Melody Had a Little Lamb

[At Melody's house…]

"Bye, dear, I have to be at the hospital, tonight," said her mother. Take good care of your siblings.

"I will, mom," said Melody. *her mom leaves* Jing-A-Ling and Ting-A-Ling, her siblings, get up and run around* Be careful! *her siblings slide into a lamp but Melody catches it as it wobbles and straightens it back up* Slow down you two, you're going to get hurt.

"We very careful," said Jing (I'm calling them by the first part of their names instead of writing out their names in full).

"We not get hurt, Mewody," said Ting.

"I sure hope you guys are right," said Melody. *the twins slide around corners* I thought I told you two to be….what's that?

"What wrong Mewody?" asked Ting.

"I've never seen this door open before," said Melody. I'm going up and since I have to watch you two, you're both coming also.

"No way, Afwaid," said Jing.

"Oh what could be so scary?" asked Melody. Come on. *she walks up the stairs and the twins hesitantly follow* Looks like an attic. I never knew we had this. Just look at all these boxes. *she sees one of the boxes* What's in here? *she digs through the box* Oh wow, a stuffed lamb! I haven't seen this in years! I used to love this when I was a little pony! I can't let my friends know I love this thing since I've seen what they did to Teddy a few years ago. Worse yet, I was part of that! Now I know how he feels to have a secret get figured out by friends you normally trust. Wonder what else is in here? *she digs around in the box* This must be all of my old toys. Thank goodness this box hasn't been thrown out yet or I wouldn't have found this stuffed lamb. There's just so much in here.

"What's this box, Mewody?"asked Jing.

"Dunno, Jing," said Melody. I don't recognize anything in that box.

"What in here?" asked Ting. *Melody walks to the box Ting is asking about*

"Looks like a bunch of junk," said Melody. We'd better get back downstairs before mom gets back. *they head back down the stairs and out of the attic* *the twins go back to playing while Melody reads a magazine* [An hour later…]

"I'm home, Melody," said her mother coming in the door. How was it with the twins?

"No trouble at all," said Melody.

"That's good," said her mother. What do you have there?

"Huh?" questioned Melody. Oh this. See I was was watching the twins and happened to see that the door to the attic was open so I went to find out what was up there and I found this in one of the boxes.

"You had that lamb since you were 3 years old," said her mother. It's surprising how the years just fly by and things you once forgot become unforgotten.

"It's like I've just seen it now," said Melody. I love it all the same.

"Well you can keep it if you want," said her mother.

"Thanks, mom," said Melody.

"You're welcome, dear," said Melody. Now it is late, you should head off to bed now. I'll get the twins to bed.

"Alright, mom," said Melody.*she heads off to bed and sleeps while her mom puts the twins to sleep and they also sleep* [The next morning…]

"I can't believe I found this yesterday," thought Melody. It's even still as good as when I last used it. I'll just have to make sure no one finds out about it, not even Teddy for while he knows about his secret, he won't understand min and will laugh at me. Plus none of my friends know about it and if words gets out I love this thing, they won't want to be my friend anymore. I'll leave it here for now. *she puts it under her pillow* That ought to keep it safe. [Later that day…]

"Hey Melody," said Bright Eyes. Wanna stop in at the Ice Cream Shop?

"Sure," said Melody. *the two of them walk over* [At the Ice Cream Shop…]

"So anyone hear anything good lately?" asked Bright Eyes.

"Nope, nothing yet," said Starlight.

"About what?" asked Sweetheart.

"You know, juicy stories," said Starlight.

"I do have one to share but it's best I keep it a secret," thought Melody. Even my friends can't find out.