He regales her with his escapades abroad, recounting glittering landscapes and beautiful creatures and amusing strangers. She envisions the blue sierras with their white-flushed peaks and feels the prickle of pine needles and cold earth between her toes. Smells the butterfly woodland and hears the calm willowside brook. It’s not the first time she’s imagined what lies east of the valley but it comes to life now with Louis’ imagery.
So casually he will speak of intimate encounters and she will feign indifference before shooting him with a mock-contemptuous turn of nose.
“Well, it’s a wonder you didn’t forget about me, with all the fun you’ve had,” she pouts and crosses her paws.
“Someday, I’m gonna see that- all of it! And more,” she thumps her tail and curls her lips- but suppose a mother wouldn’t do that. She quiets.
“Where will you go next, fearless wanderer?”
So casually he will speak of intimate encounters and she will feign indifference before shooting him with a mock-contemptuous turn of nose.
“Well, it’s a wonder you didn’t forget about me, with all the fun you’ve had,” she pouts and crosses her paws.
“Someday, I’m gonna see that- all of it! And more,” she thumps her tail and curls her lips- but suppose a mother wouldn’t do that. She quiets.
“Where will you go next, fearless wanderer?”
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Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 04, 2023, 09:27 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 16, 2023, 11:18 AM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 22, 2023, 02:15 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 22, 2023, 05:11 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 23, 2023, 11:56 AM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 23, 2023, 12:48 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 24, 2023, 10:56 AM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 24, 2023, 01:49 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 25, 2023, 04:55 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 25, 2023, 05:14 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 26, 2023, 01:29 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 26, 2023, 02:25 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 27, 2023, 11:10 AM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - June 27, 2023, 06:01 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - June 28, 2023, 12:52 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - July 02, 2023, 05:45 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - July 06, 2023, 03:55 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - July 06, 2023, 06:48 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - July 06, 2023, 10:25 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - July 07, 2023, 01:14 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Tauris - July 07, 2023, 10:41 PM
RE: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell? - by Louis - July 08, 2023, 04:18 PM