When Lulu was about four years of age and her brothers were busy at soccer training I would take her for a little stroll down to the river to watch the ducks and turtles. There was a little inlet in the banks of the river.
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| Fairy pond |
“You know that fairies live here, Lulu!” I told her one day. There was even a tree with a ‘fairy door’ for the comings and goings of the pixies.
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| Fairy door |
Yes! (sigh) I know. It looks like a vagina. Grow up!
I would hide a tiny present wrapped in tissue paper in my pocket and secretly drop it on the ground for her to ‘discover’: a present from the fairies.
The ‘fairy gift’ was usually something akin to a sparkling bracelet, a pot of face glitter or a spangled hair tie.
After a few weeks of this Lulu eventually turned to me lisping kindly,
“Mummy, I don’t like the presents the fairies are giving me. They’re ‘girl’ presents.”
… so much for my elation at giving birth to a girl after four boys; little tomboy.
I’d like to share a short home video my creative father made of my sister, Sam and I when we were about four and seven years old, respectively (circa 1967). I clearly remember the entire day it took Dad to film it.
It’s about a bossy fairy (Pinky) who assists a dysfunctional and possibly intellectually impaired bee (Sam) to find some honey; because the bee for some inexplicable reason can’t do its job properly.
You must pay particular attention to the creative improvised dances by both the fairy and the bee. Also note the preoccupation with scratching, due to a prolific amount of mosquitoes hanging around on the day!
I would hide a tiny present wrapped in tissue paper in my pocket and secretly drop it on the ground for her to ‘discover’: a present from the fairies.
The ‘fairy gift’ was usually something akin to a sparkling bracelet, a pot of face glitter or a spangled hair tie.
After a few weeks of this Lulu eventually turned to me lisping kindly,
“Mummy, I don’t like the presents the fairies are giving me. They’re ‘girl’ presents.”
… so much for my elation at giving birth to a girl after four boys; little tomboy.
I’d like to share a short home video my creative father made of my sister, Sam and I when we were about four and seven years old, respectively (circa 1967). I clearly remember the entire day it took Dad to film it.
It’s about a bossy fairy (Pinky) who assists a dysfunctional and possibly intellectually impaired bee (Sam) to find some honey; because the bee for some inexplicable reason can’t do its job properly.
You must pay particular attention to the creative improvised dances by both the fairy and the bee. Also note the preoccupation with scratching, due to a prolific amount of mosquitoes hanging around on the day!
And if you are reading this Lulu, I went for a walk down to the river today and guess what I saw in our favourite tree!!!
I told you fairies are real!
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| Fairy at the fairy door! |
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PS: I still LOVE my little sister xxxxxx
PS: I still LOVE my little sister xxxxxx
