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๐๏ธ 21 February 2025
โฑ๏ธ 14 minutes
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0:00.0 | Both Esther and Aria agreed. It had been a long cold winter. Even this late into the year, |
0:12.5 | the days were plagued with chill winds, overcast skies, flurries of snow, and ice-covered puddles. |
0:20.4 | But that didn't stop Esther and Aria from getting outside into the flurries of snow and ice-covered puddles. |
0:26.7 | But that didn't stop Esther and Aria from getting outside into the fresh cold air. |
0:33.2 | They'd pulled on their boots and warm coats, wrapped up in their scarves, hats and gloves, and set out into the forest looking for signs of spring. |
0:37.9 | Oh, it feels like it's been winter forever, said Esther, as they trudged across the frost-covered ground. |
0:45.4 | My mom says she can't remember it ever being this cold so late into the year before, added Aria. |
0:51.7 | I'd just be happy if we saw the sun. Thrusting their hands deep into their |
0:56.9 | pockets to help keep them warm, the girls trudged on, avoiding the mud as best they could. There was |
1:03.9 | still no signs of spring flowers anywhere, despite them looking nearly every day. The pair of them |
1:10.7 | were beginning to think that it was going to remain winter forever. |
1:14.6 | It wasn't until they'd reached the point where it was time to return home for a hot drink, |
1:19.2 | that something caught Esther's eye against a shaft of dark tree bark, a flower, a single yellow spring flower. At last, she said cheerily, hurrying over. |
1:33.4 | But there's just one, pointed out, Aria. Where are all the green shoots? Oh, it's such a shame, |
1:40.6 | began Esta, before cutting herself off with a sharp intake of breath. |
1:46.1 | Aria saw it, too, and grabbed her friend's arm tightly. |
1:50.5 | Lying at the base of the flower was a fairy. |
1:53.7 | She was dressed in clothes stitched from leaves, and her long, dark hair was piled upon her head |
2:00.1 | and held in place with a tiny twig. |
2:03.0 | But her wings were lying limp, and she looked very weak, barely able to lift her head as she |
2:10.0 | realized she was being watched. |
2:12.5 | Is she sick? asked Ariya. |
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