Henrietta loved looking at the sky. She liked to lay on her back and watch everything that happened above her. Today the sky was the bluest blue she had ever seen. Mummy told her not to look at the sun because it would hurt her eyes.
A fluffy white cloud moved very slowly. It looked like cotton wool. It floated in front of the sun and everything went a little darker for a moment or two.
A beautiful butterfly with orange, black and white wings fluttered above her. It flew this way and that then settled on a flowery bush.
High in the sky, Henrietta saw some white birds flying up and down and round and round. Mummy called them seagulls. They squawked and sounded a bit cross with each other!
A busy bee buzzed past looking for pollen to make honey. It was big and yellow and stripey. She was a little scared of bees, but she was very brave and the bee buzzed on by!
A cloud of teeny weeny flies whizzed round and round, and hovering over the fish pond was a brightly coloured dragonfly with wings that flapped so fast that they were just a blur!
Miles above her was a silver aeroplane which sparkled in the sunlight and it had a long white tail. It looked tiny but Henrietta knew it was big because she went on holiday in one last year. It made a quiet humming noise. It was probably going somewhere hot and sunny.
All this sky gazing made Henrietta tired, and her eyes got smaller and smaller until they closed and she fell fast asleep.
‘Wake up Henny!’ called Mummy. ‘It’s time for tea’.
Tomorrow –
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Another cute story.
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Thanks so much Sadje
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A children’s book in the making.
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I’m beginning to think about it!
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Yes, all that buzzing and squawking and whizzing would make anyone tired. I can visualize a very appealing story book with fluffy clouds, colorful butterfly, and striped bumble bees.
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Monday – G is for: Great Honors Bestowed by Ludwig
Tuesday – H is for: Horrors of War – Province of Prussia
(Theme: very short stories/varied genres)
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Very true, it’s busy up there! Thanks Gail.
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I’m with Henny – dedicated skywatcher!
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Me too Nilanjana!
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Such a simple, endearing and enchanting story. I too have fallen asleep in my garden watching the sky from the shade in my childhood. Such small pleasures are lost now. I loved it.
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Me too which is what came to mind when I was writing it. Happy days!
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Well I’m always watching the skies for the Singapore-Bangkok flights and those that pass over from China to KL.
Another lovely little story
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Your favourite flights? Often when I watch planes I think of all those people up there watching movies and drinking gin and tonic! Cheers Duncan.
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I love to gaze at Nature as little Henrietta . Looking at the world through the eyes of an innocent kid is mesmerizing. A to Z Challenge will bring out a Children’s Book at the end. keep writing.
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I’m really enjoying trying to imagine how a child sees things. I fully intend to keep writing to the bitter end! Hanks Kalpana
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I am like your little Henrietta, love to just gaze at the sky. Now my son has taken over my interests too…so this is our time pass in summer evenings
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There is something very therapeutic in gazing into infinity. A lovely way to spend spare time.
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My grandson loved looking at the sky when he was very very young, especially when he heard a plane fly over….we’ll see if he becomes a pilot (will there be pilots when he’s an adult?!)/
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Hopefully they’ll still have cabin crew! Thanks so much Beth
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Lovely evocation of a child’s world. I’m proud of her for being brave about the bee. I wonder whether the child from G was in the airplane going to Spain!
Black and White: H is for Hercinia
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Quite possibly he was! Thanks Anne
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Falling asleep under a beautiful sky… 🙂
The Multicolored Diary
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Bliss!
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Oh! to be a kid once again and spend hours gazing into the sky. Though it was Henrietta’s dream, this story brought back a lot of wistful memories.
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I’m delighted it had such an effect, thank you Varad
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Ahhh, i remember falling asleep in the grass, just watching as the world went by.
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I’d happily do it now – f it wasn’t one in the morning and freeing cold!
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These have all been so great!! I look forward to reading more…
DB McNicol, author
Microfiction: Hen
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Thank you Donna – loads more to come!
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I can tell that you enjoy writing, and I enjoyed reading. Your children’s stories are simple and heart warming, and sometimes funny – all things that kids love. Visiting from A to Z shirleyjdietz.com/04/10/2019/indians/ My Grand Canyon Adventure
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Yep, nothing like a nap under the sky and clouds to refresh young and old.
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I quite agree! Roll on Sumer.
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