An amusing little fable.
Here's a little fable for you. Penguins personified. Kindof like Happy Feet. :]
(This isn't really about me; I'll explain in a private entry if anyone really cares.)
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There was this little penguin named Annie. She didn't think she sang very well, but since it was the only way in which one was to live life - and even get a met - she did it anyway. For some reason, all her singing seemed to attract a lot of boy penguins. They would go to her and tell her how well she sang, and would sing back to her. She enjoyed the boy penguins telling her this, but she didn't want to mate with any of them. She didn't want to be mean, so instead of telling them that she didn't want to mate with any of them, she would keep singing and try to be friendly.
However, that never really seemed to work. They all thought that she would mate with them and would get sad when she slowly sang less and less to them. Most of them didn't get the message, but when she started to act a little distant, then they realized it and moved on.
Now there was this really different little penguin. His name was Daniel. He tried to sing for one of the most beautiful and best-singing penguins of the season - her name was Reina. But she didn't want to be with any penguins at all, so she immediately brushed him away. When Annie met Daniel, she wanted to just talk with him and be his friend. Then she realized she might want to mate with him, so she sang for him. He sang back, but eventually they both realized that they did not want to be mates.
Then Annie met Andrew. Andrew was someone she had known since childhood, but had never really talked to. She began talking to him and helping him try to talk to the penguin HE liked, Serena. Serena didn't want to mate with him though, and he knew it. Annie was sad because she was slowly starting to want Andrew to herself. Andrew felt very strange those days, and a friend suggested that maybe he did not like Serena anymore. Soon, the two (Annie and Andrew) sang for each other and planned to mate.
Now, when penguins find mates, they are for life, supposedly. But although Annie and Andrew shared a very special bond, they never mated. And soon, Annie and Andrew were no longer singing for each other.
Introduce Brian. He also wants to mate with a penguin, and he secretly wants to mate with Gabrielle. She does not even know that he wants her. Now, Annie begins to become good friends with Brian. They tell secrets and are like brother and sister. Sadly, Annie begins to like HIM because she is reeling from the pain of ending her duet with Andrew. She tells Brian, and it is discovered that Brian likes her too. They are forbidden to sing for each other because the elders do not allow for it within the particular commune they are a part of. But they do not care, because Brian plans to run away from the commune anyway.
But Annie had been friends with another penguin named Eric. He liked Reina and wanted to be her mate, just like Daniel. Still, Eric was funny, very kind, very sweet. When Annie and Eric spoke, it was as if Eric was singing to her. She sang back, but not because she thought that Eric wanted to be her mate; they simply knew it was nothing more.
Brian and Annie reached a conflict - a bump, let's say. They did not sing for each other as much, and in fact, Annie stopped singing for Brian cold-turkey. Brian wondered why, but Annie knew why: she wanted to sing for Eric and be his mate.
Eric did not like Annie, but he was still wonderful to her. He sang for her often, and she sang back. But he had just stopped wanting to be Reina. In fact, Annie thought he still wanted to be with her. He would sing about her constantly. And she did not know what to do.
Annie thought she was hopeless.
And then...
/fin.
(This isn't really about me; I'll explain in a private entry if anyone really cares.)
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There was this little penguin named Annie. She didn't think she sang very well, but since it was the only way in which one was to live life - and even get a met - she did it anyway. For some reason, all her singing seemed to attract a lot of boy penguins. They would go to her and tell her how well she sang, and would sing back to her. She enjoyed the boy penguins telling her this, but she didn't want to mate with any of them. She didn't want to be mean, so instead of telling them that she didn't want to mate with any of them, she would keep singing and try to be friendly.
However, that never really seemed to work. They all thought that she would mate with them and would get sad when she slowly sang less and less to them. Most of them didn't get the message, but when she started to act a little distant, then they realized it and moved on.
Now there was this really different little penguin. His name was Daniel. He tried to sing for one of the most beautiful and best-singing penguins of the season - her name was Reina. But she didn't want to be with any penguins at all, so she immediately brushed him away. When Annie met Daniel, she wanted to just talk with him and be his friend. Then she realized she might want to mate with him, so she sang for him. He sang back, but eventually they both realized that they did not want to be mates.
Then Annie met Andrew. Andrew was someone she had known since childhood, but had never really talked to. She began talking to him and helping him try to talk to the penguin HE liked, Serena. Serena didn't want to mate with him though, and he knew it. Annie was sad because she was slowly starting to want Andrew to herself. Andrew felt very strange those days, and a friend suggested that maybe he did not like Serena anymore. Soon, the two (Annie and Andrew) sang for each other and planned to mate.
Now, when penguins find mates, they are for life, supposedly. But although Annie and Andrew shared a very special bond, they never mated. And soon, Annie and Andrew were no longer singing for each other.
Introduce Brian. He also wants to mate with a penguin, and he secretly wants to mate with Gabrielle. She does not even know that he wants her. Now, Annie begins to become good friends with Brian. They tell secrets and are like brother and sister. Sadly, Annie begins to like HIM because she is reeling from the pain of ending her duet with Andrew. She tells Brian, and it is discovered that Brian likes her too. They are forbidden to sing for each other because the elders do not allow for it within the particular commune they are a part of. But they do not care, because Brian plans to run away from the commune anyway.
But Annie had been friends with another penguin named Eric. He liked Reina and wanted to be her mate, just like Daniel. Still, Eric was funny, very kind, very sweet. When Annie and Eric spoke, it was as if Eric was singing to her. She sang back, but not because she thought that Eric wanted to be her mate; they simply knew it was nothing more.
Brian and Annie reached a conflict - a bump, let's say. They did not sing for each other as much, and in fact, Annie stopped singing for Brian cold-turkey. Brian wondered why, but Annie knew why: she wanted to sing for Eric and be his mate.
Eric did not like Annie, but he was still wonderful to her. He sang for her often, and she sang back. But he had just stopped wanting to be Reina. In fact, Annie thought he still wanted to be with her. He would sing about her constantly. And she did not know what to do.
Annie thought she was hopeless.
And then...
/fin.