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[youngestqueen]

Lucy had always been an explorer. She'd been called a tomboy by a visiting prince once, and while Lucy had laughed, in some ways it was true. She'd rather be out doing things then at home being a proper young girl. Really, if she was a young girl, then how could she not be proper? It was another one of things she was sure couldn't be right

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[returnedfromoz]

Joining the sounds of laughter, came a series of high-pitched yaps. Suddenly, rounding the corner of the compound, a small brown dog with little black eyes, barking at the strangeness of a girl bouncing so high, so easily.

"Toto! Come back!" cried a girl's voice, as Dorothy rounded the corner. She stopped suddenly, and stared. The first thing that came to her head, after she'd realized what was going on, was that it looked very fun.

"Hello! What are you doing?" she asked, stepping closer to the trampoline. Toto, however, kept his distance.

[youngestqueen]

Seeing the dog, Lucy stopped bouncing quite as much, eventually coming to rest in the middle of the trampoline. "It's fun. It bounces and helps you jump higher. Would you like to come on?"

[returnedfromoz]

"Can I?" Dorothy seemed delighted by the idea, her eyes wide and bright.

Creeping closer to the edge, Dorothy decided it might be easier to jump on if she were not wearing shoes. She stopped to slip off her penny loafers, and then pulled off her stocking for good measure. With her sleeves rolled up, she grabbed the edge, and climbed up as best she could. She'd no sooner set one foot on the bouncy surface than realized it was a lot more sensitive than she'd though. Wobbling barefoot toward the center, she tried not to make ti bounce TOO much.

[youngestqueen]

Lucy stopped herself from bouncing, standing as still as she could in the centre until the new girl climbed up. "It moves quite a bit, but it's soft when youfall, so it's alright," she said, imparting the knowledge of an (now) expert trampoline jumper.

[mediumprodigy]

Pearl had heard about the trampoline recently as well, and had finally wandered over to go see it. What she found was the girl she had met a few days ago on it already, looking like she was having lots of fun.

She stood aside and watched as she jumped, not sure if she ought to interrupt.

[youngestqueen]

Lucy grinned when she caught sight of the girl watching. "Pearl!" she shouted, "Come up! It's such fun."

[mediumprodigy]

Her eyes lit up at the invitation. She headed over and pulled herself onto the trampoline, immediately finding herself off balance on the unstable ground. She carefully got to her feet, looking a bit tentative.

"So I just jump?" she asked, clearly looking for guidance on how to use this the correct way.

[youngestqueen]

Lucy nodded, holding out her hand to Pearl. "We jump, and it bounces us. Want to count from three?"

[deaths_relation]

Susan was just wandering really, when she came across a girl bouncing on a...what was that? Susan didnt recall seeing anything like a trampoline on the disc. It looked kind of dangerous. Which is probably why the girl was having so much fun.

"Hey! Be careful!"

[youngestqueen]

Honestly, the most dangerous things were often the most fun. Not that Lucy consciously thought that, but it was a truth of life, especially with young girls.

Lucy laughed when the woman spoke to her so, "Of course! This is just fun!"

[deaths_relation]

"What is it? Is that all it does - you just bounce?" Having never seen - much less been on - a trampoline, Susan didn’t really understand what the attraction was. You went up, and then you went back down. So what? It was hardly productive. Susan sat against a nearby tree and just watched for awhile. The girls shrieks and giggles were a reminder of home. She usually wouldn’t have allowed her students to make such a racket, but being around the girl was comfortable and familiar.

[youngestqueen]

The fact that it was hardly attractive was honestly part of the reason she enjoyed it so much. When she hung in the air that brief moment before falling again, it made her feel carefree and just wonderful.

She bounced a few more times before coming to a rest, looking at the woman watching her. "Would you like to try?"

[caspianthetenth]

"So that's what that thing is for," said Caspian, leaning against the side of the compound. He'd been out on the boat today, and he was tired and his nose was a little sunburnt, but watching Lucy bounce up and down on that strange contraption made him feel a little energetic.

[youngestqueen]

"Caspian!" Her grin became larger when she saw Caspian, pushing off even harder then before and practically flying. OR so it felt for a moment as she hung in the air, laughing as she came back down, eventually managing to make the bouncing stop. "I saw someone else use it. It looked interesting. It is."

[caspianthetenth]

"I've passed it I don't know how many times, but I never knew what it was for," he said, watching her bounce up and down like a Duffapod, only on two feet. "One learns something new every day. You're having fun at least - just try not to break anything."

[youngestqueen]

"You should try it. I think that you'd like it." It wasn't quite the adventures that they'd had in the past, but then, this island wasn't Narnia.

[somethingcruel]

It seemed like the island was determined to inflict children on him wherever he went. People having babies left and right, the bookshelf giving him children's books, and now a little girl making far too much noise on the trampoline. It was probably his own fault for settling down to read nearby, but he didn't feel like moving.

"Keep it down to a dull roar, would you?" he said irritably, looking up from a Jane Austen book the bookshelf had finally seen fit to give him.

[youngestqueen]

Lucy wanted to pretend that she had taken no notice of the rahter grumpy seeming man, but she couldn't, it would be rude. Just because he was rude to her...

She continued to jump, trying to not make as much noise. As much noise though. No ten year old on a trampoline could be completely quiet.

[somethingcruel]

It was still too much noise for him to concentrate, so he finally set the book aside with a huff of annoyance, and lit a cigarette. "Is that fun, then?" he asked, bored enough to be making conversation with a ten-year-old.

[youngestqueen]

"It is," she said back to him with a smile, taking smaller jumps til she almost came to a rest in the centre. "Would you like to try?"