"did you eat dinner?"
"no mom," grabs cereal box "feeding ella,"
"are you going to eat dinner?"
shrugs
"rory," sighs "please."
"kay mom." pours cheerios on ella's tray
"it's not just you, you're affecting."
"i did better at weigh."
sighs "then let's keep getting better."
nods
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rests chin on elbow and sighs "what am i doing ella?"
giggles playing with the cheerios on her tray and holds on out to her
eyes the cheerio "is that my answer?" chuckles andgrabs the cereal
eats her cheerios watching her
sighs holding the cheerio in front of her face, "it's one cheerio."
hands her another cheerio
"ella these are yours."
shakes her head
"ella"
giggles and throws cheerios at her
"okay, okay" blocks her face, "i'll eat them."
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Anonymous
Short StoryWhere a girl receives messages from an anonymous passerby who wants to show her the world. © tilmorning. 2013