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“Grandma,” my youngest grandchild, Starsong, asked, trotting into the room with her cousins in tow.
“Sunbeam won’t let us play ball with them, he says we’re too little. We’ve already played outside, and Eclipse doesn’t want to play dolls.” She paused briefly as Eclipse nodded his agreement to the statement, then continued, looking up at me with her shining golden eyes pleadingly.
“Momma says you might tell us a story. Would you?” All my younger grandchildren joined the chorus of, “Pleease??”
I gave them a smile and set my quill down on my desk. That letter could wait.
“What sort of story?” I asked, easing out of my desk chair. Firestone offered me his hoof until I had all four on the ground.
“Well,” Starsong replied, leading the way to the sitting room, “Any story really.”
“As long as it’s exciting.” Eclipse added, “With lots of scary monsters!”
“And magic?” Morning Glimmer suggested, then with a side glance at her brother added, “But not too scary.” I nodded as I sat down on a cushion.
“Can it have you in the story?” Honeybud asked, laying down on her belly beside me. Starsong, who was the leader of the little group took her seat and said decidedly, “Tell us the story about Grammy Valentine and how you met Jay.” The other foals exclaimed their agreement and settled in for a delicious story.
“Well,” I said with a deep breath, as I transported myself back to that long ago summer day. “Once upon a time, there was a little pink pony named Valentine, and a white unicorn filly named Moondancer, who lived together in a little mud hut…”