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The Journal of Lily
Bubbli
Being ever so timid. It hs been quite troublesome t times. But tody things hve tken  turn! My new journl will strt here...:: I ws wndering bout in the town  Al'khzr, quite the bustling town. People didn't seem to notice me much, but tht's fine by me. As I myself re rther frid  strngers. I found myself by  lrge structure with  sign tht red "Aren." I hve herd stories  these plces. I fer them. A plce where people purposely hurt ech other? Anyhow. While I stred t this building, someone cme up to me. But I ws not scred  him. He ws like me! A hlfling. He introduced himself s Len. He ws very kind, nd humble. He told me  this plce, quite the wlk wy. Took us nerly  dys wlk to get there, but once we rrived... It ws mzing. A lovely little frm with vst whet frms. Quint homes built into the erth. And even  Ale grden! A humble little lke nd  wterwheel thts just wonderful. After showing me bout, Len introduced me to two other Hlflings. Kip nd Mr. Gimblo. Kip ws busy building wy, so I didn't wnt to disturb him. Gimblo ws very nice. An much older Hlfling. Suddenly  mn cme. He cme rther loudly. But I didn't sty long enough to her wht he ws tlking bout. He spoke with Gimblo. Len brought me bck to Kip nd they both fered me  plce in this beutiful town. I ws so hppy, nd humbled to finlly find  plce tht it felt s though I belonged. Len took me to  plot tht he sid ws going build me  home! It even hd  tiny pond. I loved it. Suddenly I herd shouting! Tht mn  before ws running  Mr. Gimblo, s he chsed him with  ! I hid behind  tree. He chsed him out  the town, while Len rn fter Mr. Gimblo to clm him down. After  moments time hd pssed, Mr. Gimblo trotted bck to his home while grumbling nd Len cme bck nd begn constructing my home. As for the other mn. He looked quite sd, he turned nd left... So much hs hppened tody, nd it's only been one dy! I cn now see tht this is the plce for me, this new plce I cll home, this beutiful little town, this plce clled Dunwood.   :: A new dy hs strted in this mgicl plce  Dunwood. Len worked well into the night to finish  quint home for me. I ws so hppy.  I could not wit to get strted decorting it. I tried my hnd t building   fireplce, but it just didnt seem right. Suddenly  knock t my door. It ws Kip! I welcomed him into my home, but once he cught sight  my fireplce, he let out  gffw! "Wht re you doing building  fireplce out  wood!?" He gsped. "Are you trying to burn down your house?!" He turned nd rn out. Thn he returned s quickly s he turned nd left, but now crrying supplies. He begn fixing up my fireplce with stone nd brick. A more pproprite fireplce. In the midst  his building, Mr. Gimblo stopped by just s I ws setting down  rug. He mde     comment bout it, which in turn mde me doubt it in my choosing. So I rolled it bck up nd plced down  more modern one. A   time hd pssed, nd with  exhusted sigh, Kip rised his hed, wiped the swet  his brow nd smiled. Content with his work. It ws  mgnificent fireplce. I couldn't hve sked for  better one. I thnked Kip, nd he left. Night hd fllen, nd I ws exhusted. I took  wlkthrough my home, unble to hide the smile on my fce. Absorbing tht this is ctully my home. I crwled into bed, nd for the first time in  long time. I felt t home. And slept more soundly thn I hd ever since I ws  child. And dremt  more exciting dys like this, in this plce clled Dunwood. :: I woke up the next morning, full  energy nd will! The new sunrise brings  new dy  dventure for me. I decided to tke  wlk to the surrounding res. Tking in the wrmth  the sun, nd the coolness  the breeze, the scent  the flowers, nd the mist  the se. I cme upon  mountin side, not fr  Dunwood. There I sw it. A wooden cbin. I ws  quite frid, s I thought someone might be inside. I dred not pproch it. I rn s quickly s I could be to town. Just to lert ny  the other residents  this plce I found. Mr. Gimblo ws the first I found. I told him wht I hve come cross nd he seemed   intrigued. He sked tht I would show him the plce. We trecked f nd finlly I found it gin. He pproched it with no hesittion. He begn to peek into the windows nd serch ll round it. "There's fresh swdust here. But I don't like people so close to Dunwood" He cme to the conclusion we should gther this wood for our own supply. We hurried bck to Dunwood but by the time we hd returned it ws lredy quite drk. So we decided to hed out t dwn. We sid our goodnights nd deprted till morning. Dwn cme nd I ws so excited to hed out. I hurried to the home  Mr. Gimblo, knocked on his door nd he greeted me with  stone xe for myself. We deprted to the tril we hve now memorized nd rrived t the cbin. We begn with the ro. I gripped the stonexe nd swung with ll my might. Chopping wy the plnks  by . By high noon I ws exhusted. But in my rush in the morning, I hd forgotten my lunch. Mr. Gimblo seemed   nnoyed but shred some  his lunch with me. With   new found energy we finished bout hlf  the structure, nd the night begn to loom on us. We heded bck home for some well deserved rest, nd t dwn once more we would hed out gin. The morning cme, nd I decided to prepre myself better for the dy. I grb n extr few s  pork. And n extr  crfted