Short Story for boys and girls written by: Maria Antonia Llaneras.
Sarah and her grandmother Mimi were living in the big Magic field, in the heart of the cold valley, surrounded by hundred of leafy trees, giant beeches, huge oaks, the pines and a bed of soft ferns that was home to many savage little animals.
Grandmother and grandchildren were living with their dog, Rufus, (who had cinnamon colored long hair), in a deep cave at the hillside of the mountain. Nature caves were the best to hold on the hard Russian winter.
There was a big place at the entrance of the cave which was used as the kitchen and the room, near a chimney, and an oven was included.
The heat of the constant fire acted like a barrier against the frozen air from outside.
Sara was living happily in the old field, surrounded by animals and birds, nearby a river called Emerald river. The name comes from the green emerald color of its cloudy and wide water, full of emerald dust.
Rufus woke up very early and was already diving in the river searching for pink salmons, fishing them with ability to give it to his owner later, who hanged them from the chimney to smoke them and then sell them on the friday market.
Mimi was really proud of her granddaughter Sarah, to whom she had taught everything she knew. The Russian gypsy traditions were about ancestral wisdom for recovering and feeding in the most hard and cold forest in the planet.
Sarah was a merchant at friday market, always accompanied by her close friend, Violet, her sister and neighbor.
Both girls dressed up good that day. Sarah especially, wore her red frilled skirt and her white blouse with lace. Her gold earrings and her red lipstick, imported from China by spanish gypsies, made her look like a tanned princess.
Her close friend Violet, looked like a seventeen year old girl, with her black boots, black coat and her colorful woolen hats and gloves, weaved by her mom to sell at the market.
The two girls were tired of spending the whole winter in front of the chimney, eating hot chocolate and blueberry jam. They had gained a bit weight, but it didn´t matter. Spring was arriving and it was good to have extra fat, in case they had to walk a lot through the field.
Spring market had finally arrived, all the gypsies were going to be at friday market selling their goods. Spring had arrived to Rosemary city.
It was a sunny day, the end of may, had stopped snowing, and the snow was melting really fast, there was water running around the forest, they had to be careful not to slide green and jellied moss that was all over the valley.
They could almost go without shoes, and that is what Sarah used to do. Her gold shoes were perfect for running, but without them, she felt free like a little rabbit.
THE END
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