Thumbalena

Once apon a time there was an old couple happy and content with their lives. Unfortunitally they never had any children but they loved kids and always wanted one of their own. The only problem was they had missed their chance for the woman to give birth. The old man was a farmer and they lived on a ranch far from the nearest town. Their land was beautiful from the lake towards the back to the creepy yet pretty woods towards the west. It was safe to say nothing exciting would ever happen. The new spring crops put the old couple in a happy mood as the thought of free food cheered them up.
"Darling, are you planning on planting the seeds today?" The wife asked her husband while they ate breakfest.
"I want to, but my back is actting up again" He rubbed his back in pain."I'm becoming old."
The wife chukles at the old man, "You said that last year and the crops pretty much grew themselves." she takes the empty plate from him and put more egges and saugues on. "Maybe it will rain and you won't have to water them."
"I'm telling you," waving his chopsticks around." There are sprites running around here."
"Oh stop talking nonsense and finish your eggs." Standing up she puts her dishes in the sink. "There are such things as sprites."
"You weren't there when I saw one."
"You were just tired."
"No you have to believe me!" Standing up very quickly,"ack! My back!" He is stuck bent backwards as his wife helps him back up.
"Now look at what you did! Now go outside and do the feilds."
Grumgling the old man walks outside and takes a big breath of clean air. "Ahhh, wonderful weather." He walks a little way towards to a mediem size farm field where he had set out a bag of seeds from the night before. He gets to work opening the sacs and bending low to place the seeds with tender, love and care into holes.
Give plants love and they will love you back. The old man remembers what his father told him those many years ago. He starts talking to the seeds as if they were people. "Now you grow up fast and strong for me okay, I'll take good care of you until you are all grown up."
The old women walks out of the house carrying a basket of wet cloths that she was going to hang up on the cloths line. She hears the man talking to the seeds and calls down to him, "Hav'n fun talking to your seeds, you know they can't hear you." she shakes her head with a laugh and continues her work.
Ignores her and tells his seeds to take no affence to her. He slowly does this work until he hears the old woman call him in for lunch. He makes his way up to the house and into the kitchen where a meal of noodle soup is waiting for him. "Mmmm, soup."
"Yes, soup...again..." Irratated.
He sits down and begins to eat. He looks up at her with a confused look on his face while he chews. "What's wrong with soup?" Talking with his mouth full.
"We've been eatting it all winter!" Sitting down heavly she shoves her chopsticks into the noodles and hurriedly starts eatting. "Hurry and finishe your lunch."
"Why? I would like to rest awhile as I eat." Leaning back against his chair.
"I want those seeds in the ground as quick as they can. Real food sounds good." Still shoveling noodles in her mouth.
"Woah woah woah! No matter how fast I put them in the ground they still take awhile to grow into ripe plants. And slow down on eatting I don't want you choking on a noddle." Leaning forward again.
"..." Doesn't say anything for awhile. "Sorry, I'm a little antsy."
" When are you not antsy" Smerking.
"Hey!!!"
The old woman finishes her lunch first and grabs the half full bowl out from under his mouth. "Okay you're done, time to finish planting." The old man gives her a weird look and stands up. He ruffly walks out and starts planting. After awhile he sits down and wipes his head with a hankercife. "Almost done."
"Almost done with what?" Says a young voice from behind him.
"Who!-" The old man falls back in suprise, he stares up at a young boy with sandy precious moments hair,"oh..." Sits up," Hi Roy, what brings you out here?"
Roy helps pull the old man to his feet then answers," My mum wanted me to help you put the tarp over the tracter 'cuz she says it's going to rain tonight."
" Oh that will be a problem, your mom is a smart one she is."
"Yep...so what were you talking about earlier?"
"Oh, my seeds are all almost all planted."
"Yay!" Thrusting his small ten year old body in the air,"I love your plants. They bring so many fairies."
"Fairies huh...you better tell then that this will be my last year." He says sadly as he picks up his seed sack.
"What? Last year! You can't! They won't come." Roy wines.
The old man lets Roy stand there for a moment while he finishes up, he finaly throw the empty bag aside and turns to Roy, "You wanna know a secert? About the fairies and their world?"
Roy drops his jaw in shock, "You know about them too!"
"Sure do,"he sits down ahd motions for Roy to join him,"Ya see, when i was younger and I was just becomeing a man I found a Fairies party."
"A party?"
"Yep, I was invited, they like me I guess because I was the only human there. Fairies are small and fear the humans."
Roy nodds his head, "I know everytime I try to catch one to show mum they fly away, do you think that we are the only ones that have seen them?"
"Yes I do, my wife doesn't believe in them so she doesn't see them..."
A rain drop fall on Roy's cheek followed by another. They quickly stand up and rush over to the tracter and cover it, the storm gets worst and worst. The wind threatens to blow over everything. The sky grows quickly dark and the air is filled with water droplets pounding on thier backs. The hollowing tree falls sending a deafening sound followed by lighting and thunder.
"I better get home now!" Scard and wet he starts to go homeward.
"No Roy!" Grabs his hand, "It's too dangerous, come to our house for the night."
Roy nodds his head and quickly follows as a clap of thunder roars overhead.