a dialogue
(bold text for simone, normal text for elsie)
eight o'clock in the evening | elimone's tent
Moni ko. . . Maybe it's in your messenger bag, have you tried looking there?
Moni? You're pouting.
I'm going to check palang. . . Sorry, Eli, you were so excited to play jenga pa naman. Tapos hindi natin mahanap.
Here! Pat, pat, pat. Let Simone's stress be gone. . .
Hala. . . Ba't naman bigla mo akong pina-pat, Eli?
Hmm, quiet muna. We're taking away your stress.
You've done well today, Moni. Waking up early for our trip, carrying bags, cooking our lunch, setting up our tent, and making our tent cozy and warm like a home. You've doooone so well.
Feeling better?
Mmm.
Eli,
Sikip ng yakap mo huhu.
But I like this. Thank you.
Hmm.
You're welcome, Moni ko
Oh! Feeling better na, I guess?
O-oo. I'll check my messenger bag na.
Okay!
Is it there?
Hala, oo.
Omg, andito lang the whole time?
We sometimes find things in the most unexpected places, Moni. Come here na, play na tayo!
Talo ulit ikaw!
Grabe na 'to.
Galit yata sakin 'tong laruan ko.
Tawa ka lang diyan? Just because you're always winning ha?
Aww, you're so adorable when you're pouting!
Look at those cheeks, it's cho cute!?
Eli, Eli, 'wag-
-mo ako panggigigilan, please.
Oopsie. Sorry hehe.
Okay! One last round, the loser has to grant the winner's wish. Game?
You'll surely win eh. Make your wish easy please.
Pfft. Believe in yourself, Moni. You'll win!
Will assemble it na uli!
Pano to. . .
Hmm.
Moni ko, I think eto dapat-
. . .
Too close.
Moni ko,
Eli?. . .
I like your eyes.
They're pretty.
CZYTASZ
Dappled Sunlight And Daffodil
Krótkie OpowiadaniaAll a quiet Elsie wanted was time to sit idly and watch moments pass by under a tall tree or on a flower field; every day, she would ask for the sun to grant her wishes. Perhaps, with Esmeralda's kind soul, she was also granted with a summer friend...
