They were very lucky to do well with their business.
The old man also fixed clocks & shoes.
The older man also made lamps and unique wooden tables.
The woman made beautiful silk curtains that she sold in her little shop, when she was not making off the rack dresses.
They had an 8 year old daughter named Anna.
Anna was different than most children. She did not like to go outside to play with the other children her age.
Anna preferred to be alone and read or color.
Anna never knew that she was poor because she lived a beautiful healthy life surrounded by people who loved her.
Anna did not talk much to anyone.
One day Anna's parents took her out to eat in a restaurant.
The restaurant was called Soup Dish.
The food was made from scratch.
The restaurant specialized in soup. They were called dish because, everything was served on a dish like a tea saucer. The restaurant wanted their environment to make customers feel like they were with family. You never think to say-
I want this and that when you're with family. You just want a place at the table with a dish of home.
Anna liked the veggie tomato soup.
But the restaurant had the best apple pie. Their pies had big apples, grapes, walnuts and raisins in them.
On the way home from her father's shop in the winter, sometimes her father would stop at the Soup Dish and he would buy her a hot chocolate with a cookie. He would say that it would help her get through the cold of the outside world.
One summer Anna's parents took her to a petting zoo carnival in town. Anne ate food and road a carousel. She thought it was amazing. Her parents were so happy to see her smile that they drove her to a farm owned by a friend. Her father thought Anna would like to learn to ride a real horse. But Anna was to afraid.
The noise the horse made scared her and she cried.
Anna's father did not mean to scare her. He took her home.
It broke her parents hearts.
So her father spent time making his daughter a toy horse that would not scare her.
The wooden creation looked like a real horse. Her mother shredded up white silk and wool to give the horse the feeling of fur.
Before Anna could see the horse a man came into her father's shop. He wanted the horse for his daughter. He offered a lot of money.
The money was more than enough.
Her parents were artists in their own trade.
So they sold the first horse.
They made a new horse for Anna.
This one was better.
Anna's rocking horse was white with silver hooves.
On the side of Anna's rocking horse, it had a special compartment that could only be opened by Anna because she was the only one with a key. The compartment was a music box. It wound up and sounded like a real carousel horse. Flutes , and xylophones sound like lullabies.
Anna's mother bought her a beautiful necklace, bracelet and ring the color of the carousel horse.
They gave Anna her rocking horse and she loved it. Anna never had to be afraid again. She was also allowed to play and not fall down because the horse would rock back and forth. Not break or fall over. And it looked real and gorgeous. Anna received freedom and redemption. She lived happily ever after.
The End
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