08/20/07
The Piano
20. Joy
The little baby girl has her mother's dark hair and her father's features. Everyone coos at her as she sleeps in her crib.
The pianist's face has opened up in a true smile; the sister, still too young, is a little jealous of the baby, but she doesn't know why. The brown-eyed girl, now a mother, cradles her daughter and shows the baby to the young aunt, telling her the baby is like a doll and will be the aunt's good friend when she grows up.
Everyone changes titles, the girl notices: the mother is now the grandmother and so on. But she's still the sister of the pianist and she hopes he'll play lullabies for his daughter. She's sure the baby will like that.
Holding the baby's hand, she notices that she has long fingers, just like her dad. She hopes her little niece will also do magic on the keyboard with her hands one day.