[ArwenBaggins]

Dafodyl awoke with a jolt, and found that almost the whole house was empty. ‘They must have left already!’ she thought to herself. She jumped up and brushed off her dusty clothes, and took her brush out hastily again. With a swift brush of her unruly curls, she shoved her things in her small bag and rushed to the stables.

There she saw Giles and Autumn, working on gifts. With a questioning look, she said: "What are those for?"

Giles jumped up and sighed, "Oh, Dafodyl, it’s only you. These gifts are for Daisy. Her birthday is tomorrow. Do you want to make her a gift?"

Dafodyl smiled and sat down Indian-style. She picked up some of the thick leather and some thin leather, and said: "Well, I’m gonna make her a headband to hold back her hair."

She bent the frozen, thick leather back, and made it connect with the smaller, thinner, piece. She pushed a small piece of wire through both sides and both pieces, and bent them back into a little ball. They were almost unseen.

"Two bad there isn’t any paint to make this more pretty than just plain leather," she said as she inspected her new masterpiece. She knew Daisy would love it.

[ December 12, 2002: Message edited by: ArwenBaggins ]