School Pictures and the one sentence letter

Last week the girls got their school pictures while I was still playing hostess to my mother-in-law.  I sent pictures off to grandma (my mom) right away.  I folded them in a piece of paper just in case one could view them through the envelope.  Being who I am, I couldn't mail off a blank piece of paper.  So I wrote, Here are the girls pics.  I probably would have written more but I didn't have the time, and I wanted to get the pics to my mom.

When I called a few days later, my mom commented, I couldn't put the letter down it was so wordy.  You're the one who says she's a writer?

Ha-Ha very funny.  Well here is a something short to prove I may still be able to call myself a writer.

                                                                 The Little Pearl

           Once upon a time there was a princess named Gretchen Sophia.  To become queen she had to go on a quest for the little pearl of wisdom.  It was said the pearl could be found inside an oyster in the Astoria Sea of blackness.  Now princess Gretchen had a problem; she was afraid of the dark.  And she couldn’t swim!

            

           Nonetheless the princess headed out on her quest.  As she was walking, pondering her dilemma, she came across a crying baby.

            

           “How am I suppose to think with all this caterwauling,” thought the princess.  “Where is this baby’s mommy?”

          

           The baby told princess Gretchen she would stop crying for one minute and one minute only.  The princess thought, “I could get her to stop longer than a minute if I threw her in the sea of blackness.”

(This was written while playing school with the girls.  That is as far as I got before it was due.)

Veronica Hosking

Poetry editor

Comments

[Veronica]

Paula, thanks! I'll have to do it some day. You know Gretchen means little pearl and Sophia means wise. And it happens to be my little one's name.

She took the story to school yesterday and said she made her teacher read it to the class twice. And at first they thought they had one very smart classmate, thinking she wrote it. I was told she replied, "Nooo... My mom wrote it!"

[Paula]

Veronica -

I like it....what a catchy name for a princess - Gretchen Sophia (I adore the name Sophia :)) You must finish The Little Pearl and when you do post it to us :)

Paula