Lily,Lily,Lily
After the people had left, Lily took the book that she had found earlier and read to Jimmy. Jimmy did not understand all the words, but he was good company never the less. They had watched the sun set earlier and so he knew about colors and moods. He was a little restless, he did not know why. But the reading of the story made him sleepy, so he nodded off right there. Lily just let him sleep. What a day it had been for all of them, she would have liked to meet the little boy who had created her. Maybe tomorrow.
She found a nice room with a bed in it, she covered herself with a blanket and fell into a sweet sleep. She did not dream, she probably would not have known what it was.
The next morning, as she walked down to the edge of the water, she met Sandy. They greeted each other like long lost friends. He asked about the things that happened to her the day before, she told him about all the people who had visited.
“Oh yes, they are curious, are they not? They just want to be entertained.”
“What does entertained mean?”
“When people are at leisure, they have a lot of time to fill with something. So they entertain themselves with some things that they normally not do, like going to the beach, like reading a book, like cooking a fine meal and sharing it, the way I did yesterday with you. In a way you entertained me, I had never seen anything like you, so I entertained myself with you.”
“Aha, that is like in the book that I am reading, some people go to watch other people play a game.”
“Or they play a game themselves.”
“I like to play a game, can you teach me?”
“Lily, I would be delighted to do so.”
Jimmy had come up to the both of them. He curled his trunk, picked up Lily and tried to pick up Sandy as well. But Sandy did not want to, it seemed uncomfortable to him. But Jimmy kept pushing him, prodding him to get on, so he finally gave in. He sat behind Lily now.
“You see, Lily, Jimmy just played a game with me.”
“You mean trying to pick you up when you did not want to?”
“Yes, that was a form of game he played with me.”
Now Jimmy went on, right along the edge of the water. It felt strange to Sandy, swaying back and forth on Jimmy’s back. But soon they reached his cottage. Once there, Jimmy started to nibble on the oats, while Lily and Sandy settled on the front porch. She looked expectantly to Sandy, who just went into the kitchen for a moment. He came back with a plate full of cookies and some milk. She looked at those items skeptically. But then Sandy bit into one of the cookies and drank some milk. Soon their appetite had been satisfied and Lily had a milk mustache, that she licked off her lips.
“What do you call this? I mean the little round things and that white liquid?”
“Milk and cookies, that is what we call it. Milk is the white liquid.”
“Hmmm. I like that.”
“So, Lily, you wanted to know about games?”
“Yes, I do.”
“It is best to explain this to you by actually playing. Then you will understand.”
“Alright, may I go out now and play?”
“Wait, I will come with you. I need to put these dishes and glasses away, then we can go out and play.”
