Sapphire and Ruby
Three
Down To The Waterfall
Sapphire woke up early on a Saturday
morning, wondering what fantastic adventures Ruby had in store
for them. She jumped out of bed and raced down the stairs and
into the kitchen, popping in a few slices of bread into the
toaster and pouring herself a glass of orange juice. The toaster
popped up, signaling that her bread was done. Walking over to the
toaster with the butter dish in one hand and a plate in the
other, she put the crispy bread on the plate, buttered it, and
took a bite.
She raced back upstairs and got
dressed in her usual colors, black, black, and more black. The
phone rang while she was in the shower. She got out and wrapped
herself in a fluffy white towel and walked over to the phone.
"Hello?" Even in her most tired voice, she sounded like
a musical.
"Hey! Are you ready to go
yet?" Ruby asked, sounding as if she was a hundred miles
away when she was just across the street. Sapphire brushed her
hair as fast as she could, putting her black and blue bow in her
hair. "Yep, I’m all good." She ran down the
flight of stairs, past her mother and out the door.
The girls met each other half way in
the street, hugging each other as they laughed and danced
together. Still hugging each other, Ruby looked at her best
friend and smiled, "C’mon! I have something magical to
show you!" And with that, they ran down the street holding
hands, towards the forest.
~~***~~
The girls came to a stop in the
middle of the forest, Sapphire looking around at the wonders of
the magnificent view she now had. A pond lay in the center of the
forest, glistening water shinning from the sun’s warm rays
of light. She took a step towards the pond and looked down,
Japanese moon fish swimming in circles around inside. She let out
a giggle at what she saw, a new safe glow surrounding her
skin.
Birds chirped around her, tigers and
lions and panthers slowly showing themselves to Ruby and
Sapphire. Sapphire slowly stood up, not taking her eyes off the
wild animals for fear that’d they’d either disappear,
or attack her at her companion at any moment. She turned her head
and looked at Ruby for guidance. Her friend gave her a small
smile and gestured for Sapphire to go towards one of
them.
She let out a soft gulp, taking a step towards the
closest tiger, her eyes turning a deeper blue as she extends her
hand and lightly touches the tigers head. The tiger tilted its
head into the flat of her palm, letting out a calm gentle purr.
Sapphire giggles an kneels own onto her knee’s in front of
the tiger, laying her cheek on top of its head and petting it
softly.
"He’s so sweet." She
looks at Ruby, her friend lying against a blue, black panther,
lion cubs playing around her as she nods and smiles. A lion cub
jumps on to each of their shoulders, licking them both on the
cheek. "I wish we could take them home with us.
They’re just so cute!" They stand up and kiss the wild
animals on the head, hugging and petting each and every one of
them.
"Can we come back
tomorrow?" She looked questioningly at Ruby, her eyes big
and pleading. Her friend giggles and nods, "Sure, we can
come back. We’ll even bring something to eat for
them!" And with that, they raced each other home, laughing
and having a grand old time as they do.
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