Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time there was a little girl. She was a cute little girl (correction, ADORABLE little girl) who, for the most part, liked to do little girl things. She played “cars” with her brother, all the “girly” looking cars were, of course, the girls, and the manly looking cars and trucks the guys. She didn't play with Barbie’s much, probably because the cars were sort of like Barbie’s to her. It was just too bad you couldn't put fancy dresses on them. She did have a favorite car though, it was sparkly purple with pink flames.... or something like that, she can't really remember. Anyways. She also liked to play street hockey and in the forts out back behind the neighbors house in the ditches and trees. That was the coolest place in the whole neighborhood. Her, her younger brother, and the neighbor boys would play out there all the time. They had about five forts, one in particular that they really liked. This one had a tree branch that stuck out and was just right for swinging. They would swing from the branch and try to land on the other side of the ditch. One of the boys (he couldn't ever make it across the ditch) said that he wished he was so fat that he could just fly away (his theory was, fat floats in the air). The little girl (her name, by the way, is Radeen) thought that was a lovely idea. So she went home and scarfed down some food.Radeen did that everyday for a year. By then she was really fat. But, she was too scared to see if it worked. Come on, what kind of person would want to jump off of a house to see if they could fly cause they were fat?Nobody really made fun of her, at least to her face. They knew that if they did she could turn them into mincemeat pudding just by sitting on them, and since no one likes mincemeat pudding, much less want to be mincemeat pudding, they thought it better to just be nice to her. Besides, she let them call her "Fat Girl", and when she was in a good mood she would let the little kids use her tummy for a trampoline. That made both the big kids and the little kids happy, the little kids were having fun and the big kids could play street hockey without the little kids bothering them. That worked out good for everyone. Except Fat Girl was kind of sad that she could not play street hockey anymore.One day her cousins from California came to visit. They decided that they should go for a hike. So they all troop into the suburban, all twelve of the them into that nine seater sub. (the neighbor boy came along, otherwise it would only would have been eleven) Poor Fat Girl had to be tied on top because she couldn't even fit in through the door.Once they got to the hill and started hiking it was quite obvious that Fat Girl wasn't going to be able to keep up with them. They decided they would all hike to the top and let her take her time. The trail was big, there would be no way she could get lost. But alas, the poor girl. She was so focused on taking each step without falling that she didn't realize she missed the big turn in the trail. Instead she accidentally took the slightly smaller trail that kept going straight. It was awhile before she knew she was lost. She thought 'maybe I should turn back...' then, 'no, I'll bet a parking lot or something is around that next bend...... or maybe around that one... or that one.' By now she was freaking out and she figured she'd been lost about an hour and half. So she figures maybe if she goes off the trail into the woods and down a few of those steep inclines she might come to where they had parked or something. So into the woods Fat Girl goes. She stumbles down a few hills but manages to come up unscathed. So she's walking along, minding her own business, when all the sudden her right foot is in mid-air. Fat Girl looks down to see that she almost fell off a 150 ft. cliff. But oh no! Her foot is still hanging over the ledge and looking down made her dizzy, Fat Girl swings her arms but it doesn't help. She falls.Does Fat Girl make it? Does she find her inner strength and use her fat to fly? Stay tuned..... and find out soon.
