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Thursday, April 29th
Day 333
Afternoon


Momma is sleeping and Daddy is at work. It was a pretty day so I decided to sneak out. The garden, especially the snap dragons,(they get grumpy sometimes), tried to stop me, but I'm not a baby anymore so I kicked'em and told'em so. They knew I meant it when I gave'em that look Momma gives me and Daddy sometimes. I'll tell it sorry later, but a Tiger Lily did offer to come with me so I tucked it in my hair and we left.

It didn't take long to find town. I could smell the people and the food. It looks like so much fun! Lily whispering my ear, makes me giggle when we cross the bridge. OH! People from Town! They look much nicer and cleaner than Momma says, and they don't smell bad at all!

I start to skip (cos its fun to do, almost like flying) and we sing the new song Momma taught me as we skip down the street, waving to the people we pass.


"Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la tete
Je te plumerai la tete
Et la tte, et la tete
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le nez
Je te plumerai le nez
Et le nez, et le nez
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les yeux
Je te plumerai les yeux
Et les yeux, et les yeux
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le cou
Je te plumerai le cou
Et le cou, et le cou
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les ailes
Je te plumerai les ailes
Et les ailes, et les ailes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai le dos
Je te plumerai le dos
Et le dos, et le dos
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai les pattes
Je te plumerai les pattes
Et les pattes, et les pattes
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai

Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Je te plumerai la queue
Je te plumerai la queue
Et la queue, et la queue
Alouette, Alouette
O-o-o-o-oh
Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai"



[OPEN]

Date: 2011-07-19 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
The storm was wonderful! Water poured out of the sky and the wind made it go everywhere. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, things got all darkish and greyish just like it was after sundown. The water wasn't cold either which felt really good after the way the very air has felt like it was pulling water out of me.

I went out and stood in it until Maryk came out to tell me that it was making him and Karina nervous. But it's not raining right now so I've come town, maybe I'll go the abbey today and see Nanse-kam and maybe ask about those people Michael saw ride into the crowd at the riot.

A little girl on the road ahead of me starts to bounce along and sing. I haven't heard this song before, and it's in a language that sounds bit familiar but I don't know the words. It's really simple though and most of the words repeat themselves so I sing along with her after a bit.

Date: 2011-07-19 01:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
Maybe I should have asked before I started to sing her song. The girl stops and turns around to face me. She doesn't look upset though, she smiles and dips into a curtsy. Hi, She says. I smile back and she holds out her hand to me adding her name. "I'm CeCe,

I take her hand in mine, hers is so small! "My name is Leah." I tell her. I have never seen her before but there are always new people in town since winter ended. There's a flower behind one of her ears and it moves just a little and then she giggles. Are you from here? she asks with a little tilt of her head.

I nod my head and add, "Sort of. I come from really near by." The river is so close, just behind us. Then I ask a question of my own. "Where are you from?"

She's got another question for me. How did you know my song? Momma just taught it to me. She's smiling so I guess she not mad about me singing her song. "I did'nt actually know this one but it was pretty and easy so I just sang along with you. Sort of like if you were teaching it to me." I give her a hopeful smile.
Edited Date: 2011-07-19 01:38 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-07-19 02:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
She says my name slowly, as if she wants to get it just right. That's a pretty name. She tells me and that makes me feel good. That my name is pretty. CeCe rubs her face on my hand and it feels odd, a light prickling over my entire hand. It startles me and maybe her too as she jumps back and then says, Sorry, I look down at my hand. The prickling stopped and my hand looks just like it always does. so I look back at my new friend. "What are you sorry for?"

She tells me she's from here, has a big garden, and her Momma doesn't want her to go out alone. whihc sounds like how Karina and Maryk were the first little while after I came to stay with them.

She seems really happy with my answer about the song. She sort of repeats what I said but not really as now it's a question. She puts her hands together several times really quickly and it makes a sound. She also bounces around in circles. I taught you something? I never get to teach anyone anything! Her eyes are wide and shining. It makes my smile get bigger to see how happy my answer made her.

Your skin feels like flowers, She says making her voice a lot quieter than it was before, Is there anything you want me to teach you? I like to learn too!

I think this is the biggest my smile has ever been. I really like CeCe, she's so small and her hair is so bright and she knows songs and maybe other thing that I don't and she likes to teach and to learn.

There's so much I want to learn that it's hard to just pick one thing. Except CeCe never said I had to pick just one thing. I want learn another song and maybe the name of the language it's in. but then I'd want to learn the language too. My eyes catch the flower in her hair. I've seen some that look a bit like it but it's so pretty and I've been told that every flower has it's own name. So maybe I'd like to learn what this one is called.

"I like to learn as well, and I haven't taught anyone anything either. There's lots of things I'd like to learn. Do you know any other songs? I know a few, I could teach them to you if you like? What's the name of your flower?" And then I make myself stop. I need to space the questions out and let my new friend give her answers.

