A work in progress: There Once was a Playground

There once was a playground…
Once, in a time so very long ago, a kind old man built a playground unlike anything anyone had ever seen. Slides of snowy mountains flowed into rivers of blueberry oceans and fields of strawberry seas. Butterflies and lightning bugs danced around windmills of giant golden daisies as silver swings swung from a celestial cathedral of stars…
And though it was as wondrous as anything could possibly be, the playground was missing the one thing that would make it perfectly complete: children who would laugh and play in it.

So the old man invited children of every color, age and faith to his magical playground. And when they were all gathered before him, he smiled and said: “I made this playground for all of you and you’re welcome to stay and play as long as you like. But before you do, there are three simple rules you must follow. Now listen carefully:  1.) Always be kind 2.) Always play nice 3.) And always remember to share and take care of the playground.”