Dora and her friend Max were sitting on the front porch just talking. Dora told him she couldn’t wait for her birthday to come so she could blow out her candles after making a wish.
“Dora, my Mom showed me a different way to make a wish any time we want to.”
“How do you do that, Max?”
He told her that since they were both too young to light matches to light a candle in order to make a wish, his mother showed him a safe way to make a wish any time he wanted to.
“So, How Max? You didn’t say how?”
Max grabbed Dora’s hand and took her out to the backyard. He told her to look for some dandelions that weren’t yellow anymore. The two walked slowly around the yard, going in a different direction with their search. After a short while, Dora yelled out, “Found some Max, come quick.”
Max made his way to where the swing set was and sat on the grass next to Dora, looking down at a bunch of dandelions that had large white tops.
“Good job, kid.”
“So now, what do we do now, Max?”
He instructed Dora to carefully pick one of the dandelions without losing the ball of white stuff on the top.
Dora took in a deep, deep breath as she carefully broke off the stem from its roots and held it in front of her.
“Now what, Max?”
He told her to make a quiet wish and then gently blow on the dandelions white top.
Dora closed her eyes and made a wish. Then she blew all of the white puff balls off the dandelion. She watched as they blew all over the yard.
“Do you think my wish will come true, Max?”
Wait and see. My Mom says it really works. “Now, my turn.”
Sweet…sharing between two young people who inspire hope and enjoy friendship. Nice work! Concise and fun to read. Cathy
Fun imaging.