Then someday Molly’s mama bought her a touch blue hat. It became sly and superficial and it didn’t recognize any secretsin any respect. Molly smiled politely and said thanks. She didn’t need her mama or the blue hat to be insulted. She positioned her pink hat on the peg and wore the blue hat that day. however before she went out she pressed her mouth into the red hat and whispered, “i really like you and that i’ll constantly want you.”
whilst her little brother Billy got here out into the lawn, Molly realized that her mama had sold him a blue hat much likeher new blue hat. Molly changed into well mannered and didn’t say what she notion about that.
however as Molly’s mama bustled out of the house in a jingle of keys, Billy burst out crying. “Mama include!” he said.
“have you ever been teasing your brother, young female?” Molly’s mama said sharply, establishing her automobile door.
Molly felt like a playground swing had gotten its chains tousled and kicked her off onto the ground, wham, dirt up your nostril and no air left for respiratory. She grabbed the blue hat with each arms and tugged it over her ears, to hold from announcing something suggest.
She hadn’t teased Billy, now not even once, on the grounds that her Daddy moved away.
“I’m already past due,” stated Molly’s mama to Billy, kissing him on the top and getting rid of his arms from her coat. “Molly will stroll you, honey. Aren’t your hats darling?” She close the automobile door and drove off, vroom, withoutpronouncing goodbye to Molly.
#
At kindergarten Molly placed away the blue hat in her cubby and went bareheaded. Mrs. Telliveller raised her eyebrows in surprise. Mrs. Telliveller changed into the youngest in a line of effective kindergarten teachers stretching back to the timesof Morgan le Fay, and she or he was no fool. Molly blinked two times to permit Mrs. Telliveller understand that The Hat could Be lower back.
Molly turned into significantly less powerful without her hat, and the opposite youngsters knew it. Devilish Denise drew with crimson crayon all over Molly’s drawing of an octopus and Molly permit her. Craven Cristoph and unsightly Umberto took all of the inexperienced blocks and wouldn’t permit her have any, and Enervating Emily and Spurious Sue reduce in line in the front of Molly at lunch. None of them could have dared, if Molly weren’t hatless.
So understandably Molly rushed again domestic, dragging little Billy with the aid of the hand so quick that he fell down twice and began to cry. Molly apologized and sang him “I’ve Been running on the Railroad” and dragged him home a touchslower.
but while Molly were given to the peg, the purple Hat turned into long past.
“where’s my hat?” she stated to her mama.
“Your old hat? Honey, it’s too small for you. Don’t you want your new hat?”
“where – is – it?” Molly stated.
Her mama stated, “I threw it out.”
Then Molly raged:
IN-support-capable!
IN-DEFENS-IBLE!
IM-possible!
IN-SUFFERABLE!
And now not O.ok.!
Molly threw the blue hat at the floor and kicked it, and her mama took her to her room and left her there.
Oh pink hat!
Oh pink hat!
Oh pink hat!
#
At dinner Molly still wasn’t satisfied but her mama stated, “I’m sorry I threw your pink hat out, honey.” So Molly, who knew how tough it's far for adults to apologize, stated, “ok.”
but it wasn’t k.
in order that night Molly brushed her tooth greater rapid and got into her pajamas herself. whilst her mama changed intononetheless suffering with Billy’s enamel and toothbrush, Molly bounced at the special location on her bed and flew
out the window
and onto the pine tree branch
and bounced
over the roof and onto the top of the phone pole
and skated alongside the wires
to the wooded area
to visit the Queen of the Owls.
The Queen of the Owls become consuming tea in a metal cup. Her white hair stuck out throughout her head. She wore twelve coats and gloves with holes wherein the arms poked through, red and bent. She had a hearth entering into an vintage paint can, and twelve owls sitting round her in a circle: a snowy owl, a tremendous horned owl, a peat owl, a hoot owl, a screech owl, a nightsky owl, a coriander owl, a tick-tock owl, a can’t-see-it-when-you’re-looking owl, a combat owl, a friendship owl, and an owl-who-isn’t.
