ it, but the exact opposite happened.  The star lurched up and pulled her to the ceiling.  She held on w/ all her might, even though she knew logically, if she fell, she would only bounce.  The top of the room was much further than she expected.  The star pulled her closer and closer and suddenly she burst through and onto the roof.  It hadn't hurt as much as she thought, so after a brief check of her arms and legs, she looked around. 

The entire roof was covered w/ snow, and she saw animal tracks zigzagged in all directions.  She followed the closest cutest tracks to a little house.  It was actually an igloo.  Out of the igloo popped another little rabbit.  This one, she noticed, wore little booties on it's feet.  Only, none of the four booties were the same color.  They were pink, blue, yellow and green. 

"You're lost."  It squeaked.

"How do you know?"  She replied.

"The only time I get a visitor is when one is lost."

"Well, you're right, I am lost."  She decided.

"You need the Grande Poobah.  He'll give you what you need."  The rabbit decided.

"But, how do I find the Grande Poobah?"  The little girl wailed.

"I'll take you there.  Follow me."  The rabbit with the mismatched booties turned and hopped away. 

It was all the little girl could do to follow.  She thought it wasn't fair that she had two feet, trying to keep up w/ a rabbit w/ four feet.

The rabbit hopped, hopped, hopped until it suddenly stopped.  When the little girl caught up w/ the rabbit, she realized they were looking into a hole in the roof.  It was dark in the hole.

"Jump in if you want to find the Grande Poobah."

The little girl looked at the rabbit.

"What's down there?"

"You already know, silly."  The rabbit laughed.

"How do I know?"  She glared at the rabbit.

"It's the same room you left."

"Oh, the trampoline room."  She realized.

She sat on the edge and dangled her legs in the hole.  It wasn't easy to imagine the trampoline was there when she couldn't see it.  She knew she had to believe it was there and she could remember exactly what it looked like. 

She closed her eyes and slid off the edge of the roof. 

Shwoosh!  She heard as she fell back into the very large room.

She opened her eyes just in time to see the stars as she fell past them.  She looked down and watched the trampoline come closer and closer until she bounced up again.  On her way up, she passed the rabbit still falling down to bounce.  They passed each other, bouncing lower and lower and closer and closer to the edge until they found themselves sitting, looking for the ladder. 

The little girl stepped down the tingly ladder until she got to the bottom and found her shoes patiently waiting for her to come back and claim them. 

She was still putting her shoes on while the rabbit was hopping down another long hall.  She hopped on one foot and still pulling her last shoe on.  She realized maybe it wasn't as easy to hop, and maybe that's why the rabbit had four feet instead of two.  When she finally looked up she saw the hall was full of pictures.  All the eyes in the pictures followed them down the hall.  When they walked up to a picture they eyes looked down the hall at them and when they passed the pictures, the eyes turned and followed them.  The little girl was walking backward so she could see the eyes watching her so when she finally looked forward again, she was at the end of the hall facing three doors with large numbers on them. 

"Which door do we take?"  She asked.

"There is a puzzle to solve."  The rabbit answered.

"How do you know?"  She asked the rabbit.

"It's written above the doors."  The rabbit pointed.

"Oh."  How had she not seen the puzzle written above the doors?  She thought maybe it was because she was watching the eyes in the pictures.

"What is the loneliest number?"  She read aloud.

"Well, that's easy!"  She almost shouted.  "It's one."

"Let's try it."  The rabbit squeaked.

"Do we knock?"  She looked at the rabbit.

"No."

The little girl reached for the door and turned the handle.

Inside the room had white walls  and a white floor and a white ceiling.  There were no windows and no doors, except the door they were using.  The only thing in the room was a dog sitting in the center of the room, on the white floor.

"Um, hello."  She said.

"HELLO."  The dog boomed.

"It's the Grande Poobah, It's the Grande Poobah!"  The rabbit was squeaking and jumping.  

"You're the Grande Poobah?"  The little girl asked?

"I AM."  He boomed again.

"Grande Poobah, I'm lost and I need to find my way.  Are you the one who will give me what I need?"  She was hesitant.  What if he couldn't.  What if she was just lost w/ no help?

"I will, but what you need isn't only to find your way."  He responded, not quite as loud.

"It's not?"  She asked.

"It's not."  He responded.

"Well, what else do I need?" 

"You need a friend.  Someone who will go with you on your adventures and help you through the tougher spots."  He answered.

"I do need that."  She realized this trip would have been much easier if she wasn't so alone.  She wouldn't have had to depend on random rabbits for answers if she had a friend to go with her.

