Some families have quiet corners.
…
Ours have these five.
❤️
LIRI & LORI
There had been a blanket.
…
Then there had been an idea.
…
Nobody remembered whose.
Liri looked at Lori.
Lori looked at Liri.
Then both looked at the blanket.
…
Liri: “Did you do this?”
Lori: “I thought you did.”
…
Silence.
Liri: “Which one of us am I?”
Lori thought about it.
Very seriously.
…
Lori: “I don’t know.”
Liri: “Me neither.”
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They looked at the knot again.
…
Lori: “Should we ask for help?”
Liri: “Yes.”
…
Neither moved.
Because first…
they needed to decide which one of them was going to ask.
❤️
LUMIPĂF
Lumipăf had been invited to tea.
…
He attended.
Technically.
❤️
Lady looked down at him.
Lady: “Lumipăf?”
…
Nothing.
Lady: “We have guests.”
…
Nothing.
Lady sighed.
Then, very carefully…
she moved her teacup farther away
so she would not wake him.
❤️
Lumipăf continued sleeping.
…
This concludes Lumipăf’s contribution to the afternoon.
❤️
PUFI
Pufi had seen someone.
…
It did not matter who.
❤️
She opened her wings.
And ran.
…
Pufi: “QUACK!”
There was approximately one second to prepare.
There was no escape.
Pufi arrived.
The hug happened.
❤️
Then she saw someone else.
…
Her wings opened again.
Pufi: “QUACK!”
And off she went.
❤️❤️❤️
Nobody in the Solenara Family knows exactly how many hugs Pufi gives in a day.
…
Pufi does not count them.
She is too busy giving the next one.
❤️❤️❤️
NIMI
Nimi had found the perfect strawberry.
…
She examined it carefully.
Very carefully.
❤️
Then she smiled.
Because Nimi had learned something a long time ago.
The most important discoveries do not always look important at first.
…
Sometimes they look like a game.
Sometimes like a mess.
Sometimes like two little girls who have absolutely no idea what they are about to find.
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And sometimes…
they look like a strawberry.
❤️
Nimi placed it gently in her basket.
…
She had learned not to underestimate small things.
After all…
Lunaria had once been one of them.
❤️❤️❤️
TIBI & LUMIER
Tibi had been walking beside Lumier for eleven minutes.
…
Tibi: “Lumier?”
Lumier: “Yes?”
Tibi: “When I become your assistant… will I get a notebook?”
Lumier looked at him.
Lumier: “Of course.”
Tibi nodded.
They walked a little farther.
…
Tibi: “And a bag?”
Lumier: “Probably.”
Tibi nodded again.
Another few steps.
…
Tibi: “And glasses?”
❤️
Lumier stopped.
Lumier: “Tibi, you don’t need glasses.”
Tibi thought about this.
Tibi: “What do I need, then?”
❤️
Lumier looked down the path.
Then at the little hedgehog beside him.
…
Lumier: “To notice.”
Tibi became very serious.
Tibi: “Notice what?”
Lumier smiled.
Lumier: “The things everyone else walks past.”
🤍
Tibi looked around.
At the trees.
At the flowers beside the path.
At a tiny feather caught in the grass.
At Lumier.
…
Then he took one small step closer to him.
❤️
Tibi: “I noticed something.”
Lumier: “What?”
…
Tibi: “You slowed down so I could walk beside you.”
❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lumier said nothing.
He simply started walking again.
…
At Tibi’s speed.
🤍
Liri & Lori are coming.
Probably.
Lumipăf is still asleep.
Pufi is already on her way.
QUACK.
❤️
Nimi knows the road.
…
And Tibi?
Tibi is walking beside Lumier.
❤️❤️❤️
SERAFINA & TATA 