Walnuts

When I was a babe, mamma used to fed me walnuts. They were so good! She had big brown eyes - proud of me.

I miss walnuts so much! I was in a tree, and it bumped and then there were no more walnuts.

Until I found the human lady in the house with the spinning things all over in her yard; she gives me a walnut.

I came back the next day, she gave me another. Her eyes are like momma's - big brown and proud of me.

One day the lady with the spinning yard wasn't there.

I came back the next day,

And the next,

Nothing.

I remember momma after the tree bumped too hard. Red stuff, smelled awful. Momma never looked at me proud again.

I go inside the house.

The lady is sleeping. She's not awake. There are walnuts on the floor. The lady's eyes are still big. Still brown, but they don't see me.

I touch the lady.

She stirs, but there's red stuff on her. She's like how momma was.

I scream and I run and I make noise. I push stuff to the floor and they break and make more noise.

A man walks in and sees the lady. He falls and screams and gets back up.

He comes to me - he's scary so I run away.

The picks something up.

I'm sorry lady.

I'm sorry - he's too big.

It is a long time and I miss walnuts.

I wonder about the lady.

I miss momma.

The scary man gives me walnuts now.

He's got blue eyes, but they are proud and big too.

He says the lady will be ok.

Because of me.