lauren-oliver reblogged
Once upon a time, there was a girl made of dirt.
She lived in a town full of stone people.
“You’re nothing,” they all said to the girl made of dirt. “Nothing.”
Every night, the girl made of dirt would talk to the wind… and the wind would only sigh.
The girl was lonely. Then one day, there was a storm. It rained for days and days. The water climbed and climbed, higher and higher. Soon, the stone people were trapped, begging the wind to take them to safety. But the stone people were too heavy to carry.
Then the wind spotted the girl made of dirt. She would be no problem to carry. So the wind opened its arms, and the girl made of dirt turned to air…
and flew
