Wonder

He always wonders why she doesn't want to leave the old house, its floor filled with mosses, and the walls coated with vines. "I always have to sugar-coat my replies to our friends out there, if they ask how we live," he says. She smells her wine gently round her nose, and smiles. "This house is like this wine, my love," she says. "It is filled with magic each day, if you only stop and see". He is not the countryside type. He hates the traffic stop signs and queues. Motion is the motto he lives by. Motion is the reason why he can't see the photographs of past occupants, fairies, on the wall, or see his wife getting younger each day.... Previous Entry: Contest Judged: Enchanted House Date Finalized: 5/23/2016 For Current Contest: Second Chance - 4 Sponsored By: Broken Wings Date of Entry: 6/2/2016