''The Tale of a Silent Girl''

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who did not speak, she had seen something terrible and just stopped talking; her parents took her to doctors and many tests were done, and all the doctors agreed, she does NOT want to talk! What they did not know is that she dwelled in another realm, a place of fairy tales, make believe, and she felt safe there; she often climbed the beanstalk with Jack, or played with Bambi, oh, it was fun to slide on the ice with that cute rabbit! Many days she rode that magic coach with Cinderella to the ball, and like Cinderella, she danced with a handsome prince; at night she was Sleeping Beauty waiting for that sweet kiss, sometimes she was Rapunzel with that long, long hair! And she would dive into the water, a beautiful mermaid calling, she liked to dance with fairies in a sparkling forest dell; and had a special friend a colourful huge fire breathing dragon, many days she would ride upon his back to emerald places. The months passed, and still she would not speak a single word, she was locked in this silence and no one could break through, one day she imaged herself a bird with lovely feather wings, she climbed up the trellis to the roof and jumped off ! It was then, that she realized she really was not a bird but a girl, she screamed like she did that day she had screamed to silence; her father came running and caught her in his arms, asking, he said, what were you thinking Princess? And she SAID; "Daddy, I thought I was a bird . . . !" And he wept. _______________________ January 26, 2017 Poetry/Narrative/"Tale of a Silent Girl" Copyright Protected, ID 17-8691-11-0 All Rights Reserved. Written Under Pseudonym. Written for the contest, Once Upon A Time sponsor, Eve Roper Sixth Place