The Little House

“Once upon a time there was a little house way out in the country.” Life was good to the little house as season followed season. But every now and then, as she saw the lights of the city twinkling in the distance, she wondered what it would be like to live there.

Years passed. “The children grew up and went away to the city…. and now at night the lights of the city seemed brighter and closer.” And indeed, the city was moving closer… and closer…. until it engulfed the little house.

And so, the little house learned what it was like to live in the city. Will she ever see the moon and the stars again? Or a field of daisies? Or apple trees dancing in the moonlight?