A Simple Mistake

“Please. Can’t I have another one? Please, please, please.” Alicia skipped along backwards through the empty fairgrounds so she could face Liam.

“There is a season for all things. The time of celebration and the ease and tranquility of Summer is behind us. We are now facing the Day of the Dead and the brutal fall of that bitter, cold substance called snow. It is best to put our dreams behind us,” said Liam.

“But I missed out! I dropped my lollipop in the rabbit barn and now it’s all covered in fur. Why can’t you give me another?”

“I only had the one.”

The Hub: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Photo credit: Kent Bonham