Molly turned into bloodless but she knew better than to warm herself on the fire of the Queen of the Owls without asking. She planted her naked ft within the snow and said, “I’m looking for my pink hat.”
“Mmm, yes,” said the Queen of the Owls, and drank her tea. “Come warm your self, dearie.”
“Are you positive?” stated Molly.
“Oh, yes,” stated the Queen of the Owls.
“can i go away when I need to?” requested Molly.
“Oh, truely,” stated the Queen of the Owls.
“And nothing suggest will appear to me?” requested Molly.
“in case you insist,” stated the Queen of the Owls.
So Molly darted beyond the tick-tock owl and sat inside the lap of the friendship owl, who spread his wings protectively around her.
“right preference,” stated the Queen of the Owls, searching upset. The tick-tock owl folded up his claws.
“thanks,” stated Molly. “Now what approximately my pink hat?”
The Queen of the Owls finished her tea and stared into the cup. The fire crackled, the cold night time bit Molly’s toes, and the feathers of the friendship owl ticked her cheeks.
“It’s thrown out,” the Queen of the Owls stated subsequently.
“I want it returned!” said Molly. “in which is it?”
“It’s in the Outthrown Trashland, of path,” said the Queen of the Owls, “however you’re no longer courageous enough to move there.”
“sure i'm,” stated Molly.
“or even if you had been, nobody is fearless enough to take you,” stated the Queen of the Owls.
Molly stated to the friendship owl, “will you are taking me?” but he blinked alas and became his head all the way round, and regarded out into the night time in again of him, so she ought to only see his feathers.
Molly checked out the coriander owl, however he did the same. So did the screech and the hoot and the peat and the extraordinary horned owl. So did the snowy and the nightsky and even the courageous combat owl. Molly didn’t troublewith the tick-tock owl. And the owl-that-isn’t protected her eyes with her wings-that-weren’t.
Then Molly were given up from the lap of the friendship owl and ran out into the snow. She confronted away from the fireand he or she closed her eyes tight and he or she protected them along with her fingers and she or he stated, “will you are taking me, can’t-see-it-when-you’re-searching owl?”
Molly felt the small claws of the can’t-see-it-when-you’re-looking owl grasp the shoulders of her pajamas. She heard its little wings beating, and she or he turned into lifted into the air.
“Molly!” the Queen of the Owls called, and her voice sounded afraid. “Don’t deliver some thing but the crimson hat returned!”
Molly and the can’t-see-it-while-you’re-searching owl flew for a long term thru the cold night time. They heard the moaning of the moon and the scraping of the celebrities in their tracks. The desires of bumblebees buzzed past them, and that they flew thru clouds of milk on the point of rain upon the Doughlands. Molly saved her eyes tight close.
in the end, Molly smelled trash, plenty and lots of trash; and he or she heard the whispering groans and whimpers of the whole lot misplaced and abandoned that desired to locate its way returned to the arena.
Molly’s toes touched the ground. She opened her eyes and noticed
– hundreds of socks, unpaired
– scarecrows and bell towers
– a few newspapers and plenty of oldspapers
– sundials, spinning jennys, and busts of Lenin
– closing yr’s dolls and chewing gum
– the knowledge that guy is in the center of the Universe
– the tennis footwear and basketballs of disappointed managers of rapid-meals restaurants in Oklahoma
– religion in progress
– a billion pages of homework
…and a whole lot of different matters.
Molly jumped via the air over tremendous piles of junk and called: “purple hat! red hat! It’s Molly! I’m here!”
“Molly!” cried a voice, and Molly landed on the roof of her vintage house. It changed into sizable and fuzzy and full of gables and slants. there has been a person who seemed like Molly’s Daddy, except that he become light and had a rip through the middle of him stuck together with scotch tape.
“Molly!” he said. “Take me lower back!”
“You’re now not my Daddy!” Molly said. “My Daddy lives in San Francisco.” She ran throughout the roof in the direction ofthe chimney.
“I’m your mama’s love to your Daddy!” the person stated, going for walks after her. “Take me lower back!”
