[open] the sun is up, the sky is blue - anyone

[Fern]

F E R N

Fern was a strange child. Not in her mind, of course. But certainly to the outside eye.  In the girl’s mind she was born of two mothers - one of flesh and bone.  The other was the earth itself. Both kept her safe, nurtured her, and helped her to grow.  Fern had difficulty distinguishing between the two, and as a result had developed a true fascination with the world around her.  As a result, the girl was spending more and more time away from her birth mother and more time trying to discover everything there was to learn about the earth and everything in it. That could, perhaps, explain the state of the girl as she bounded into the playground. The little green and white girl was covered in dirt, with flowers and grasses clinging to her still-fuzzy coat. The mess didn’t phase the girl, where some mothers may discourage such a thing, this made Fern feel even closer to her earth-mother. The girl skipped across the playground - bounding over small puddles and across narrow creeks.  It was warm today, thankfully, and the sunlight had opened all of the summer blooms to their fullest extent. The little green girl nearly did a double take when she (quite literally) stumbled upon a large patch of flowers in every color of purple and blue.  More remarkably, the plants were simply swarming with butterflies.  Fern carefully maneuvered herself into the flowers, careful not to crush any of the blooms.  She let out a happy sigh as she folded her legs beneath her, sinking into the thicket so that only her ears were visible over the tops of the flowers. She was content simply to be for the time being, watching the butterflies as they hopped from bloom to bloom right before her eyes. LOOK INTO YOUR HEART AND YOU'LL FIND LOVE