Chapter 3

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Welcome" The girl said smiling to the old man that just entered her little shop.

"Good day to you young lady" He said smiling. She walked over the old rusty table and placed a cherry parfait on one side and her tea in the other. With a flicker of her finger, the shop turned into a field with nothing in it.

The old man sat down and ate the parfait. The more that he ate, the healthier the grass became, and sunflowers started to grow around them. He stood up, surprised. "These are my wife's favourite flowers..." An image of them sitting in their bench watching the sunflowers sway stuck to his head, and a blue string tied itself to his wrist.

"Thank you."

The young girl nodded smiling as he left.

She held the red string on her neck, and looked at the teddy on top of the shelf, filled with frames of nothing and a blank diary.



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