“No no no no no no no no! That’s not thrown out, you’re mendacity! I’m not taking back whatever except the purple hat!” Molly said, and she or he jumped down the chimney.
inside the residing room she crawled out of the hearth, ran beyond dolls and wine glasses and her mama’s degree, and up the stairs, calling “red hat! red hat!”
She opened the door to the toddler’s room. there was Billy’s antique crib and Billy’s antique child self in it — searchingmuch like while he first came from the clinic, new and wrinkly and drooly and crimson. And there standing subsequent to him, conserving the bars of the crib, became an indignant little inexperienced Molly flickering with hearth.
“hi there Molly!” stated angry green fiery Molly. “Take me returned!”
“No!” said regular Molly and ran to the peg. there has been her purple hat putting. Molly snatched it up and placed it on her head. Then she jumped out the window and onto the roof of the residence across the street. She faced far from her vintage house and closed her eyes and put her arms over them and known as, “Will you take me home, can’t-see-it-when-you’re-searching owl?”
Molly felt the small claws of the can’t-see-it-when-you’re-looking owl grasp the shoulders of her pajamas. She heard its little wings beating, and she or he became lifted into the air.
however simply then irritated little fiery inexperienced Molly jumped out the window, bounced off the roof across the road, and grabbed preserve of Molly’s ankle in her fiery inexperienced hand!
normal Molly couldn’t open her eyes. Her ankle burned and tickled. She kicked around with her ft, but little green Molly hung on tight. And so, that manner, the three of them flew through the marshes of the night sky, and over the now baking Doughlands that filled the air with cookie smells, and heard the chuckling of the comets, and the muttering of the dawngnomes sorting hues for day after today’s sunrise.
ultimately Molly’s ft touched the pine tree department out of doors her bedroom window. The can’t-see-it-whilst-you’re-looking owl let move of her shoulders and fiery inexperienced Molly allow go of her foot.
“thanks, can’t-see-it-whilst-you’re-searching owl,” Molly said, “and thank the Queen of the Owls for me.” She opened her eyes and noticed little irritated green Molly slipping and sliding down the tree. everyday Molly pulled the crimson hat down tighter over her ears and jumped thru her bedroom window and onto her mattress.
She slipped her bare ft underneath the covers, because they'd gotten quite cold.
simply then her mama came in, wearing Billy and his toothbrush. She stopped and stared at Molly’s pink hat.
“i found it,” Molly said.
“How bizarre,” stated Molly’s mama. “I notion I threw it out. It’s nonetheless too small for you.”
“Mama, please!” stated Molly.
“We’ll speak approximately it the following day,” Molly’s mama stated. She positioned Billy in the other mattress and kissed him on the top. Then she became off the mild and went out.
Molly reached underneath her pink hat and rubbed the vicinity on her head that her mama hadn’t kissed.
whilst she looked over at Billy once more, flickering inexperienced fiery Molly became in bed with him.
“You don’t recollect the way it was, do you?” stated indignant green Molly. “That’s the simplest factor i'm able to considerto explain your behavior.”
“What are you talking approximately?” regular Molly said, sitting up.
“Molly,” said Billy, pointing at irritated inexperienced Molly.
“We had Mama and Daddy all to ourselves,” said angry green Molly. “all of the hugs, all of the kisses. all of the memories, all the songs. all of the tickles, all of the laughs. after which this thing got here.”
“Molly — and — Molly!” said Billy, and laughed.
“after which all of a surprising, Mama should most effective ever preserve this thing. It became always in her fingers. It sucked her electricity like a vampire. It drove Daddy away,” said irritated inexperienced Molly, and he or she placed her arms over Billy’s mouth and nostril and shook him. Billy choked and struggled.
Molly leaped away from bed and pulled angry inexperienced Molly far from Billy. Billy gasped and started out crying.
“you shut up!” Molly shouted. Her arms burned and tingled where she held indignant inexperienced Molly. “you close up or I’ll pound you into jelly!”
“exceptional,” stated little angry green Molly, slithering out of normal Molly’s grasp. “Then I’ll pass make friends with the crows.” and she or he jumped out the window.
The door banged open and Molly’s mama got here in. “What did you assert, young woman?” she shouted. Billy savedcrying and Molly’s mama picked him up.
