Once upon a time, there was a mother and a little kid named D'arby. One morning they woke up and D'arby said, "Isn't it a nice morning Mommy?"

Mommy dear said, "Sure is!" and also they both loved each other very much. They never fighted with each other and D'arby was always good. They could always go from home to school to work. They always jumped, from their house they took one step, they took one big step from their house to my school. Mommy had to go from my school to her work, which was pretty close.

And also I forgot: everybody else could take one step to their work or school or anywhere they wanted to go, and they never had to walk up the stairs, they just had to fly. Their legs never hurted. And also they didn't sell cars. and everything in the whole wide world because it costed one dollar. The food was free and the toys weren't.

Then one night, evil monster came into their house, and he stole their power. Then one morning, Mommy and D'arby woke up. They both said, "What a beautiful morning!"

"I guess I'll get to work quick"

"I guess I'll get to school quick"

"Want to have a race?"

"Sure!"

Mommy wanted to go to work, and D'arby wanted to go to school. And then they tried to go, but they couldn't get there, They couldn't go because their legs were too short.

One night, they went to bed, and then they woke up again in the morning. Then Mommy said, "Let's not have a race D'arby. go to sleep, it's too early in the morning."

D'arby said, "But. " Then D'arby said again, "But Mommy, I want to go to school. I want to go to school early. Because every single time you take me to school, I'm always late," said D'arby. Then Mommy said, "D'arby go to bed now, or you're going to be so sick in the morning again."

"Okay," D'arby said. "I'll go to sleep."

So D'arby was fake sleeping, and she went to her mom's room. She was seeing if she was asleep. She said, "Okay, the coast is clear," because she had an imaginary friend. And she said, "Come on, let's go!" Then she said, "Are you coming, or not?" So D'arby and her friend left the house without slamming the door. So they went to a monster's cave. Her imaginary friend said, "What's wrong with you? You know we shouldn't be doing this!"

"Oh, you're just a crybaby because you think I'll get in trouble, but I won't."

"I can't tell your mom because I'm invisible, you just made me up." Her name was Zabrella. She was always a crybaby. and she was always mad at D'arby , and she's always jealous.

So Zabrella said, "Fine, if you want me to come with you in the cave, I'll come with you in the cave, just if we don't get in trouble, just if we don't get eaten by the monster!" because the monster's name was Camon.

So D'arby said, "Hurry up, you slowpoke, you're so slow"

Zabrella said, "Hey look!" It said Bouncing Power, D'arby and Gwen's. "Let's just get out of here before the monster finds us."

"Let's go!" said D'arby.

Then they said, "AAAAAAAAAAAH! IT'S THE MONSTER!!!!" They tried to go everywhere, but they were trapped. The monster was everywhere. He caught them. He put them in the evil dungeon for two days.

"I'm so hungry!" said Zabrella and D'arby.

"Let's find a way out of here," said D'arby.

"Hey look!" said Zabrella. "I found a secret message!"

Here Is a Secret Passage
If You Are the First One to Find It
You Will Get Food Forever!

"Oh my gosh, do you know what this means Zabrella?" said D'arby.

"I sure do!"

"Fooooooooood!!!!!" they both said it together.

They both found shovels.

D'arby said, "Wow, look, good thing Zabrella, we didn't even see the shovels before we came here."

"Let's dig our way out."

"Dig our way out? What if it's a trap? Or maybe, what if it's lava?" Zabrella said. They grabbed the bouncing powers quick for Mommy and D'arby, but the monster didn't see them.

"All right! Let's go!" said D'arby.

They both got home quick.

Then Mommy said, "Oh sweetie, where were you?"

"Oh, I was out playing in the park."

"Hey, where did you get that power?" said Mommy.

"Oh, I found it. Well, Mommy, I'll tell you the real truth. Me and my real friend -- um -- Eve, we both went to the cave," but D'arby didn't tell the real name, because she didn't want to get in trouble, because she didn't want to tell her mom that she had an invisible friend because she would be in trouble because last time she told her mom, she didn't believe her, so she told her that it wasn't Eve that went with me. D'arby said, "Mommy, my friend Eve, well, she wasn't the one who came with me. It was my invisible friend. Please don't make me trouble. We were trapped in the cave with the monster. He put us in the dungeon. "

Then Mommy said, "Oh, you're not in trouble. When you were out, I had an idea that I should believe you. But can I see your invisible friend?" said Mommy.

"Sure!" said D'arby. "Okay:

Abracadabra, get Zabrella out of her cage.
Make her a human from that stupid, dumb cage."

So they all lived happily ever after...

"Hey, what about me???" said Zabrella. "Okay, well we were on the trip, well you know remember she said she would get in trouble if she told on me, that I was her invisible friend? Well, she got whupped. Three times in a row! Well, I better say something. Well, I hope you all have a great time out there. I know this story isn't true, but D'arby, you better watch out for those stories because you know your story might come true."

the end

written April 27, 1998

© g w e n h a r l o w 1998