NOLI:

Vanni! You home.

VANNI:

That’s right. We just got in and the first thing

I had to do was see my favorite girl.

NOLI:
Noli?

VANNI:
Who else?

NOLI:

Noli miss Vanni.

VANNI:

And I missed you too. You know Noli, something

very special is about to happen to you.

NOLI:

Noli's birt-day?

VANNI:

Not quite, but we are having a party for you tomorrow.

NOLI:
With cake?

VANNI:

Of course, but first I have something important to tell you.

VANNI:

... Maybe it'd be best if I did it in a story.

NOLI:

Noli love stories.

VANNI:

Then you’ll like this one ‘cause it has a happy ending.

VANNI:

Once upon a time there was a little girl.

NOLI:

A princess?

VANNI:

Sure, she can be a princess. This princess lived in a big castle with

her mom the queen and her dad the king. They were all very happy.

VANNI:

... One day the princess became lost. The king and

queen looked everywhere but they couldn’t find her. 

NOLI:

Where she go?

VANNI:

Well, what the king and queen didn’t know was that the princess

met a lady who promised her a fun adventure. So the princess

went away with her. Soon she found herself in a big

city living with a family that loved her very much.

NOLI:

That nice.

VANNI:

Yes we all thought so too - but while the princess was having 

her adventure, the king and queen kept searching for her.

They missed her so much.

NOLI:

Do they fnd her?

VANNI:
It took a long time, so long that the princess forgot about them.

VANNI:

… She thought she belonged to the family that adopted her. The new family 

loved her very much, but they knew she needed to be with her real parents.

So they arranged for the king and queen to be with the princess and ...

NOLI:

An' they live hap’ly eva after.

VANNI:

Yes they really do. I promise.

NOLI:

That good story Vanni.

VANNI:

Noli, the princess in the story is you.

NOLI:
Noli no princess.

VANNI:

You are to us and to the nice couple that have been visiting with you all week …

NOLI:

They nice.

VANNI:

They sure are. They’re your real mom and dad. 

You’ve been living with us and having a fun adventure but now it’s 

time for you to go home to them.

NOLI:
What you mean?

VANNI:

You know how sometimes one of us will leave here? Like when 

Syrrah returns to her realm. This time it’s your turn, that’s all.

NOLI:

Vanni come too?

VANNI:

Yes, I’m going to bring you there, but then, later, 

I’ll come back here.

NOLI:

‘Meo?

VANNI:

Cammeo will stay here too. This time only Noli leaves.

NOLI:

No wanna leave.

VANNI:

Oh I know this all sounds scary but it’s going to be alright. It’s just 

a new adventure. And Cammeo and Brynie and me - we’ll all 

take turns visiting you. It’ll be OK, really.

NOLI:

But … Noli love Vanni.

VANNI:

I love you too. I wouldn’t let you leave if I didn’t know you 

were going to be very happy. I want you to try it for a while 

and see what you think. Will you do that, for me?

NOLI:

For Vanni? ... O-tay.

VANNI:

That’s my favorite girl.