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DANI AND THE DOLLHOUSE At the age of seven I was moved from my home in Garland Texas to a small town in Illinois by the name of Mechanicsburg. The house in Mechanicsburg was a small three-bedroom house, built on a large piece of land, and surrounded by forest. I had lived there about a year when the four of us children (my two brothers, the boy whose parents owned the home, and I) started to explore the surrounding land. I, being the only girl and
having a leg disability, felt an obligation of
sorts to do everything the boys did, therefore,
I found myself going through countless patches of
dead prairie grass. During one of
these “expeditions”, I had to stop and rest,
naturally, the boys did not wait for me.
As I was catching my breath, I saw a small
wildflower in the nearby brush. I went to go pick
the flower and found myself facing a girl about
my age. Being the polite and mannerly young lady
I was raised to be, I introduced myself, “Hi! I’m
Addie”
The girl was a small blonde with the greenest
eyes I had ever seen, and she was wearing a white
dress with small blue and yellow flowers on it.
The girl seemed to respond to my introduction
shyly, so I attempted once more, “I like your
eyes, they're pretty” she smiled at this and at
that point introduced herself “I’m Dani”. We then struck up a conversation about several
things including dolls. The girl seemed very
interested in my dolls; I then told her that
maybe sometime if she came to my house she and I
could play with them.
At this, the girl seemed saddened, “maybe” she
said. The girl and I parted ways and I then went
home where I told my brothers about the encounter
with the girl. To this day, I still believe that Dani was
responsible for these strange occurrences. Later
I asked my Mom about the incidents and she said
it was not uncommon at a young age for my
brothers and I to talk to people no one could
see. Submitted From: Addie, Illinois, USA |