A few days ago, i was serving a customer at work. She was a mother in her thirties, with a daughter around seven years old. As i packed their goods into a plastic bag, i chit-chatted away, to the daughter about what she was going to do with all the craft materials (this was totally for professional purposes, i don't have a fascination with crafts).
As I scanend the different coloured bottles of glitter paint, I asked the girl which was her favourite.
"The silver one, cause it's most sparkly, like diamooonds!" she told me.
"Well diamonds are a girls best friend aren't they? Well silver is one of my favourites too" I explained.
"But my absolute favourite is the red one. Do you know why?
"Why?" the girl asked, with her eyes widening with curiosity by the second.
"Because it reminds me of Dorothy's shoes!" I told her excitedly.
"Who is Dorothy?" she asked, looking backwards and fourth between her mother and I, searching for an answer.
"You know, from the Wizard of Oz!" I exclaimed.
"Ummm no" the girl now looking at me as if I were the biggest weirdo ever.
Now I was looking, backwards and fourth between the girl and her mother, desperatley searching for an explanation as to why this little girl had been deprived of one of the most delicious, magical tales of all time.
"Oh my, you havn't seen it. We must get it out sometime" her Mother said, assuring my worried soul.
"Oh, she does have a brain then" i told myself.
That night, I was still reeling from the intensity of the situation. I thought about Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz. Gorgeous. I googled. I found what I was looking for.
As I inspected their shape and form, I realised that by my standards, today, they weren't as fantastic as my memory would have you believe. But I still think that they are beautiful
"What made them so magical?" I asked myself.
Maybe because they are so sparkly.
Maybe because they are made of Ruby
Or maybe because they are magical?
Whatever the magic behind, those gorgeous shoes, it's fairly obvious that I'd believe anything for those shoes.
Do you believe?
Add some peek toes and those shoes become a bit more modern and believable.
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