zaterdag 20 maart 2021

 

9.THE BIRTHDAY OF THE LITTLE ONE

 Finally the big day has arrived . The little one is of course very early awake and wants to go down immediately. But that's not allowed. "You must first dress up for the party," said his mother. But little does not know how to do that because until now he has never had any clothes. "Look, grandma knitted this for you," she says, handing him a package. What a nice jumper it contains. Little one quickly puts it on. With a hood, just like Finn. He loves the jumper and feels great .


From below he hears shouting: "where is the birthday boy, where is the birthday boy?" Father looks down and says: "Come and stand on the balustrade, then you can show everyone your new jumper." Downstairs all the animals are waiting and when the little one is on the balustrade they all start to sing. “Happy birthday to you ” it sounds very loud and very out of tune. Little one and his parents now see that there is a banner. Not so neatly made, but very sweet. The kitties made it.
Everyone is waiting downstairs.

The lady welcomes everyone and then the party begins. There are so many gifts to unwrap. Everyone gets a hand and a kiss. Little 's mother is very proud.

Then Daan comes with the very last present. What a huge parcel. He can hardly carry it. Together they open it and what comes out: a real pedal car. “I made it myself” says Daan proudly. “With the grandfathers”.


The little one wants to sit in it but that is a bit difficult. His tail is in the way and his legs cannot reach the pedals.

“Shall I help”, says Hidde and he sits down in the car. "Come at the back little one,” he says “I will drive you”.



 It is going great. They drive a few rounds and then of course the other animals want to have a go too. The little one loves it, standing at the back.

"Ma'am, ma'am," the little one calls out softly, "may I ask you something?"
"Of course".
“When will that fence go away? I really want to know what's behind
 it ”.
And not only the little one wants to know, everyone actually does.

So the lady asks all children to come to the fence. Even adolescent, Renate and Daan now suddenly feel like a child and also come forward.

Under loud cheers and applause, Melvin and John remove the fence.
And what comes from behind it is a real children's paradise. The lady of the ASC has rented an Indian village, with 2 big boys , dressed as Indian. They will play with the kids so that the adults can undisturbed celebrate.

But first the lady is going to say something again.
“Well, it is her gift. As long as it doesn't take too long
 . ”


At last everyone can play. The little ones run towards the wigwams and the rocking horses.


Daan and Renate walk towards a bench in the back. Adolescent walks with them to chill there too. But Daan puts his arm around Renate and Renate snuggles close to Daan. 

Adolescent is clearly too much and goes to the grandmothers.

Suddenly the widow shouts: “Look who's arriving there? There are the bachelors”.

What a surprise! And they also brought a present. It is not wrapped and looks like it has already been played with, but it is nevertheless well thought out.

The penguins have so much to tell each other. The bachelors explain that they have been in a drug rehabilitation centre. But they have a job now and live in a flat together. “I have an idea”, says the widow, “now that we are all together we can ask the lady to take a picture of us all”. That is a fantastic idea. For a moment the lady tries to get Melvin to take the picture so that she can also be in  it. “No”, says the widow, “you take the most beautiful pictures . Do you want to do that for us? ”


And the party is not over yet

Serious goes to Melvin and together they walk to de Lauwerkrans. What are they up to ?
When they return, Melvin is wearing a very large parcel.

Now serious stands on the bench and takes the floor. “Hello, can I have your attention?   I want to tell you something. I haven't been very sociable lately. Whether I was at the university, or I was in de Lauwerkrans. You know what I was doing at university. But what did I do in de Lauwerkrans? I wanted to make something beautiful for our room. But not just anything, it had to have a story in it. I went to talk to the grandmothers and we decided to embroider a rug together. I designed the pattern myself on the laptop. For weeks the grandmas have embroidered it by hand and now it is ready.

Melvin and serious loose the parcel . A beautiful rug comes out. The penguins rush forward to see it. Serious: “the outer row are the ice flowers, which remind us of our floe at the South Pole. Then come the marching penguins, they symbolize the journey we had to make. The row of triangles represents the long road that was sometimes light but sometimes very dark. In the centre are the ice crystals. Each crystal represents a friend or family member who did not survive the disaster.


It's dead quiet when serious is done talking. Fortunately, a grandmother has a box of tissues that can be passed on. Everyone is sobbing a bit.

Then Finn comes in running. He is looking a little dazed. “What are you doing, this is a party after all. Do you know what Renate and Daan are doing? They're kissing… yack ! ” he exclaims. Then everyone laughs and Melvin says, "Who should I pour again?"


What a birthday and what emotions. It is actually too much for one day.

But it was a very good day!

 This is where the story ends for the time being. Until we know who the residents of the fourth room are. 

O dear, that was the last chapter. I hope the residents of the fourth room will arrive soon but I am afraid the writer of this story does not even have animals for the fourth room. She is waiting for a good idea or a brainwave or sometihing like that.

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