Journal #17: Nature Bonding

Once upon a time there was a young girl named Amy. She lived in the middle of a small forest with her family and their many pets. One day while she was out taking pictures of the fall foliage, she tripped and hit her head on a rock the was inconveniently placed directly in her path. She was dazed for about five minutes until she sat up and felt the back of her head. Thankfully there was no blood, but she did have one heck of a bump. Shaking it off, she got up and proceeded to head back to her house. She almost tripped again when she came across a squirrel in the middle of the path. Instead of tripping, however, she managed to step on it's tail. It let out a shrill cry of pain, then turned to her angrily shouting "Hey! Watch where you're walking!" Amy jumped back, startled. Satisfied that its message had gotten through, the squirrel scampered off in search of food to store for the upcoming winter. "That was weird. Note to self: have Mom check for possible concussion when I get home." Amy made it home without further incident and proceeded to tell her mom about her possible concussion. Her mom brushed off her concerns, giving her some Tylenol and telling her to finish her homework. Dinnertime came around, which meant that Amy's family ate at the table in the kitchen and their pets hovered around them, just in case any food happened to spill on the floor. Dinner was its usual silent affair, until someone grumbled under the table that no one had fed him anything for a good ten minutes. Amy started laughing until she realised that her parents were looking at her funny. They were used to her randomly laughing though, so they went back to their meals. After dinner, she went back out to the woods where she figured out that she could talk to the animals after having a chat with a raccoon about its friend who always made it braid her hair. Her thought process was something like this: "OMG, I can talk to animals! This is so cool! I'm like Dr. Doolittle except female and not the one played by Eddie Murphy because he's annoying." She stayed out in the woods for a few more hours, chatting with all the little woodland creatures about anything and everything. They all became friends and lived happily ever after. The End.