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A Memorable Meeting

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Alice woke up with an insistent poke on her shoulder. She saw a blue thing in front of her( or blue she though it was, for her misty and sleepy eyes couldn’t see much ), poking and saying : “hey, you”.
She rubbed her eyes and blinked sometimes, until she could see. In front of her, was a blonde boy, wearing a long blue coat, with buttons as golden as his hair, and with a pale yellow scarf waving by the wind’s touch on his neck. He stared at her with deep and curious blue eyes, then he poked her again and asked:  “how long can a rose survive out of her bell jar?
 Alice thought it was a weird question, but as he asked it very seriously, she didn’t laugh, but could not avoid showing a discreet smile.  “I don’t know” ,she answered. “But if you take good care of it …“
“her” he corrected looking gravely at her.
“If you take good care of her, then she can last a long time. Even without any bell jar.”  
“But how long?” He cried.
“Oh, that depends of how good you take care of her. You must water it every day,  pull out  the weeds, and keep the worms away from it, sorry, from her.  An obviously you must not in any case paint her, for once you have painted,  it will die very fast. Once I met two men that painted roses.  They were funny.  But they didn’t paint the roses for bad, but because they planted white ones when they should have planted red.
“Big people… “ he sighed  “ always trying  to change everything. They can’t simply accept life’s beauty. I had a Friend that was like that. A good, person, tough a Big one. He had a flying machine. By the way, I came here looking for him.  I want him to draw me a Noseband. Do you know him?
“I don’t think so “she said thoughtfully. “What is his name? “ . He tough for a while, then said :  “I never asked “   Alice looked at him surprised.  “How not? if he was  your friend, than how didn’t you asked his name ? and by the way, I’m Alice, nice to meet you “
“I think I was too busy being friends with him “ he said “ to worry about something as a name. And how about a fox ?  He is a friend. And he really captivated me, as he used to say.  I could harness that I’m here, and see him, for It takes a long way from my planet to here”
“Witch planet are you from ?” She asked as if coming from another planet was perfectly acceptable. “Mars ?”
“have you seen the fox ? “
“Jupiter . maybe… I learned at school that Jupiter is the largest planet. Both in latitude and in longitude” (she still didn’t know what latitude and longitude meant, but she still thought that those were neat words to be said)
“did  you see the fox ? “ He stared at her in such a way that she immediately knew that he wouldn’t stop until he had an answer.  “ I’d really like to talk to him. You must have seen him.  He lived  in a forest very alike to this one. He likes chickens, as he used to say.”
“a fox that talked ? “ She was astonished  “ So you can  also talk to animals . That’s great.  Once I went to a place, under the earth  where animals could talk. But that was long ago. Now I come here to the woods, to seek the rabbit hole , but I never found it again…
She sighed sadly, as the soft wind whistled trough the tugley wood.
“you make me feel funny inside” said the little prince. “ Somehow you make me feel ashamed, and a little…. Confuse.  Why  do you do this ? “
“oh, I’m sorry “ she blushed  “ I didn’t mean to. “ She blushed and turned away her eyes.  “ your friend “ she said “ why do you want him to draw a noseband ? “
He put his hand on his pocket, and took a folded paper from it, showing her “The noseband is  for my Lamb. He drew me this lamb, because I was lonely at my planet,   but I can’t take it out of the box, for he would eat my rose.  Lambs eat everything, he said. Look  it, it’s inside the box.
Alice took the paper form his hands and   looked very closely trough the holes drawn on the box. She took a while staring to the plain paper,  then she shook   it, and with a smile gave it back to him . “It was hiding from me . It’s a really cute Lamb you’ve got there. I guess he would like to play with Dinah. She’s an adorable kitten, very playful.”
“You can see him! “ He cried “ I tried do show him to some big people. They said they couldn’t see anything. Then I suggested trying to listen to his bleat, but none could hear. There must be  something wrong with adults. They are so busy, so worried about numbers and money that they forget  seeing the beautiful things as sunsets, or listening to the wind ‘s blow.  They walk  so seriously, that they ignore the happiness that they say to search . They’re complicated. Are all the big people like this?
“not all of them “ said Alice “ I knew a big person, that was  amazing. He could have fun with anything, anywhere. He was a very interesting person, one of the best people I’ve ever known.  He was very clever, and had question as answer to every question.  You make me remind him ins this spot. Despite he was such a great person, the other adults said he was mad.
“Mad ? “ he asked thoughtfully. “  I would like to know him.  He must be a great person. “
He looked down as if he was thinking of Something really serious. The wind blew swiftly, carrying some leaves from the trees.  The clouds moved, opening a path to the bright sun to shine upon Alice’s and the Prince’s golden hair.  He looked at her and asked :
“Am I mad ? “ his  scarf was fluttering in the wind that as growing faster and faster.
“well “ Alice smiled “ I think you are Mad” He looked gravely at her “But don’t worry. All of the best people are.” He smiled.
At that moment, they heard the noise of hurried feet. They turned back and saw for  a white, furry thing running across the forest. Alice took his hand and ran after it, silently. But the unadvised prince stepped on a wood stick . “Shhh “ Alice  touched his lip with a finger, hiding   behind a tree.  “keep quiet ! “ she whispered. The  hurry white thing came  looked backwards . It was a Rabbit,  and he went  back a tittle suspiciously . “Anyone there ? “  he took  a big golden watch from his  waistcoat’s pocket. And cried : “ oh heavens ,I’m late ! Late again! “ And it started running again. They followed it as fast as their secrecy would allow, trough shrubs, thorns and dry branches, until a big tree with twisted roots, where it disappeared.
“ There it is ! “ cried Alice in joy. “ Come, come with me “
In the other side of the tree, was a rabbit hole and Alice felt so euphoric for finding  it that she almost forgot about the prince.  “give me your hand” she  smiled at him. We’ll enter together.
“where does it take ? “ he asked  with a curious glimpse on his eyes.
Alice Smiled. They Jumped.
Alice was quietly sleeping in the fores. Untill a Curious visitor awakes her.
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Wish2MakeWishes's avatar
i actually used to read both of these books when i was younger... i didnt know the other character though till you mentioned the sheep. this is wonderful really.