pieces and I taught him checkers. He loved it; he groaned when he lost and clapped his hands like a child when he won. We were having a wonderful time when he looked up into the sky and sighed.
     “The Goddess Moon is setting and I am afraid I must go soon,” he said as he reached out and took my hand. “I shall always treasure my time with you for unlike your kind my kind keeps our memories as our treasure not shiny bobbles. But before I go I will give you the gift the Goddess sent.”
      And with those words he leaned over and kissed me and I really can’t tell you what happened after that, not because you are too young to hear of such things but because I can’t put them into words, such joy defies words.
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