Hearts Of Enchantment: Part 3

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As evening fell, they mounted their bicycles and zoomed off. Moss got home first, since they all lived in Cherry Street. Marina waved good-bye as she rode into her yard, Flame and Doe parked their bikes in their yards.  Doe opened her door and the light flooded into the dark backyard.

She sat down for dinner. As hot stew was ladled into her plate, she thought about what Wind and Flame had said. She remembered what Moss had said as well. A bright thought came into her mind. Fawn was tugging at the edge of her fawn-colored dress. She bent down. ‘Yes, Fawn?’ she asked. Fawn replied, ‘Can you give me some stew?’. Fawn was Doe’s seven-year-old sister. She had a habit of tugging at hems of T-shirts and dresses when wanting something. Doe ladled the stew into the plate. Fawn scurried to her place and left Doe alone to think about what she was thinking. What should it be, the power to remove all evil, hate, jealousy, bad intentions, and all other bad things? This question came into her mind repeatedly as she scooped spoonfuls into her mouth. She thought and thought and then remembered something she had read in her book. It said, “Goodwill repels selfishness, and selfishness repels goodwill.” Hmm, I could think of opposites to most bad things. Maybe if I repel them, it’ll work. She trotted upstairs and got out her Hearts journal. Doe hunted for her magical feather-pen, which could, which a touch of the pen, write down what she was thinking. Slowly, she thought as follows:

Love/Hate

Good intentions/Bad intentions

Positivity/Negativity

Smiling/Frowning

Jealousy/Pleasure

Selfishness/Goodwill

What else? Came into her mind. She decided to sleep on it, as it was nearly a quarter past eight. She thumped her head on her pillow, pulled the covers up to her chin, and closed her lids so the heavy weight of them fell on her eyeballs.