#debukefarmhold

"Ariel is prone to exageration" ANother girl, a bit wiser than thou sounding "But yes, manners folks"

"No one put you in charge, Geraldine" A snort

They are still kids

Loluisa Franchesa opens the door "Folks, this is our guest..."

"Well, guests actually" She adds "There's Salma and Holger too"

As the door opens, Ellie gazes at the immense balefire in the pot belly stove... and a table of childlings, kithain and kinian

She wants to hide behind Holger. She wants to cry on Salma's shoulder. She wants to run away. Instead, she nods to the group. "Hello."

"Hola." Salma adds, standing by Ellie's side.

"Hello" One girl greets her "I'm Geraldine, this is Patty Paroo and Matty Paroo... this is Josepeh Hix, this is Wash..."

Heads are bobbed, "How do.." "Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you all...."

"If he is Wash, where is Dry and Fold?" Salma asks curiously, her ears going up tall.

Wash grins "I was named after the pilot in firefly"

"Yeah, he got lucky, a lot of us got named after actors and characters in Music Man, or Iowa Basketball players" Another boy sighs

"We have lots of Fireflies. They dance over the desert at night."

"I love fireflies" One girl admits "You can keep them in jar for a short time with air holes, but then you have to let em go"

"I've seen the Music Man. Salma wants to be a librarian."

"We heard..." One nods

"Ariel sends letters" another nods

Ariel blushes "You guys don't need to mention the letters"

"But NOT a silly one. No musico will fool ME."

Holger grunt nods in agreement. Salma is too canny

Chairs are offered, ones set to allow them up to the table without trouble

"Other sidhe ain't here yet" one girl says "But they're on thier way"

Ellie perches on a chair with Very Good Posture. The tails of the pretty bow Maria tied on her sash are being quietly mangled by the little sidhe's twisting grip.

"Like your dress" One DeBukie Kinian girl tells Ellie "That's a pretty purple"

Softly. "Thank you. Purple is my favorite."

Salma notices one DeBuke boy in the far corner, reading rather than talking. Percy Jackson book

"mine too" The girl smiles "I'm Marion Marion... they.. ran out of middle names they liked" she sighs

"You folks be nice, I got to greet our other guests" Lousisa Franchesca informs her kin

"Purple is nice, but yellow is nice too. I like how they look togethern."

"Marion is still a pretty name. You could be Emmy, maybe, if you wanted."

She eyes the book. It looks interesting... does she recognize the cover?

"Maid Marian is nice too, for a fox."

"Thanks. We have an emmy but she's a grump so I don't think we'd get confused " Marion Marion ponders this

"Marion is the name on a book I want to read. Marion Zimmer Bradley. Constanza thinks it's too long for me, so I must wait until Senor Coy takes her away so that I can peek." A sigh, life is HARD.

"That's the one with the sword lady, right?"

"It is about Avalon so we ALL should be able to read it." A bit of a frustrated look, and she nods to Ellie!

"It is a VERY big book, Salma."

"Think how long it would take you to read it aloud."

The boy in the corner who was reading looks up sympathetically "I am not allowed to read game of thrones until I am much older"

"Your book has a sword. But it does not have a magnificent lady on a white horse." She peers over at the boy. "Is it still good?"

"Yes," He nods "Much better than the movie." Then soberly "The book is ALWAYS better than the movie"

"Si!" She looks back at Ellie and nods enthusiastically. "Short books are like snacks, but they don't FILL me up. Not like a proper long story."

"But short stories, I can read more of them before bed..." Now she is conflicted.

A debate begins between some, many prefer movies... but the book devotees shake their heads at these sad ignorant cinema cultists

"Movies are good, but what's best is a book read aloud. Salma does voices."

Looks of respect "Funny voices?" One boy asks

"All kinds of voices."

"Cool" And he seems to mean it

Marion Marion... "But you can call me Emmy if you like" talks to Ellie "What's your favorite kind of story?"