(Talking) Babies at the pond

Abbey Pond

Lee the otter. DoraRose, LilyMoore and Caleb the mice. Streamheart the otter. Emyuil the mouse. Benar the squirrel.

Emyuil walks up to the pond and sits down happily, spreading out his cloak like a towel beneath him on the grass.

Streamheart has been sitting here a while as she looks over the water as it makes ripples from her throwing stones.

DoraRose has been sitting under a tree, napping with LilyMoore and Caleb, an open book on her lap, the breeze ruffling the pages. Some fallen, coloured leaves land on the sleeping trio, and the Dibbun maid stirs slightly.

Lee arrives from the abbey carrying a basket and and a folded up blanket. He waves to all present. " Ello mates!"

Emyuil rolls over with a satisfied sigh on the cloak, smiling, a rare occasion. "Long days and pleasant nights," he calls. .

LilyMoore rolls over and off the blanket, and starts fussing as she wakes up with grass in her mouth. Yuck. What a horrible way to wake up! DoraRose stirs slightly, but she's nowhere near awake yet. .

Lee is making his way to the pond, and Streamheart, but it is clearly obvious he's having a bit of an awkward time carrying both the basket and blanket with his one free arm.

"Are you okay?," Emyuil asks Lee, for once seeming to care about somebeast outside of his own family.

LilyMoore starts to cry loudly. She doesn't want grass in her nose! Sitting up, she looks around, sees her uncle, and stands up, running in toddler fashion over to Emyuil, holding out her paws as she sobs.

Lee glances over. "Oh, hello sir. I be fine." He sits the basket and blanket down when he sees Streamheart asleep. "Awwe, we was ta have a picnic today." .

Suddenly all of Emyuil's attention is on LilyMoore's plight. He swoops down upon his niece and sweeps her up in his arms, hugging her and humming a soothing song to her, trying to make her happy.

Lee sits on the ground.

LilyMoore giggles slightly and sniffs, then waves to the otter. "Hi!" she wriggles and points to the ground. "Pwease."

Lee smiles and waves with his good arm. "Hi there, little miss!"

Emyuil sets Lily down gently with a smile. His work here is done.

LilyMoore toddles over to the otter and pokes his chest. "Who?"

Lee chuckles. "Ye mean who am I? Well, little miss, ye can call me Lee, that be wot ev'ry beast calls me." .

Emyuil gasps, realizing he's never heard Lily talk before. He runs over to his sleeping sister and shakes her awake a bit roughly. "'rose, wake up!"

DoraRose groans and limply whacks at her brothers arm. "M'sleep, go 'way...." LilyMoore smiles and says, "Wee. Who?" she points at a red leaf, then picks it up and repeats. "Who?" .

Lee smiles. "That be a leaf, little miss. A red one."

"Come on, Lily is talking," Emyuil insists, a bit more firmly. "Come on, wake up!"

DoraRose groans. "She's been doing it when nobeast was around for a few weeks. Her first word was 'thword'." Caleb yawns cavernously, blinks at his uncle, and shouts, "Nunncy Memmy!!" LilyMoore smiles. "Wed weaf?" she drops it and picks up a yellow leaf. "Who?"

"Sorry, 'rose," Emyuil says sheepishly. He grins and sits down next to Caleb. "Hey Caleb. 'ow you doin', eh? Good day?"

Lee says, "That be a yellow leaf, miss."

LilyMoore smiles. "Wewow weaf. Who?" she picks up a rock and holds it out. Caleb shreiks happily and sits up, standing and wrapping his stubby toddler arms around Emyuil's neck. "Nunncy Memmy!!" DoraRose nods and stretches, yawning cavernously.

Lee says, "That be a rock."

Emyuil laughs and hugs his nephew. "How are ye, Caleb," he says, a smile creasing his battlescarred features.

Benar comes walking out of the Abbey, the Elder shaking his habit to dislodge some dust as he strolls along toward the gathering by the pond.

LilyMoore repeats. "Wock." then she sees the squirrel and waves, then points. "Who?" Caleb starts to chatter incessantly, making sense to himself, but to basically no one else. DoraRse sits up and smiles, watching the her family.

Lee smiles. "He be Elder Benar."

Emyuil bounces Caleb on his knee happily, as his father and mother used to do for him. He sings a little song as he does so, some mindless ditty or another.

Benar smiles softly at everyone and raises his hand, "Hello Emyuil, DoraRose, and you as well little ones. I see you are being rather excitable today. Everyone enjoying the last of the nice weather?"

Lee waves to Benar. "Ello again."

Emyuil spends a happy afternoon with his niece and nephew, laughing and playing...

Lee waits for his sweetheart to wake up for their picnic.

DoraRose smiles and watches her Dibbuns learn and play. She picks her book up again and starts to read...and tries really hard to not fall asleep again.

Thanks for reading!