Date: 2011-07-20 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
CeCe smiles at me and I feel happy. Her voice gets louder and higher and she makes that sound again with her hands. "I love songs, I know lots,I know some but want to know more! I'm glad she likes my idea about the songs. I like trading answers but I really would like to sing again as well.

She reaches up and brings her flower down from behind her ear and holds it out where I can see it better. It is so pretty! All bright colour and speckled dots. with long thin bits coming out of the middle. CeCe strokes the bright coloured bits with her finger. It's a Tiger Lily, She tells me and then adds, Its not very friendly, but it likes coming with me on walks.

I want to touch it but I remember that I need to ask her if I can because the flower is hers. And if the flower isn't very friendly it might not want me to touch it either.

"May I touch the tiger lily? I ask hopefully. I wonder how it lets her know what it likes and doesn't like?

Then I notice she's asking me more questions and I return my attention to what she's saying. Do you like flowers? What about Hopscotch and riddles? She giggles and waits for me to answer. I like that i'm not the only one who asks many questions at one time.

"I like flowers very much, I just don't know many names for them. I like riddles too." i frown just a little about the other thing she asked about. "I don't know what hopscotch is, though so I have no idea if I like it or not. What is it?"
Edited Date: 2011-07-20 11:45 pm (UTC)

Date: 2011-07-22 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
CeCe holds out the flower when I ask if I may touch it. The flower is shaking and so I am very gentle in my touch. Ohhh, yes, yes, yes!This one is a Tiger Lily. She tells me with another smile, I call it Tiger. They've watched over me since I was a baby.

I gaze down into the flower and greet it by name before I very gently stroke one petal as I saw CeCe do. "Hello Tiger. I am very pleased to meet you."

My new friend does better than just telling me about hopscotch she decides to show me. She grabs a rock and uses it to draw a pattern in the mud of the road. It is a simple pattern of squares. Then she hands me another rock.

I wonder what comes next.Okay, Okay, Okay. So you toss your rock on the squares and whatever one it lands on, you can't touch. Then you hop. One foot for one square, two feet for the two. Okay? You want me to go first? I'll teach you a rhyme to go with it!

Then instructions seem a little vague so I am glad she offered to go first. I nod at the offer and add, "Yes please, it would help me if you went first and showed me what to do and taught me the rhyme." I hold the rock she gave me and smile. This is fun!

Date: 2011-07-23 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
She agrees to show me how it's done with a laugh. She tosses the rock up in the air and it comes down on a set of two squares near the end. CeCe stands at the edge of the pattern and turns around to look at me. See. My foot can't land on the square with the rock on it or I lose the game.

I watch as she brings one foot up and then jumps gently into the first square and starts the rhyme. It is a counting rhyme and line seems to go with one of the squares. It seems simple enough but I watch CeCe closely as she jumps from one square to the next all the way to the end and back again.

She smiles at me as she picks her rock up. See, its easy! Your turn! Toss your rock on a square. You don't have to do the rhyme if you don't want,

She makes the sound with her hands again and then shakes the edge of her dress. some mud on it falls off but not all of it.

I heft the rock in my hand and try to decide where I throw it on the pattern. I remember CeCe threw hers in the air so maybe it's like dice, where you are looking for a less than certain result. you can hope for a particular face to show up but you shouldn't be able to know for sure.

So I toss my rock in the air and it comes down on the line between the last square and the half circle at the top. It is more in the circle part than on the line but still, I bite my lip and look at my friend to see if this changes anything about the instructions she gave me.

Date: 2011-07-23 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
I am worried about CeCe's reaction to what just happened and she does look a little anxious as she studies the pattern in front of us and then me. Finally she steps back and tells me, It fell on the line so you can't touch the square or the circle. You have to jump over them. But you can do it!

I take in a breath and start the rhyme as I jump into the first square, I follow the pattern until I get up to the last square and jump over both it and the circle. And then it's the same on the way back. I'm smiling as I hold up my rock. CeCe's right, this is easy!

Date: 2011-07-25 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leah-pontarlier.livejournal.com
CeCe is excited that I did it. Even though it was easy. As she says. I smile back at her as she bounces around smacking her hands together. She asks for her flower back and I hand it over carefully.

I have to go, She tells me, looking a bit sad and then leaning closer her voice gets quiet, I snuck out and I have to get home before Daddy does. I think this may count as a confession. Where do you live? We can play again! I hesitate before I give her any answer to her question, Maryk will be unhappy if I let anyone know where our house is. So I point in the general direction and say, "My house is over that way." I smile as she looks happy again at the idea of playing with me. It was fun and I'd like to do it again. As well as learn more songs, or another game.

"I would like to play with you again, CeCe. I hope to see you again soon."

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