My Place chapter 4

Chapter 4

Oh the excitement in her eyes. She was so beautiful with her brown hair combed and put up. Her cheeks are bright red with excitement. Her lips are full and delicate. She was perfect in every way. As I stand next to her I feel the warmth flowing from her. I could melt every time I’m near her. I have this funny feeling inside. It is warm and tingles in my tummy. What could it mean?

“I like chicken and carrots. Green beans and potatoes. Cakes and breads. Anything that is what I like.”

“Well let’s cook stuffed chicken surrounded with potatoes and carrots. Then we can put green beans in butter. Do you like chocolate? Oh, right all girls like chocolate. That is what my mom said. Anyways we can make chocolate cake with banana bread.”

“That would feed me for weeks.”

“Well that’s ok. The animals will eat the rest.”

“Ok let’s get cooking now!”

Wow, did she rush around the kitchen. Throwing things here and there. Mixing twenty things at once. She even started barking orders at me! She whizzed here and there like a robot. The room took on a wonderful aroma. I started to get hungry. This might be the best meal ever. My mom cooked very little and I’m not all that great myself. Finally she stopped.

“We will have to let them finish up.”

“Ok. How did you learn to cook like that?”

“You get pretty good if you cook 3 meals every day plus hundred of other chores.”

“I can see that.”

“So what do you like to do, Tyler?”

“I like to play with the animals and ride my Jestor. I love to paint scenery and sketch the animals.”

“I love painting and sketching. When I had time I would ride. I sing and make up my own songs when I work long hours. I love to listen to my dad tell my siblings stories as I do dishes.”

“You sing? Would you sing for me?”

“Sure, what do you want me to sing?”

“Anything.”

So she sang the most beautiful song ever. Her voice is clear and sounds like a piano. Hitting every note and with such grace. It was a lullaby from the creek to my ears. I couldn’t imagine anything better. It was so sweet. Ahhh.

“That was beautiful. Were did you learn it from?”

“It is one if the songs I made up.”

“It is dazzling.”

At that time steam started to whistle. Timers went off and the whole kitchen came to life. Catherine jumped up and so did I. we got busy putting food on plates and the plates on the table. When everything was on the table we sat down to eat. Such wonderful food lay before my eyes. I could not get enough of the fragrant that came from the food. We started to eat. i don’t think I ate so much in my life. I could tell she hadn’t either.

Now that I look at her she was a little skinny. Her jaws and ribs stuck out a little but hardly. She was under fed at home. well not here. I was going to make sure she had enough to eat.