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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:32 pm
"Ha!" Shye said. They had caught a dog! He sat back as well, waiting for the animal to do something. Didn't dogs do tricks? "Talk!" he encouraged.
At the sharp command issued by her demanding child, Smerdle looked up from the magazine she'd been looking through. "Shye? What are you doing?"
"Dog, ma!" he said, as if that explained everything.
Smerdle got up and started to head toward the two toddlers.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:50 am
Ziya giggled and stuck his finger out again towards the dog. Why didn't it talk like Shye told it to. His mother's dog talked, then again it looked nothing like this dog.
At Smerdle's words he looked up. His finger still moving in the general direction of the dog.
The squirrel, now a little agitated spotted the easy target and sank his teeth into the todler's skin.
Ziya's face wrinkled up for a moment as he pulled his finger back and looked at the red starting to pool on the tiny bite marks.
"Owwwwww!!!" he howled as he stared at his finger.
Isra looked up from her book and frowned. That didn't sound good. Standing she walked over to them and smiled at the adult that the other child must belong to.
"What on earth are you doing?" she asked Ziya, crouching down with a jangle of bracelets and taking his small hand in hers. "Dog bited me." Ziya sobbed, pointing at the offending squirrel.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:08 am
Smerdle smiled back at the other woman before frowning slightly when she saw what the boys were playing with.
"Shye, that's not a dog," she said shakily. She knew that if she told him to get away from it, he was likely to poke at the animal just to spite her, and maybe get bitten too. Shye made a face but held still.
"Is he all right?" Smerdle asked Isra, motioning Shye closer to her side. He ignored her and stayed seated, turning to look at his friend's bleeding finger with interest.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:59 am
Isra sighed and took a handkerchief from her pocket, smiling a little she dabbed it at his finger and looked closely at the tiny marks.
"He's fine." she said with a smile. "How on earth did they manage to catch that?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at the poor fluffy captive.
"It's a squirrel Ziya, not a dog."
Ziya looked at his finger and held it up to Shye to see.
"Look." He said, his grin returning. "Skirrel bited me." He smirked proudly and looked back to their prize. "You want?" he asked Shye, pointing to the Skirrel.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:58 pm
"Why would anyone want to catch that?" Smerdle chuckled. She wasn't much for possibly rabid, squirmy little forest creatures herself, but she supposed that was one of many differences between herself and Shye.
The little boy's mouth squished into an 'o' of awe. "Yeah!" he said, leaning forward to claim the squirrel as his new pet.
Smerdle bent quickly to stop him. "You've got a pet at home," she said, receiving a short huff in return. "Thank you very much though," she added to Ziya. "Speaking of home, I think we'd better be getting there."
"No," Shye said. "I wanna go home wit' Zi-ya!"
"Not today, but you can see him again soon," Smerdle said. She looked up at Isra. "I could give you my address?" She vaguely remembered the sand spirit as being someone Shye had played with before today which was nice, and plus, it would prevent future Shye-tantrums if she kept her word and arranged for the two to play again in the near future.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:28 am
Isra laughed and nodded. They certainly were a funny pair.
Ziya looked at Shye as he declared he wanted to go hoe with him and laughed loudly.
"Yes!!." he cried, clapping his hands and looking up at his mother.
"Shye has to go home love." she said with a smile. "Though exchanging adresses would be nice. He's more than welcome to come and play in the huge sand pit that is our home." She smiled and reached into her pocket for some note paper and one of Ziya's pencils. "Here, she said, noting down the directions to their camp and handing Smerdle the paper.
"I am Isra by the way. The two of you are welcome any time."
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:59 pm
"Oh, yeah, hold on," Smerdle said, hurrying back to her bags. She removed a piece of paper from one of them, wrote her own address on it, and made her way back over to Isra and the kids. "There you go. I'm Raquel Smerdle. Either name's fine," she said. "Come by whenever you'd like. It was nice meeting you." She reached down again and scrubbed her hand across Shye's already messy hair. "Time to go," she said.
Shye stood and managed to only pout a little before it was all smiles again. "Seeya, Ziya!" he said, rocking on the balls of his feet and giggling at his own joke.
Smerdle left Shye's side, with a wave for Isra and Ziya, and began gathering her packages.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:26 pm
Isra took the paper and smiled as she tucked it into her pocket.
"Yes, it was a pleasure. Good bye." She said with a small wave. "Say goodbye Zi"
"BYEEE SHYEEE" Ziya giggled waving and laughing at his own rhyme.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:55 am
Smerdle finished picking up her things, handing a smaller bag to Shye that he hadn't been carrying before.
"Bye!" Smerdle said.
Shye waved as he swung around his new package and hopped off after his guardian.
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