Tuesday, 10 November 2020

One with everything

Today, Danshari is so fed up.



What’s the point? Of anything?






He feels tired and discouraged. Nothing is interesting.


He doesn’t want to go for a walk or read a book or play a game.


He just wants to go to sleep for ever.


Why doesn’t something good happen? Something nice.


He goes into the kitchen, but he can’t even be bothered to make a cup of tea.





Yūgen can see something has to be done.






“How about a nice cup of cocoa?”, she coaxes, enticingly. “What would you like? I can make it with whipped cream, and with sprinkles. I can put some marshmallows in, and maybe a little bit of coffee syrup. What do you fancy, Danshari?”





The prospect of this penetrates his silence. It does sound good.


“Oh . . . “ says Danshari . . . “make me one with everything.”











*He’s finally seen the light!* Yūgen thinks.





She makes her magic. And the cup of cocoa — well, it does taste delicious —





— and somehow everything feels a little bit brighter after that.






4 comments:

The Rev. Susan Creighton said...

Any time Yugen would like to visit the Anchorhold, there will be a very warm welcome...especially if the cup of cocoa comes too! (And Danshari would be welcome, too.)

Pen Wilcock said...

:0D

It sounds as though they have already infiltrated your anchorhold!

Lovely to hear from you. I hope all your challenging medical procedures have been successful, and you are feeling okay.

xxx

Rachel Hassler said...

Thank you for the smile and reminder today. xo

Pen Wilcock said...

:0)


xx