miss wonder's birthday journies

1.
Miss Wonder and her friend Mr. Yearning the Frog left home last week for Switzerland. "It is my birthday," Miss Wonder had said, "and i would very much like to see Switzerland". After a breakfast of porridge and tea, always tea, they got on the train with hats in hand. At each stop they watched people get on and off. Miss Wonder thought to herself about the many lives all that of these people must lead. Her friend Mr. Yearning the Frog would only sigh as he thought of all the lovely girl frogs he had known and loved, for however short a time, who lived at each of the stops. "Oh Mr. Yearning the Frog," Miss wonder implored, "don't worry- all of these stops will be unfamiliar soon. We don't know anyone in Switzerland."

2.
Some days later and not a few adventures surly had, Miss Wonder, hat in hand again waved out the train window on her way to safari. I will miss Switzerland, she thought, and I am glad I thought come for my birthday. So many of my birthdays have been ordinary and I vow never to let that happen again.

Mr. Yearning the Frog had fallen in love with a painting in Switzerland and decided to dedicate his nights to sleeping beside her in the museum, and his days pretending to be a gazing statue as people walked here and there about the gallery. I will miss my friend Miss Wonder had thought as she waved goodbye to him at the station: her in the train, him on the platform. But it is my birthday and I have always wanted to go on safari so I am going. He can catch up, when he realizes that she is just a painting and one can only spend so long being in love with a painting. Paintings aren’t real and Mr. Yearning the Frog is quite real, she rationed, he will return to my company more sooner than later, and I will be as gracious as can be in taking him back. But I will jab him a little about the wonders of safari he missed while he spent his time sleeping in that cold museum. Maybe he will want to see my pictures. And with that Miss Wonder vowed to take the most beautiful pictures of her safari that have ever been taken on any safari in the history of either pictures safaris. I must start calling them photographs she thought to herself. I can make them more impressive immediately by calling them photographs. Photographs sound more impressive than pictures.

3.
The Man in the Funny Hat met Ms. Wonder at the train station in the faraway place three days after she had left Mr. Yearning the frog at the platform in Switzerland. What a marvel modern transportation is Miss Wonder mused, looking about her as she stepped down from the train. Yes, said The Man in the Funny Hat, as noticing was something he did. It is a rare and beautiful place we are in, truly a place unlike any other. Miss Wonder could not help but notice the look of peace in his eyes as he said this. This will be a friend for me Miss Wonder thought. Amazing how home can be found even in the most remote places of the universe, in a pair of eyes at peace with their surroundings.