Martina pinched my arm-hard. "Well, are you going to tell her?" she asked.
"What?" I startled.
Martina sighed. Oblivious to me they had been having a conversation with the old lady, while I had been thinking over the whole-pinch-yourself-out-of-a-dream tactic. "Doldi was asking you what your name was" Megan chimed in.
"Doldi...who the hell is Doldi" I thought.
At least I thought I thought that. In fact, I had just blurted it out in, unfortunately, a rather loud voice. Everyone froze. Oliver took the opportunity to start chasing his tail and a poor little gray mouse-like animal. 'I'm Doldi" The lady said with a flourish of her hand. "Uh...nice to meet you Doldi, I'm Taledo".
"Lovely, lovely. Well, I best be off! Husband and son to cook for and neither of 'em have had any lunch! So, may the power of The Creator be with you always. Well, I doubt it will be with you ALWAYS, but at least for right now!"
Doldi turned and began to trudge off up a grassy hill to the left of us.
"Wait! Where are we?" I called.
Doldi stopped and turned around. "Huh?"
"Where are we?" Martina repeated, "Burnaby? Victoria?"
Doldi laughed and grinned toothily. "You is on the wrong side of the bracken border!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
P.S. I am very sorry I wrote Taledo swearing but it seemed like the right thing at that very moment for her to say. My parents will have my head! Well, thanks...Elanor
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