Olga Kholodova
Chloe
The Tale of a Dead Flower
Иллюстратор Olga Kholodova
© Olga Kholodova, 2017
© Olga Kholodova, иллюстрации, 2017
The Tale of the Adventures of Chloe. The girl grows orphaned with her uncle and aunt. By coincidence, Chloe enters the kingdom of King Harold and lives in the palace for seven long years. Once habitual life begins to give way to the adventures and adventures that led to the meeting with the witch Glenda.
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The day was hot. The sun did not warm, but seemed to burn and bite. Chloe, along with Cousin Louise and Cousin Alan, collected strawberries from the house.
"I'm tired," Louise said. She sat down on the path and set before her a bowl with a berry.
"Louise, take my bowl." I filled it with strawberries to the top. Bring the berries to my mother, and in the meantime I will collect the strawberries in your bowl, "Chloe asked.
"Maybe you'll gather some berries in my bowl?" Alan asked and smiled.
"No. It's not fair. Louise is two years younger than us, so I'm helping her," Chloe said, and threw a rotten strawberry into Alan.
"Chloe stop throwing a berry at me," Alan said. "I do not want to offend you."
"Do not make me laugh," Chloe said, and laughed aloud.
Alan got angry with his cousin. He took a handful of earth and threw it at the girl. A little bit of land fell into a bowl of strawberries.
Chloe exclaimed, "Alan stop throwing the earth. You'll spoil the berry."
Alan did not stop. He again collected a handful of earth and swung, but did not abandon the ground.
"You're right Chloe. Perhaps, stop fooling around. We are already ten years old and I think we need to calm down a bit, "said Alan.
"A miracle happened, and you've become a smarter cousin," Chloe chuckled.
"How funny you joke," Alan muttered. He gathered a full bowl of strawberries and went to the house.
"Alan, do not be offended," Chloe cried to her cousin. She put some more strawberries in Louise's bowl and went to the house too.
The house was large and two-storied. On the second floor there were small bedrooms, and at the bottom there is a hall and a kitchen. The interior was decorated in warm colors, and oak furniture complemented the picture.
Chloe lived with Uncle Stefan and Aunt Emma from the age of three. Why little Chloe was an orphan, no one told her, and she did not ask. She fell in love with my uncle and aunt.
