Tulip and Poppyseeds Journey 9.05
I wrote this for my little brother the night my grandpa died and read it to him the next morning. (i think he was age 4?)
Tulip and Poppyseeds Journy
Tulip and Poppyseed had a lovely time at tea, one afternoon.
Poppyseed said, you know Tulip, anytime you want to talk with me, just close your eyes, spread your wings and fly to me in your dreams.
Tulip thought this was a brilliant idea.
“But Poppyseed,” Tulip said, “What if I can’t find you?”
“Impossible!” said Poppyseed. I can be found always, because I’m always in your heart. All you need to do is think of something happy before you fly off to see me, and you’ll be here in a jiffy!”
“Alright Poppyseed, I’ll give it a try. I really will.”
Tulip closed his eyes, stretched his sparkling blue fairy wings far out, and yawned. You see, it was really quite late in the day and Tulip was already getting sleepy.
He thought and thought about something happy.
The first thing he thought about was how amaryllises always said “COLLIN OF THE WORLD!”
He giggled a little at that thought, and went on to think another.
He yawned again, made sure his eyes were tightly closed, and thought about a silly cat. Not just any cat though, Kali cat, dressed all in pink, with a hat with a HUGE feather on it. She was also playing the piano. How silly, Tulip thought! But, was that thought quite happy enough to take him to see Poppyseed?
It surely was, but Tulip decided to try one more time to find the best, funniest, and most wonderful happy thought he could think of.
This time, Tulip started off with an elf dance, followed by another yawn. He made sure his wings were stretched out, his eyes were closed tight, and his head firmly lying on a soft cushy pillow. You see, not only was it necessary for Tulip to be thinking happy thoughts, he also had fast asleep and dreaming to fly off to see Poppyseed. Suddenly, Tulip knew just what he would think about to make him happy!
Why, he’d just think about Poppyseed! He thought about all the times he and Poppyseed laughed about silly things, about all the questions Tulip had asked him, and the wonderful answers Poppyseed had given him in response. He remembered all the talks about construction and building materials, and about the wonderful times he had shared up in Vermont with Poppyseed. Finally, he thought about how much Poppyseed loved him, how important Tulip was to Poppyseed, and that thought made Tulip happy. Because Tulip loved Poppyseed too.
In the blink of an eye, Tulip sped off into the sky, to have yet another wonderful and magical visit with Poppyseed
When Tulip reached the cloud that Poppyseed now lived on, he was delighted to see Poppyseed waiting for him, holding his arms out ready to give him a HUGE, great big hug. He had missed Tulip very much, and Tulip had missed him.
They had a lovely visit, and Tulip promised to visit him soon. He promised to visit him that night in fact.
2 years ago