Lily A mountain's flower

e snake hisses menacingly at her. Lily jumps up onto her feet and hides behind a rock. The snake slithers towa

oks around desperately for any possible escape route. Her eyes fall on a hole. She crawls inside. The hole leads deep into the cave. She is able to crawl through it. It's pitch black, and she barel

one speaks in

the voice immediately. It's James!

he opens his eyes and looks up at her. His eyes are red, puffy and tear stained. His lips are trembling as tears run freely down his cheeks. His fa

ious friend. S

s him in return. After a while he whispers, "Thank you." And then, he kisses her tenderly on

you hurt?"

swers. "I think I twi

see,"

takes her bag out of her backpack and pulls out a small bottle filled with a clear liquid. She carefully unscrews the top and lets a few drops spill in hi

nts a sketch of the scene before her. She also draws some other scenery that she saw. When Lily is done, she folds the

fact that something is wrong. As she draws she tells herself,

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me

afternoon. Lily had already left for school and he wanted to go with her. Unfortunately, he hadn't been feeling well since last week. His stomach hurts sometimes and he has a

he finds an entrance into the cave. He walks into a dark, narrow t

es a big opening in the wall. James approaches the door cautiously, his hand hovering over a stone ha

ery high up. Although there's grass covering the ground, the view is breathtaking. All the way across the

ins to walk up the slope and when he reaches the edge of the cliff, he looks over

ings gallery where we draw together, maybe Lily will find something that will interest her even more than she already finds. S

thinks he found her favorite flower and drew it perfectly in a way that Lily loves. By the e

fore. So now she has something new that she can learn from. She thanks him for his work with great enthusiasm,