I don't like the bad man with the green hair. He's not nice ta anybody. But he hasn't hurt me yet, and that's good.
He doesn't make any sense either. He keeps looking over at me and laughing, and says: "Soon, child, your father will be at my mercy!"
I keep tellin' him that I don't *HAVE * a daddy, but I don't think he's listenin'. Of course, nobody EVER listens ta me.
Mommy says that it's just cause I'm so little. Uncle Ric says it's because I just talk to fast.
I don't think I talk to fast. I mean, I talk just like my mommy.
I miss my mommy. I wish she was here. These people are scary.
Then, the bad man comes in and grabs my arm. I cry cause it hurted! He's strong! He laughs when I cry, and just yanks me along with him, and I stumble over my feet, trying to keep up with me.
"Slow down!" I tell him, when I fall again. He just looks down at me really mean like, and I decide to shut up. He looks like he could eat me fer breakfast!
And then we're out in the bright sunshine, and I squeeze my eyes closed. It hurted! When I open my eyes again, a big black plane is flyin' above me-VOOOOM!--and then it landed right in front of us.
The bad man makes me sit down on the ground, his eyes never leavin' the plane. I do what he told me too, cause my feet hurt!
And then I see somebody I know! Sam! Sam came ta saveded me!
I like Sam, a whole bunch. I don't know why I do, I just do. My Aunt Demi said that we were 'kindred spirits'. I don't know what that is, but I know that he is nice, and fun, and loves my mommy.
I told Aunt Demi that he did, and she looked at me really funny. She asked me how I knew that Sam loved my mommy, so I told her.
He looks at her, and he looks happy. He looks like Uncle Ric does when he looks at Aunt Demi. Aunt Demi gave me the same funny look, and said that I was 'cocious or somethin' like that. I didn't know what it meant.
And then I see my mommy!
"Mommy!" I yell, and try to run to her. The bad man grabs me and yanks me back, and I fall on the ground. It hurted so much that I scream.
Mommy yells something but I can't hear what it was. All I know is that I want my Mommy, and the bad man won't let me go to her.
The bad man laughs again, and yells to Mommy: "Do not worry, Tabitha. Your beautiful daughter will be restored to you as soon as I have this young puppy."
What puppy? There isn't a puppy here!
But then Sam says something back to the bad man, but I still don't know what it is. I think he said my name, though I'm not sure.
Bad man asked: "How do I know you just won't fly off as soon as you have the brat?"
Fly? Sam can fly? Wow! I've always wanted to fly!
Sam growled something and the bad man nodded. Then he pushed me away from him, and I ran as fast as I could to my Mommy.
"Mommy! Sam!" I scream, reachin' my Mommy and givin' her a big hug. She hugs me back so tight, that I can barely breath, but I don't mind.
"Baby, oh my baby!" Mommy cries all over me, and then I cry to.
"Mommy!" Mommy still hugs me as tight as she can. Then I 'member Sam. I hug Mommy once more, then turn to Sam and hold out my arms. He looks at me funny for a minute like he was gonna cry, then he hugs me, almost as hard as Mommy. I smile when Sam pulls Mommy into a hug too. I KNEW he loved Mommy!
But there's somethin' buggin' me. "Sam? How come you came to save me?"
Sam looks at me, and kinda stutters "Ah…well...sweetie…" I look at him, again, wondering how come he doesn't know why he came to save me.
Then Mommy speaks up. "Sami, sweetie. He came because he's your father."
Ohmygosh! Sam's my DADDY? WOW! I have a Daddy now! Yay! I've always wanted a daddy, and Sam's so nice, and I love him!
"Daddy!" I hug him around his neck, as hard as I can. I look up to see Mommy crying, and so is Sam. I mean, DADDY!
Then the bad man says: "Isn't this sweet? I hate to break up this little family reunion, but you belong to me now, Samuel Guthrie."
Mommy puts herself in between daddy and the bad man, saying: "NO! No!"
Bad man just looks at Mommy funny and says: "Yes. Now move aside, eyeblink."
What's in eyeblink? Is that like, when you blink your eye? Why would the bad man call Mommy an eyeblink?
Mommy is really mad now. I know, because she is screaming at the top of her lungs! She only does that when she is very, very mad! "No! I won't let you take my family from me!"
Then the bad man snarls like Mikey's dog. "You time confined bitch. I don't want you family. I just want Cannonball."
Who's Cannonball? I thought he wanted my daddy? Well, if he wants Cannonball, maybe he'll let Daddy stay! I hug Daddy harder, not wanting to let him go.
"No. You can't have him." Mommy is crying now, and I'm scared. Why does the bad man want Cannonball? And who is Cannonball?
"Tabitha, Ah gave mah word…" Daddy gave his word? Gave his word to who? Waitaminute! Daddy's Cannonball!?
But that means he has to go with the bad man! I don't WANT daddy to go with the bad man! I want daddy to stay with me and Mommy!
Mommy and Daddy are talking about somethin', I don't know what. I just want daddy to stay with me. He puts me down on the ground, and I run away from where they are. Somethin' tells me that there's gonna be a big fight like on TV, and I don' wanna be there when it happens!
I watch as Mommy and the bad man yell at each other some more, and then she smacks his hand like he was doing something bad. Yay Mommy!
The bad man didn't like it when Mommy spanked him. He reached into his belt and pulled out a shiny gun. Mikey has somethin' that looks like that, but I can't remember what he called it.
The shiny thing makes a loud BANG! Mikey's doesn't do that!
Mommy falls over backwards, and Daddy catches her. Theirs all this red stuff on her tummy and chest. Does the shiny thing shoot ketchup or something?
Then I realize its blood. I've had blood one me before, from where I feel down and skinned my knees. It hurt lots. And there was just a little blood then! How much hurting does all THAT blood make!
I don't know, but I wanna go see my Mommy! So I run over to her as fast as I can.
"MOMMY! DADDY!" I yell.
Then I hear Daddy yell "NO!" I look up, and see the bad man staring at me in shock. Then I look down at arms. Hey, how come I'm glowing?
"Sami!" I hear my daddy yell. "COME HERE!"
So I go to where my daddy is. The HE starts to glow, just like me! I can see Mommy, but I don't know if it's a good thing. She looks sick!
I start to cry, 'casue I don't know what else to do. Daddy asked me if I knew how to ride piggyback, and wrap my arms around his neck. So I do, and Daddy FLIES off to the black airplane!
When we get on the on the plane, Daddy lies Mommy down, and starts yelling into a little box on the wall. I look at him for a minute, confused at what he's doing. But then my eyes start to close, and I realize how sleepy I am.
I close my eyes and fall to sleep.