A short story. A winner in a short story competition - I wrote this story for a competition which I entered and was a winner- 2000 word. easy read . The story of a girl who chose to rather live within the wondrous creations of her own mind, than live out reality with the rest of us. "Load shedding was a common thing in South Africa, it happened almost everyday, nothing spectacular really. That's how things seem to be, average, mundane, unspectacular; until you look a little closer. Perhaps that is what my story is about, looking a little closer. Just close enough to see the magic within even the simplest things, to see the magic within my own little existence."