Wednesday Words: Natalia

Source: Wikipedia...White House tree

As Papa carved a wooden doll, he muttered, “She will be as stiff as last year’s Christmas tree…”

Mama laughed.  “That is because this trunk is from last year’s tree!  From the church!” 

It had been a huge tree, nearly twenty feet tall.  The trunk revealed itself to be large and well-formed.  Papa could see a doll in the wood for his precious daughter, Natalia.

Mama fashioned a gown from Papa’s crimson flannel shirt, now mottled with time.  She had spent weeks spinning and weaving a blanket with a border of lines resembling railroad tracks.   This would cover a little girl, holding her new doll.

Source: on ebay...interesting site!

To some people, such a small gift would appear to be insignificant.  To a little girl named Natalia, it would mean everything.

Wednesday Words: Hold Your Positions

Source: micromoth

From his blind in the big tree, Paul had contrived a basic plan: provide reconnaissance for his troops and escape detection.

Conversation came from behind the garden.  The seething woman called out.  Paul crouched down in his hiding place, spinning possible escape plans to elude the woman below.

She called again.  “Paul, get down here right this minute!” 

Paul clutched his toy soldiers.  “Alright, men.  This is serious…” Mom had discovered his location.

  

“Paul, we have to leave for downtown right now!  AND I promise the dentist will NOT use needles!  This is just a check-up.   And we’ll see a movie after…”

Paul dropped the toy soldiers, and climbed down.  “Hold your positions until I return, men…” 

Source: vierdie

Thanks, Delores, for you words this week!  Good selection as always.  To readers:  Please go to Delores @thefeathernest  to discover what other wordsmiths had done with these underlined word above.