"I could be that friend for you.  The loyal companion.  You know that's the reason people call dogs 'man's best friend'."

"Only, this time you could be a little girl's best friend."  She replied.  She was getting excited. 

"Grande Poobah, will you show me the way and be my friend?"

"I will."

They walked together through the door, under the puzzle, and down the hall with the eyes watching them the other way. 

"Goodbye Grande Poobah!"  The rabbit jumped up and down, squeaking.

They walked together into the trampoline room, through one door and out the other very large door, into the hall that got smaller as they came closer to the first rabbits bedroom. 

"You know."  the little girl said.  "Grande Poobah is just too long to say every time."

"Hi Grande Poobah."  The rabbit said w/ the towel still on it's head.

"See what I mean."  The little girl continued.  "I think I'll call you 'Poobah' for short."

"Sounds good to me."  The Grande Poobah answered as they stepped into the Merry-go-round room.

"We'll have to remember where that door is, in case we want to ride the merry-go-round again."  She remarked.

"Don't worry, w/ two of us, it will be easier to remember."  Poobah decided.

The little girl stepped through the door, back into the familiar part of her home, w/ her new friend.    

1/7/2009, 10:45 AM

Every morning when we walk to the bus, the girls ask me to tell them about the little girl in the big house.

I think I need to keep track of this story because it's growing daily and I should probably remember the details.

Let's see..

It all started when..

There was once a little girl and she lived in such a big house.  One day she saw a door she hadn't seen before.  She went through the door and saw a Merry-Go-round.  She climbed on the merry go round and the ride started.  It went faster and faster until the room blurred.  She thought maybe she should get off but she didn't know how to stop the ride.  She finally decided she was going to have to jump.  She stood at the edge and held on to a pole while she found her courage to jump.  Just as she was going to jump she saw a big red button.  She pushed it and the ride slowed down to a stop.  Fortunately, because she wasn't looking forward to jumping. 

When the ride slowed down and she climbed off, she realized the room was full of doors.  All different doors.. One was a shiny metal door and one was a wooden pink door.  There were at least 20 doors and she couldn't remember which door she came in through since she had been spinning for at least 10 minutes.  It seemed like her thoughts were still spinning.  She finally picked the pink door. 

She walked through into a bedroom w/ a big bed in the center of the room.  The room was a circle w/ windows covering all the walls.  Tapestries covered the ceiling and white blowing curtains covered all the windows. 

Out of the bathroom, connected to the bedroom, walked a rabbit w/ a towel wrapped around its head like a turban. 

The rabbit stared at her for a moment and finally squeaked

"You must be lost."

It was true.  "Yes." She answered.

"Well, then you need to find the Grand Pubah.  He'll help you find your way."

"Who's the Grand Pubah?"

"He's through that door." It pointed to a small door while it didn't directly answer her question.

"But how will I fit through that very small door?"

"Walk toward it and you will know." The rabbit answered.

The little girl looked at the door and took a step toward it.  The door didn't get any closer.  She took another step and another step and soon she realized she was walking down a long hall.  The closer she came to the door the more she realized it was a big door.  Finally she was standing up close to this very large door indeed.  She looked back at the rabbit in its bedroom which now looked very small, like a picture. 

She turned the handle on the door and the door creeeaaaakkkeeeed open.

Inside was the biggest room she had ever seen.  In the center of the room was a trampoline as big as a grassy field.  It took up most of the room.

She thought it should be fun to jump on a trampoline as big as this one.  She looked all the way to her right and she didn't see a way to climb on.  Then she looked all the way left (she had to turn her head back and forth because it was so big) and she saw a ladder .  She skipped to the ladder where a sign said

"Please remove shoes."

"Please remove shoes from what?" She thought out loud.

She looked around to see if there were shoes to be removed from something, before she realized the sign meant to remove her shoes.

She took off her shoes and stepped on the ladder.  It was tingly when she touched it.  Her feet felt "tingle tingle tingle" as she stepped up and her hands felt "tingle tingle tingle" when she pulled up to the next step.  The ladder was three times higher than she was tall and when she almost reached the top she looked down.  She was so high, she decided she wouldn't look down again.  She climbed up on the trampoline and jumped.

BOING

It was everything she imagined it would be and more.  She bounced so high again and again.

She looked up and was surprised to see shiny tinfoil stars hanging from the ceiling.  She thought if she bounced just a little harder she might be able to reach one. 

The next bounce she put a little extra oomph into it (BOOOIIIIIINGGG) and just barely touched the closest star.  She noticed it was warm on her finger as it slid out of reach and she bounced back to the trampoline.