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A recent scene from my life...

The interior of a car. Afternoon. LUCY, a three-and-a-half year old girl, sits in her carseat with her new fairy doll on her lap—inside a clean pickle jar. FAITH and MARK, her parents and a pair of children's writers, listen from the front seats. Because, yes, it is their daughter...but everything's copy in a writer's life. :)

LUCY: (to jar) Now you'll never get out of there!
(in a falsetto, making the jar wiggle) Oh, yes, I will!
(normal voice) No, you won't—you're trapped!
(falsetto) Yes, I will! I will! I will!

FAITH: Did you capture your Rosetta doll, Lucy?

LUCY: No. She asked me to put her in the jar. I'm a good human. I'm just keeping her safe. She likes it in there.

FAITH: Ah-hah.

MARK: (in a quiet aside) If she ever becomes a writer of slightly dark and twisted fantasy, remind me not to be surprised.

FAITH: Yep.
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  1. Rose Catherine WagnerJanuary 23, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    It's adorable!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Ah yes. Listen to the child's "stories" and WRITE them down, as you did this. Later, you'll be very glad that you did. This is wonderful!!

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  3. PaulaJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    Very cute, Faith. At least it wasn't her little sister she trapped : )

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  4. VijayaJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:50 AM

    Tee-hee ... and a corollary to what Paula says, at least she's not trapped bugs. But what story possibilities from being trapped in a jar ... Has she read Magic Under Glass?

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    So sweet! A trapped fairy would make a great story.

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  6. A.L. SonnichsenJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    This is hilarious! I laughed out loud. :)

    How cool that your husband is a writer, too.

    Amy

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