Patty Liu - Silent Reflections
Fifty-Nine“Wendell! Man, am I glad to be back here! You won’t BELIEVE what we’ve been through,” Tony greeted the king when he entered the waiting room.
King Wendell smiled and stood as regally as possible. “Trust me, Antony. After last year’s ordeal, I think I’m capable of believing anything.” He turned to Virginia and Wolf. “I trust your adventures were safely encountered? I should thank you two for saving my faithful manservant and my betrothed princess.”
Virginia and Wolf smiled and bowed to the king. The king turned his head about to look for the princess but she didn’t seem to be around. He saw a tall man and a young girl, though, and he quirked his eyebrows.
“This is Patrick and Melody. Patrick is from the Mother Goose Village and he has helped us tremendously on our journey. Melody, uh… she has errr… also helped us a great deal,” Virginia hesitated. She didn’t want to tell the king that Melody had in fact, been the person who had been behind all the mess that had occurred. Well, except for the tazzies.
The king nodded and thanked the two and promised them all great rewards. All of a sudden a bird flew in from a window and began flapping around noisily. A servant tried to shoo it out.
“Yo, King. I also helped! Without me, your friends wouldn’t even be here! I should be getting a reward too. Tony promised.” Pip had entered through the window and wanted his share of the excitement. King Wendell looked at Tony who just nodded and shrugged. Wendell gave a nod to the talking bird so he would quiet down.
“I’m sorry if I sound a bit too eager, but where is the princess?” Wendell said after looking around once again.
“She has been shown to her chambers and is being washed and changed so she could present herself royally to Your Majesty,” Virginia said.
“Oh,” the king said with a bit of relief. “Well, I suppose you would like to see how much your son has grown in the past few days?” Wendell said.
Virginia beamed and nodded her head vigorously. Wolf rubbed his hands together like he was expecting some sort of great feast. A servant brought in Little Peter and Virginia rushed forward to take him from her arms. Wolf and Tony both stepped forward in a rush at the same time and almost collided into each other.
“Let me see my grandson! Let me see him!” Tony cried out.
“Calm down, Dad. He’s right here,” Virginia whispered. She handed Peter over to Tony who absolutely beamed with pride. The baby immediately made for a grab of Tony’s hair and yanked.
“Ow!”
“Huff, puff. He’s got a mighty strong grip there, doesn’t he? He’s gonna make his Daddy proud!” Wolf grinned and ruffled his son’s hair.
Tony held his grandson up high and walked over to Patrick and Melody to show them the baby. They all smiled and played with the baby who was grinning from ear to ear with all the attention he was getting.
At that moment, Princess Wendy walked into the room. She had washed her hair and face and was now wearing a most beautiful gown. They were all awestruck at how much of a difference it made. She was lovely. Wendell was speechless but he finally made his way to her and bowed formally and held up her hand for a kiss. Wendy smiled and curtsied.
“Finally, King Wendell. We meet again.”
“And it is definitely with all my pleasure!”
