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Emotion 365: The Rolling Hills of Giddy, the Capitol Childish

Wildflowers pop! Warmed by the sun on the rolling hills of Giddy in between the winding river. Fairies dance casting cast magic on the blossoms. Sprays of pollen bring laughter and delight.

Fairies giggle. Deer prance and spring over the streams.

“I remember where I used to run and jump over the waterways as a child,” Miss Doe Friend says.

Long grasses swim in the stream banks flowing green and orange.

Visitors become citizens of Giddy unable to leave, because they are laughing too hard.

“Come visit the Palace of Childish. We welcome everyone,” the Guide says.

But visitors visas expire: as soon as they stop laughing and dancing, they go. Only the fairies can sustain the Giddy dance long enough to live here. So the flowers bloom again; never downtrodden.

In the fairy palace Childish shimmers. Its multicolored dome wiggles with pale pink, lavender, periwinkle, lemon yellow, spring green and tangerine tones.

Inside the fairies play music, games, and dance. It is a beautiful, bustling place filled with pastel light.
There is a sandcastle lot and trees grown into treehouses and easily climbed.

Vines blossom with petal hats and dresses. Sometimes the fairies nap inside the trumpet-shaped blossoms. Some of the denizens look like stuffed toys and there are many animals. Most of the humans, however, are travelers on their way to Giddy or elsewhere.

What is this? Emotion 365: Every Day a New Land of Emotion

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