Tea Party

[Dust]

The table could promptly fit about 4 young children, or one child and half a dozen stuffed animals. Now it was meant to fit one young child, less than half a dozen dolls and one adult sized teenage boy with long legs and arms. In order to do so, Jenna had to first climb Mountain Stuffings over the course of the next few minutes, dig out said teenager's arms, and finally pull free her new friend from the clutches of her various other stuffed creatures. They fought her for his affection and attention, but she won in the end. Though he was of no help, after all, they had poisoned him with paralyzing poisons that made his whole body numb and tingly. Or that's at least the excuse the young girl made up for why he was not cooperating.

When they were free, the unconscious bodies of their common enemies lay about like autumn leaves in the dead of fall. Or... Petals of flowers in the spring... There were a lot of pretty colors about and it didn't really follow the color scheme of the end of year season.

She tugged him towards the plastic two foot high round table and pointed him to sit at the spot closest to her's. Afterward, she began to play with the dolls once more to pick out which survivors of the pull away game would eat and drink with them. Her bunny was first on the list, but she was not among the fallen creatures. A sheep with bright yellow wool that swallowed up its bright pink limbs and a bright pink head was next, its bright green button eyes staring blankly across the table at Jewel.

The third was a handmade doll, not by Jenna or by Jenna's mother, but her mother's mother's mother. She had faded pale skin and the neon green polka dot turtleneck dress over a faded pink dyed burlap sack skirt, touched by the sun for too long on both sides. Her apron looked like a new addition, a red apron over top the faded skirt, and a bright pink flower was stitched into the pastel twin braids made of yarn.

Another guest to the party would be Rex, a red and black striped dog with floppy ears, black eyes, and a long tail. His pink tongue stuck out of his mouth and made him look always happy.

Lastly was Luci, her mother's addition to the large collection of dolls. It was a crochet made doll, a young girl with blue hair and a rainbow of native flowers around her head like a crown. She had on a cocoanut bra, and a bright green grass skirt accented with another rainbow worth of flowers.

When the guest was picked out personally she began to put all her other toys away, collecting all the casualties of the tug-of-war between her and them and putting them back in the various piles she left them in every night.

She sat down just in time for her mother to walk in carrying a tray with a tea set and several sandwiches. "Purfect timing Mama." She exclaimed, throwing her arms out. She had the biggest smile on her face. How it was able to grow so big after she also saw the cake was beyond her mother, but there was a fit of happiness as she jumped up and down in place and screamed with joy.


Jewel remained still and unaffected by this display, looking a lot like the dolls that he shared the table with, except he could blink.