The Window

Once Upon a Time

On the next morning I was at the balcony, putting on my glasses and doing my job, writing.  Luna came searching for me and I could see her, then she spotted me on the balcony. Rubbing her eyes and holding her unicorn stuffed doll down, she came to me.  "Daddy what do you write? I always see you writing", she said, I told her i write stories, she asked,"Stories? Like those Mia told me about them?", i asked what did Mia (her friend at school) had told her, "She told me that her mom tells her stories before she sleeps, one was about a girl and a monster, and one about a girl that was a maid then married a prince and turned to a princess! oh and and one also about a girl but this one was asleep and a prince woke her up-Daddy  you write stories like that?", she said then took a breath, I kept smiling through all her enthusiastic speech, I said, "Yes, not the exact same. But I wrote a story about a prince", "Really? can you tell me the story before i sleep like Mia's mom?", she asked with wide eyes, "of course, but it cannot end all in one night. Every night I'll read a part, deal?", i said, "deal", she said.

I did us breakfast and she dressed up for school as I dressed up to arrive her there. We arrived and she entered the school and most probably went on with her friends.

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I went to pick her up, she was waiting for me exhausted by the bags she was carrying, and I could tell they were belated birthday gifts from her friends who couldn't give her on her birthday because it was Sunday. I rushed towards her and took the bags then went back to the car and put them in the backseat, then sat in the driver's seat as she sat on the seat beside me. Then I started driving back home, and she was telling me how her day was. She ended as we arrived home by saying," I can't wait to open my gifts!".

We got into the home and Luna didn't bother changing her clothes, she rushed opening her gifts. "Daddy look this is from Rose, her name is on it", it was a chocolate bar decorated with pink and violet colors. "This one is from Asia", i said as i read her name on a card, "she says: Happy birthday Luna my friend, you are kind and smart and i love you", i read aloud what was written on the card."Daddy look this box is big-it's from Mia!", Luna said pushing a box, I told her to open it.She opened it and, "Daddy look it's a castle and a barbie! Daddy look! she have a pool and a kitchen and everything! she even have clothes! I love love love it!". Then there was a dress from Tarek and a perfume from Selena and another birthday card from Ben and a brown teddy bear from Emily. 

I helped Luna do her homework then she spent her time playing with the princess castle. Taking her from the kitchen to the bedroom to the pool and so on. Then it was time to bed, and she was excited because it was the first night i was going to tell her a story.

She lied down on her bed and covered herself with the blanket and hugged her stuffed unicorn-Rainbow- and her new stuffed doll, the teddy bear(that she haven't gave name to, yet). "Ready for the first part of the story?", i asked knowing the answer, "Yes!", she answered enthusiastically. "Alright then".

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Once upon a time, there was a prince called..um..called Roger. Roger wasn't famous at school, although he was a prince! you know why? because he wasn't so smart, unlike you Luna. He didn't like Maths and Sciences. He liked History, Geography, Social studies, and above all he loved Literature. Roger didn't really like the way he was living, because no one really get the way he thought, why he loved writing and thought it was so important. He thought deeply when he was alone, although he was young, he was 15 years old. He used to think in a way that much mature people think it. He didn't have fun playing ball games with his siblings and cousins, but he had fun reading. He was unlike all the teenagers of his age. He didn't meet anyone who thinks the way he did, maybe he met people who he had common things with, but not that he could tell that any of them was his match. But although he didn't seem  bold, he was. And the proof is the number of accidents that happened to him, until he seemed reckless . Once he was on his bicycle heading to the royal library, but he saw his friends: Mark, Sean, Arthur and Thomas, they were standing on a hill and seemed to be arguing about something, so Roger went to know what was it. "Hey fellows" , he said, then they said together as if on purpose, "Hey Roger", "What is it you're arguing about?", Roger asked, "We're trying to find out who's the braves of the four of us who will go down the slope", said Thomas, "With his bike", he added as he was pointing at four bicycles put aside that Roger didn't notice when he came, "Yeah..seems pretty dangerous. I mean-" said Roger and took a closer look at the slope," look at the rocks and the disturbing land. No way not to lose balance", he added."Exactly, that's why whoever'll do it will be named as the bravest", said Mark. Then there was silence covering the place. Then..Roger inhaled, and said as he exhaled, "I'm on it", "No way friend", "That's pretty brave if you'll ask me", "be careful", "Yeah Man!". Then Roger biked himself towards the slope and let out a small sigh then-
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Luna was closing her eyes and she yawned, so i kissed her forehead and left her to sleep.