Letters and Stories

Writers: Chelle, Jelena, Suzee
Date Posted: 14th September 2013

Characters: Naton, Veerona, Jylanya
Description: The three of them meet up to have a meal.
Location: Dolphin Hall
Date: month 3, day 5 of Turn 7

Jylanya

She could read
now. She was getting better and better at it and she
was grabbing
every single simple book she could find. Veerona was
beginning to
ignore other things-like her toys and Milga and
everything.
Plopped in the middle of the floor, she had a book open,
looking at the
words and pictures.

"Hey Veerona,"
Naton smiled as he crossed the room to collect a small
folder of notes,
passing the girl with a quick peek at the book she
was reading.
"Whatcha reading, girl?"

Looking up, she
gave a momentary look of annoyance at being bothered
then sighed
before answering. "A story about a holder boy who goes to
apprentice and
meets lots of friends." Of course it was a simple
children's'
story.

"That sounds
good," Naton smiled as he leafed through the notes. "What
craft does he
do?"

"I think he's a
harper." Vee had thought that was right. Probably. She
went back to
another page to look, trying to find it.

"I think you're right Vee," Jylanya said as she
carried their lunch in
from the other room. She placed the dishes on the
table and smiled at
the bright little girl. "Let's eat. Cook made your
favorite."

"Oh?" She got up
and put the book aside, running towards the table.
Pigtails were
flying. "Hey I can wiggle my tooth a lot. Wanna see?"
She put a finger
up into her mouth, demonstrating.

"Really,"
Jylanya crouched and made a great show looking very
interested and
proud. "My oh my, you certainly are growing up." She
smiled and
pulled out Veerona's chair.

"Won't be long
before it comes out now," Naton agreed with a smile as
he took his
seat. "Before you know it, you will be old enough to apprentice
and have
adventures of your own!"

"Na I got a long
while fore being a pprentice," she said before getting
up into her
chair. "Lots of turns. I have to read good before then."

Naton smiled. "At this rate, that won't take you
too long." Veerona could be
very dedicated indeed, he had no doubt she would be
a fast learner
over the turns.

"Hope so. I need to learn my letters too," she
explained. Writing was hard
work.You had to do it over and over and over. Stupid
letters.

Jylanya grinned
at Naton when Vee was looking the other way. She had
fallen in love
with the little one just as surely as she had the
Dolphineer.
Their little family was the happiest she'd been since she
was a child. "I
know you can," she said and kissed the side of
Veerona's head.
"Now eat up."

Content for the
time being, she dug into the food. All that studying
was hard
workand it made a girl hungry.

Naton followed the young girl's example and dug in
deep, "You have a
good taste, Veerona, I love it when the cook makes
your favorite," he
winked at her in between bites.

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