A Three Phrase Story: Some have asked for a sample of the impromptu game Joanna and I play. Joanna: Your three phrases Pappy are - fluffy, puffy trees - purple balloons- powdered donuts The story: Joanna was with Mom and Abe and Grams and went to the fall county fair. It was cold that night and Joanna saw a lonely old woman selling seeds, and she was shivering. So Joanna took her coat off and wrapped it around the old woman. The woman smiled and reached under the baskets of beautiful seeds and handed Joanna a bag with a single purple seed. Thank you for being so kind. I can tell your favorite color is purple, so take this purple seed and plant it in good soil outside. You can water it. But no fertilizer! What is your favorite treat? Joanna replied Powdered donuts. Yum, The woman continued Then every time you get powdered donuts, bury one near the seed. When Joanna got home, she carefully planted the purple seed. And she buried a powdered donut by the seed every time Pappy brought her favorite treat. Winter came and spring and Joanna watched where she planted the seed. Then on a warm day to her surprise a little purple shoot raised from the ground. It grew very fast into a tall fluffy, puffy tree. And when the flowers from the tree bloomed. Joanna laughed. They were shaped and looked like powdered donuts. And soon from the flowers purple balloons grew from the fluffy, puffy purple tree. And as each balloon separated from the tree, the balloon would zip through the sky as the air left the balloon, and what was left as it hit the ground? A tiny purple seed. Joanna saved the seeds. For such seeds for fluffy, puffy purple trees with powdered donut shaped flowers and balloons that turned to more seeds - must be very valuable. The fall county fair came around, and to her amazement, Joanna found the old lady selling seeds. The old lady was smiling and not shivering, because she had on the coat Joanna had given her the year before. Joanna smiled a huge smile and extended her arm and handed the lady a bag full of tiny purples seeds. These are for you. I love the fluffy, puffy tree and I know there will be more seeds. But I wanted you to have these for yourself and to share with others. A tear of joy came to the old womans face as she said. Child, not all things are as they seem. I am an angel sent by the Lord to encourage those with kind hearts. And I have found you! I must go now. But stay kind! For many in the world have forgotten to care for others. Many have closed their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them everyday. And many have forgotten that the greatest gifts are those that are shared with others. The angel smiled and was gone! Joanna laughed. The angel had kept the coat for it was still a cool night, and the bag of seeds. And she went home with joy in her heart and prayed the angle would find other kind people to encourage. So as the colors of the trees change in the fall, be on the lookout for fluffy puffy purple trees, with flowers like powdered donuts and balloons that turn to seeds. Perhaps the angel has found another kind person !
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:41:52 +0000
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