Myth Camp

Chapter 2

                                                                         Chapter 2

           It was not easy for Anna to open the camp and she had many difficulties to overcome, but she was not alone, she had her forest friends. She started working as a waitress in a small burger place and rented a room in a motel near the forest. She then a year later with a little luck she got a better job and she started working in a hotel as room service. It was not enough to open a camp, it was barely enough for her to save anything after paying her bills and buying food.

    Of course Anna was too dedicated to stop trying and give up her dream without a fight. She was a very hard working and stubborn. Also she wanted to prove her parents wrong and share her secret with someone.  Every week she went to the forest with treats for the only people that never failed her. She was an adult but she never stopped believing in magic. All the time in the forest she forgot about human responsibilities and felt like a little girl again.

       The next job she got was when she was 21. It was a very good one and thanks to that job the camp was opened.While Anna worked hard at the hotel earning money for a descent life a very wealthy family came to the hotel. The first time Anna met them was when she was called up to their room. As she opened the door she saw a beautifully dressed woman and two children running around the room. They had blond hair like their mother and big blue eyes.

    Just when Anna rolled in the cart and closed the door one of the children fell. The mother picked it up and hugged the baby but it would not stop crying. Anna was brave enough to go up to the woman. She never thought the mother would be angry at her and she wanted to help.

“Can I try, I’m good with children?” she asked, smiling. The woman looked at Anna as if she was scanning her. Then surprisingly she nodded and reluctantly handed Anna the little child. Anna gently held the baby and started quietly whispering into it’s tiny ear. Like it was enchanted the baby stopped crying and Anna handed it back to the woman.

  As it turned out the woman who’s name was Catherina was looking for a babysitter for her two kids and when she saw how good Anna was with her son she decided to hire her. Young Anna took the job and worked 5 days a week taking care of 1 year old twins Pamela and Markus. The family lived in a big house in the outskirts of town. For working for Catherina Anna got to live in the house. She got lost many times walking by long corridors. Soon she remembered the routes of the house of by hearth. Anna also formed a bond with the children. She really enjoyed her job but she never stopped dreaming.

After working for 3 years Anna became best friends with the mother of the kids.Catherina was a very independent woman and knew how to take care of her own business because her husband always went to places all over the world and sometimes had to work there for over a month not coming home. Slowly Anna and Catherina became closer. It was the first time Catherina met such a nice person and Anna really enjoyed the smart and long conversations she had with her boss. After working for a long time whenever Anna woke up she didn't feel like she was going to work. Getting up up and heading downstairs by the spiral staircase meant more time spend with her best friend, more time playing with the lovely children and more money  earned to open a camp.

     Her best friend knew what her dream was and on this birthday she gave Anna the money to buy a big piece of land for her and her friends to live on and open a camp. Catherina did not believe in any of the things Anna did but she wanted her friends wish to come true. She didn’t only give her money for the land she also gave her money for whatever she needed to build and advertise the camp.

“I can’t take that, Catherina that’s a lot of money”, Anna said nearly crying with happiness when she got the money.

“Not for me, anyways it’s been you dream forever Anna”, Catherina smiling.

“Thanks, but are you sure?” Anna said hugging her friend with her shaky hands. Everything she worked for for so long was becoming true in just a few seconds. Now Anna realised that probably without the money Catherina just gave her Myth Camp would never open.

“A hundred percent sure, good luck”, Catherina ended the conversation and they both started laughing threw their happy tears.That was how Anna got the money but that was only the beginning of opening a camp.

           Next Anna had to get electricity and water (her best human friend hired her a crew of great workers to do it, her friends were not capable of doing things like pluming), paint the place (she and her friends did it very well) and build everything she needed to open a camp. She saved money because she did not need to hire anybody for building, her friends worked for her and they did it for free. They built a big hut where meals would be served, she built huts where girls could sleep, an office, a terrace, a dock at the lake and of course she fenced the whole area because she didn’t want any uninvited guests to see what goes on in the camp. She and her helpers also built a lovely entrance gate. She had to also build fake environments like a snow world and a dessert which had glass walls and roofs around them.

              Next she had to order furniture. Anna was a very Eco-friendly and that is why most of the furniture she bought was made from recyclable materials. She put 4 beds in each sleeping hut. She put lovely tables in the cafeteria and supplied the kitchen with the best things she could. The terrace was furnished with hammocks, benches and a grill. Her office had things any office has. After the camp was filled with furniture Anna decorated it. At the end it looked great. She designed brochures with the help of Catherina and her children who were already 5 when she finished building. Catherina also organized an advertisement in the paper. That’s how most people found out about it. Anna also started a website and everything was ready for the next month when the girls were coming