SKYLAR JADE
AND THE MAGICAL FORREST
ONCE UPON A TIME, IN A MAGICAL
FORREST WORLD
OF BUTTERFLIES AND FAIRIES AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL
THINGS ,
LIVED A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FAIRY PRINCESS,
HER NAME WAS SKYLAR JADE,
NOW SKYLAR WAS THE LITTLEST FAIRY IN ALL THE
LAND
AND ALSO THE DAUGHTER OF THE FORREST KING.
SHE LIKED TO SPEND HER DAYS CHASING BUTTERFLIES
AND WHEN SHE WAS TIRED FROM THAT ,
SHE LIKED TO TAKE A LONG NAP
IN ONE THE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS
THAT ADORNED THE MAGICAL FORREST.
ONE DAY AS SHE WAS NAPPING ,
SHE HAD A WONDERFUL DREAM
OF A LAND FAR FAR AWAY,
IN THE DREAM SHE WAS WALKING DOWN A STREET
IT WAS ALL PAVED IN GOLD,
AND THERE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL GARDENS
THAT SHE HAD EVER SEEN.
AND OH HOW PRETTY THE BUTTERFLIES WERE
SHE RAN AFTER A BIG BRIGHTLY COLORED ONE,
IT WAS LIKE NO OTHER BUTTER FLY
IN THE FORREST WHERE SHE LIVED.
NOT PAYING MUCH ATTENTION TO
ANYTHING ELSE
BUT THE BUTTERFLY, SHE RAN RIGHT INTO
SOMEONE.
OH I AM SO SORRY SHE SAID,
MY NAME IS SKYLAR, WHAT'S YOURS,
AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE WE ARE?
I SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN LOST,
I LIVE IN THE MAGICAL FOREST
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS PLACE BEFORE.
THE STRANGER SAID, MY NAME IS JESUS
AND THIS IS MY KINGDOM, BUT I JUST CALL IT
HEAVEN.
BUT I AM SURE YOU WILL LIKE IT HERE
THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN HERE,
MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU CAN COME BACK.
ABOUT THAT TIME SKYLAR HEARD
SOMEONE
CALLING HER, SHE TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHO IT WAS
SHE SAID, THAT'S MY MOMMY,
SHE WILL BE UPSET IF SHE CAN'T FIND ME SHE
WORRIES SO MUCH,
BUT AS SHE TURNED BACK AROUND TO THE STRANGER,
HE WAS GONE AND SHE WAS BACK IN THE MAGICAL
FORREST.
THAT'S STRANGE SHE SAID, I MUST HAVE BEEN
DREAMING,
BUT ALTHOUGH IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE,
IT'S GOOD
TO BE HOME.
ABOUT THAT TIME HER MOMMY CAME UP AND SAID,
THERE YOU ARE, I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU
AND SHE
GAVE HER A BIG HUG .
SKYLAR WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE HER
MOMMY TOO,
SHE WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL MOMMY,
SKYLAR KNEW SHE WAS A LUCKY GIRL.
SHE SAID MOMMY ,A
S I WAS NAPPING IN THE GARDEN,
I DREAMED OF A BEAUTIFUL LAND ,
EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN OURS.
I MET A MAN NAMED JESUS THERE
HE SAID THIS LAND WAS HIS KINGDOM ,
AND HE CALLED IT HEAVEN,
ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME.
HE SAID THERE ARE LOTS OF
LITTLE CHILDREN LIKE ME
AND THAT MAYBE SOMEDAY I CAN GO THERE
AGAIN,
IT WAS REALLY GREAT MOMMY
SKYLAR'S MOMMY SAID,
WELL THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL HONEY
BUT I WOULD RATHER YOU STAY HERE
FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
SKYLAR SAID, OK MOMMY I WILL
BUT ONE DAY,
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE
AGAIN AND CHASE THE BUTTERFLIES AROUND.
BUT UNTIL I FIND IT AGAIN, I
WILL
JUST DREAM ABOUT IT WHILE I AM NAPPING
,AND MOMMY MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU CAN GO THERE TOO.
