"No, I don't want to grow up."
"Why?"
"12 is a wonderful number, isn't it? So rounded, so polished, so complete."
"Oh. "
"And 13- well, it's unlucky."
"That, yes."
"So I've decided that I don't want to grow up."
"Time will not stand still, will it, Phil?"
"It won't."
"How do I make it stand still?"
"Venture into a fairy tale and take the help of some magic spell. Pray do it. "
"When is your birthday, dear?"
"On the 5th of April."
"Which happens to be..."
"Tomorrow."
"Ah."
"And I am turning 13. "
"Okay. "
"Your proposition was a fair one, dear. Let me see if there is an alternative to your turning thirteen tomorrow. If there is, well and good; if there isn't, let's see how we can take the change, shall we?" Penelope smiled.
"I can't...and won't... grow up. I refuse to."
"Oh dear. I am standing before you today after the trials and tribulations of growing up, my girl. "
"Is it painful to grow up?"
"Yes. But wouldn't you say the adult world were worth that effort?"
"I am adamant. Let me be stuck..in today's day, month, year- forever, just to escape the metamorphosis. "
"What makes you different as a twelve year old versus a thirteen year old when you take it one day at a time?"
"At thirteen, well, I'm no longer a child. On the bridge between being a child and being an adult, my body is transforming. Several hormones are kicking in and jumping about. It's a terrible feeling. "
"It pleases me that you know that life is not going to be the same. "
"I have seen my friends from the 8th Grade. They are.. different."
" In what way?"
"They're restless, jittery and edgy. Why?"
"Because, dear, there will come a day when they will be 14 and look back at themselves, and say that it passed. "
"So I've just got to see 13 through before I touch 14?"
"That's right. See her through."
"Why?"
"12 is a wonderful number, isn't it? So rounded, so polished, so complete."
"Oh. "
"And 13- well, it's unlucky."
"That, yes."
"So I've decided that I don't want to grow up."
"Time will not stand still, will it, Phil?"
"It won't."
"How do I make it stand still?"
"Venture into a fairy tale and take the help of some magic spell. Pray do it. "
"When is your birthday, dear?"
"On the 5th of April."
"Which happens to be..."
"Tomorrow."
"Ah."
"And I am turning 13. "
"Okay. "
"Your proposition was a fair one, dear. Let me see if there is an alternative to your turning thirteen tomorrow. If there is, well and good; if there isn't, let's see how we can take the change, shall we?" Penelope smiled.
"I can't...and won't... grow up. I refuse to."
"Oh dear. I am standing before you today after the trials and tribulations of growing up, my girl. "
"Is it painful to grow up?"
"Yes. But wouldn't you say the adult world were worth that effort?"
"I am adamant. Let me be stuck..in today's day, month, year- forever, just to escape the metamorphosis. "
"What makes you different as a twelve year old versus a thirteen year old when you take it one day at a time?"
"At thirteen, well, I'm no longer a child. On the bridge between being a child and being an adult, my body is transforming. Several hormones are kicking in and jumping about. It's a terrible feeling. "
"It pleases me that you know that life is not going to be the same. "
"I have seen my friends from the 8th Grade. They are.. different."
" In what way?"
"They're restless, jittery and edgy. Why?"
"Because, dear, there will come a day when they will be 14 and look back at themselves, and say that it passed. "
"So I've just got to see 13 through before I touch 14?"
"That's right. See her through."
Comments
Post a Comment