Jul
18
Lucy, The Lightning Bug Princess
by Leslie
We had spent the whole day outside in our bathing suits. The girls had been running from the paddling pool to the playset and back, stopping now and then to pick and bring me flowers or play with the kittens. I had soaked up some sun and read Olympia Dukakis’s autobiography
Rubbing her eyes, she asked for her story. This is what I told her.
“Once upon a time, there was a beautiful baby princess who lived in a big white castle on a hill. She was so bright and special, her mom named her Lucy, because Lucy means “light.” Lucy’s heart was pure and good, and every moment she was happy or kind or sweet, a lightning bug would be born. Every night, when the sun would start to go down, all the lightning bugs of the world would travel to Lucy’s castle to pay homage to the princess who gave them their light. Look! Here they come!”
The lightning bugs had just begun to appear and they were everywhere. As we gazed over the corn fields, there seemed to be millions blinking on and off. “They’re saying, ‘Thank you, Lucy.’ and ‘We love you!’ See them?” I said.
“I see them! I see my bugs! Look! Look at my bugs!”
She sprang from my lap and ran around, pointing and shouting at her lightning bugs. “I a pwincess! I a lightning bug pwincess, mommy!”
She was most certainly is.
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y husband and I took our daughter to the zoo yesterday. One of the bears looked like it was bowing down and my daughter squeals, “Mom he knws I’m a princess and he’s bowing to me!” If even bears see her royalty, it must be so:)
so cool, this moved me!
I’ve never seen lightning bugs