SKYLAR'S MOMMY SMILED AND KISSED HER ON THE
FOREHEAD,
SHE SAID THAT WOULD BE NICE SKYLAR,
AND THANKS FOR INVITING ME .
OK SKYLAR SAID
AND THEN SHE WAS OFF,
CHASING THE BUTTERFLIES AGAIN
AS SHE WAS THINKING, I LOVE MY HOME SO MUCH
BUT IT WOULD BE SO NICE
TO FIND THAT SPECIAL KINGDOM AGAIN SOMEDAY,
THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE CALLED HEAVEN.
A FEW WEEKS
WENT BY AND SKYLAR JADE ,
WAS ENJOYING THE MAGICAL FORREST AS ALWAYS,
SHE WAS CHASING THE BUTTERFLIES AND HAVING THE
BEST TIME ,
THAT SHE'D HAD IN A LONG TIME,
SKYLAR'S MOMMY CAME TO BRING HER SOME
LUNCH
AND TO CHECK ON HER, SHE NOTICED THAT
SKYLAR SEEMED A LITTLE DIFFERENT
NOT HER USUAL CHEERY SELF,
WHAT'S WRONG HONEY,MOMMY SAID TO SKYLAR
I JUST FEEL TIRED MOMMY THAT'S ALL
PLEASE DON'T WORRY ,
MOMMY SAID I WON'T HONEY I PROMISE.
THEN THEY
SAT IN ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL
GARDENS AND ATE LUNCH,
AS THEY SAT THERE SKYLAR SAID MOMMY
REMEMBER THAT DREAM I HAD,
ABOUT THE FAR AWAY LAND ,
AND THAT NICE MAN NAMED JESUS ,
WELL MOMMY I SAW HIM TODAY
,AND HE SAID I COULD COME AND SPEND SOME TIME IN
HIS WONDERFUL KINGDOM CALLED HEAVEN
IF IT WAS OK WITH YOU, THE BUTTERFLIES
ARE SO BEAUTIFUL THERE MOMMY ,
AN THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WITH HIM ,
I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME
BUT SHE SAID IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
IF I COULD GO PLAY WITH HER
SKYLAR LOOK UP AT HER MOMMY
AND SAW A TEARDROP FALL FROM HER EYE,
AND SHE SAID DON'T CRY MOMMY ,
I NEVER WANT YOU TO BE SAD.
YOU ARE THE BEST MOMMY IN THE WHOLE WORLD
AND I LOVE YOU MOMMY, VERY ,VERY MUCH.
THEN SKYLAR
LAID HER HEAD DOWN ON HER MOMMY'S LAP,
AND MOMMY RUBBED HER HEAD AND RAN HER FINGERS
THRU
SKYLAR'S LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR, THEN SHE SAID
IT'S OK SKYLAR IF YOU WANT TO GO,
BUT REMEMBER I LOVE YOU OK,
I WILL MOMMY SKYLAR SAID,
THEN SHE CLOSED HER EYES
AND DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP
AS SKYLAR'S MOMMY WATCHED HER SLEEP
SHE FELT BLESSED
FOR HAVING SUCH A SWEET LITTLE PRINCESS.
AND SHE WHISPERED IN SKYLAR'S EAR AS SHE SLEPT
ENJOY THE GARDENS AND BUTTERFLIES MY DARLING,
I WILL MISS YOU .
THE END.
DEDICATED TO
A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ANGEL
SKYLAR JADE MAXSON
A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL
WITH A BRAIN TUMOR CALLED
Diffuse Pontine
Plioma
UPDATE ON
SKYLAR JADE
LITTLE
SKYLAR JADE
HAS EARNED HER WINGS
ON AUGUST 2ND 2007
SHE HAS GONE TO
GOD'S BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
TO CHASE THOSE HEAVENLY BUTTERFLIES,
FLY HIGH LITTLE PRINCESS
AND WATCH OVER US
WE WILL MISS YOU.
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©
By
Gloria Collins
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