Once, on a sunny day, a beautiful little girl was born. She had golden hair, bright blue eyes, soft hands, and rosy lips.That beautiful little girl's name was Emma.
One spring day, Emma ran outside to play on the swing. She felt the cold breeze wash over her face. Suddenly, for the first time, she heard the wind say, “Hello, Emma.”
Emma freaked out. “Who's there?” Emma said.
“It is I, the wise Wind.” the wind answered.
“How can I hear you?” asked Emma.
“You have a great gift. You can hear what I’m saying.”
Emma felt very special. But even though she had a great gift, she had trouble falling asleep at night. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t fall asleep.
Years later, when she just turned eight, Emma asked her mom and dad if she could take her dog on a walk. Her mom and dad said of course she could. So Emma got everything she needed and walked out the door. “Bye everyone”, she yelled.
As she turned the first corner, she felt the cold breeze wash over her face. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Emma loves nature, she loves hearing the birds chirping, the squirrels eating, but most of all, she loves feeling the cold breeze wash over her face.
A few minutes later, she said to the wind, “is this it, is this all there is to my life? I can’t even solve my own problems. I can’t even go to sleep at night no matter how hard I try. The wind didn’t say anything. “Can you please help me?”
Just then, the wind blew so hard and it whispered,
“Go.”
“Go where?'' Emma asked quietly.
“Go to the sleeping harp,” the wind answered. “It will help you sleep.”
“Ok,” Emma said confused. “Where can I find this sleeping harp that you speak of?”
“In your house, press the green banana,” the wind said.
“The green banana, the green banana, I've got it, it's on the bottom of the picture in my bedroom.” She turned and started to run back home to find the sleeping harp.
“Just one minute, little fella. You can’t just press the green banana. You have to find out who you are before you can open the magical door to the sleeping harp.
“Got it.” She turned to run back to her home.
“Hold your horses Emma! You need to open the magical door before the sun sets tomorrow or you will not be able to sleep. If you can do that, the sleeping harp will help you fall asleep at night.”
When she got home, she rushed to the picture with the green banana. “I know who I am. I’m Emma!” She tried pressing the green banana and waited for the magical door to open. But nothing happened.
“Why isn’t it working?” Emma said. “I’m Emma. That’s who I am.”
“You need to find out who you are in your heart,” the wind said.
Emma walked outside and thought of what the wind said. She loves nature. She loves hearing the birds chirping, she loves seeing the squirrels running and all of those things. She suddenly knew exactly who she was. She ran back inside her house as fast as she could. She went to the window and said to the wind, “I know who I am. I know who I'm meant to be. I am a girl who loves nature, a girl who protects it, and a girl who listens to the wind. That is who I am. That is who I have always been.”
“Yes, that is who you are,” the wind said proudly.
Emma ran to the picture, she found a green banana at the bottom of it, she pressed it as hard as she could, suddenly, a door opened, and sitting right there, was a beautiful and shiny sleeping harp.
As the sun went down that night, Emma quickly got her pajamas on. She ran as fast as she could to the bottom of the picture and pressed the green banana. A magical door opened right in front of her. Sitting right there was the sleeping harp. The harp began playing music. “That music is so beautiful, “Emma said. I’m getting so sleepy. Her body started to feel heavy and she began to fall asleep on the cold ground. Emma stopped herself and said, “I should fall asleep on my nice warm bed.” She crawled on the nice soft rug until she reached her bed. She climbed into the covers and went fast to sleep. That night, Emma finally could sleep.
Emma woke up feeling rested. “Thank you, wind,” Emma said thankfully.
The End!
Wow, Lydia. Your story swept me off my feet! I can't wait to read the sequel... Will it be inside Emma's dreams?