She took one of the mysterious seeds and tossed it into the air.  They were strangely heavy for being so small. 

She was just thinking it had been a mistake taking them from the tree when the seeds started to shake.  Not sure what to do she dropped them onto her bedroom floor.  The seeds shook and jumped and started to crack, she thought about screaming but it was too late, one of the seeds sucked her in.

Inside the seed, was a strange new world with cotton candy clouds and licorice trees.  She couldn’t believe how lucky she was to have landed in such a wonderful place, but also how sad it was that she couldn’t share it with her family. 

All of a sudden there was a loud knocking noise and the world began to disappear.  Slowly she opened her eyes.  It had all been a dream.  She had fallen asleep after being sent to her room for wishing her family were gone.  She told her mom how sorry she was and that she knew how sad she would be if she ever lost them.  She had learned her lesson, all because of some mysterious seeds.

© 2008 Cathy Hobson. Original for CCF  (Hobson grants CCF  first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).