“What?” Molly stated, standing inside the center of the room.
“I especially heard you threaten your little brother, and i am very amazed at you.”
“No,” Molly stated, “I didn’t –“
“Are you going to make it worse now by mendacity?” Molly’s mama asked.
Molly close her mouth.
Molly’s mama close the window and locked it. “We’ll speak approximately this the following day,” she said. “Shh, Billy, it’s k, you could sleep in mattress with mama.”
“No!” Billy snuffled. “Sleep — wif — Molly.”
Molly’s mama paused and frowned. Then she placed Billy back in his bed. “Do you notice how a great deal trust your little brother has in you, young female?” she stated. “i am hoping you try to earn it any more.”
Then she went out.
Molly placed the crimson hat on the windowsill to shield her and Billy, and she or he placed Babar and Celeste and Rumpelstilskin with the aid of the door. It changed into about all she may want to do. Then she got in bed and closed her eyes. Billy turned into already asleep.
#
the following day at breakfast, Molly’s mama appeared worn-out and didn’t bear in mind to argue with Molly about the crimson hat, so Molly wore it.
She walked slowly and carefully with Billy to preschool-kindergarten and sang “It Takes A Workin’ guy” to him and allowhim ruin icicles from underneath mailboxes and suck on them. She changed into having this kind of properly time that she didn’t see angry green Molly run up and take hold of the pink hat from her head.
“You supply that again!” Molly shouted and ran after her.
Little angry green Molly laughed and ran, but Molly had longer legs and stuck up together with her. She pushed little angry inexperienced Molly to the ground and sat on her, and she or he got her red hat again.
Little green fiery Molly saved giggling, even though, and that gave normal Molly a totally creepy feeling.
She regarded backpedal the street and noticed a big flock of crows flying up into the air with Billy.
“Billy!” Molly shouted and jumped into the air. She jumped as high because the chimneys, however it wasn’t excessivesufficient to reach the crows. So she jumped onto the closest chimney and then off the chimney into the flock of crows. She punched one crow as she flew by using and it permit cross of Billy’s arm, but some other crows grabbed it once more. Molly fell down onto a snowy roof and slid off it in a small avalanche. when she driven her way out of it, the crows wereeven better. Billy appeared like an ant.
Molly pulled the purple hat from her head and held it in both fingers. “pink hat, red hat, I know you just like being a hat, but if there’s whatever you can do, do it now!” and he or she threw the hat up within the air.
The pink hat quavered and
paused and then
shook and
billowed and
opened up and
changed into —
a crimson crimson lipstick-red dragon of excellent crimson silk.
It flew up into the flock of crows and it smacked them with its tail. Pow! Pang! Zow! Zang! The crows went flying off. The hat-dragon stuck Billy in its tail and flew him lightly down. however as it flew down those crows got here after it. They dodged its head and they tore at it with their beaks. Rip! And Strip! And Tear! And Shred! ultimately the hat-dragon set Billy in a snowbank and fought back with its tail.
Molly raced for the snowbank and so did little green fiery Molly. Little green fiery Molly got there first. She grabbed Billy’s hand and tugged him to the road and with out even searching each ways she driven him out into it —
however Molly pulled him again.
Then she grabbed little inexperienced fiery Molly and lifted her into the air.
“you may’t win, Molly!” little inexperienced fiery Molly said. “You delivered me lower back! I’m yours! I’m right here to live!”
“You’re proper,” stated Molly, and he or she put her mouth onto the forehead of little green fiery Molly and took a deep, deep breath, as if she changed into about to blow out the candles of a birthday cake the dimensions of the moon. Little green fiery Molly most effective had time to say “help!” as soon as earlier than Molly breathed her in and swallowed her.
Then she pulled Billy out of the snowbank, brushed the snow out of his face, and retaining tight keep of his hand, ran for the pink hat.
The crows have been gone, and all that become left of the red hat were a few shreds of purple purple lipstick-red first-class red silk.
Molly sat down and started to cry, and Billy sat down subsequent to her and cried too.
Mrs. Telliveller had an awesome concept what sort of element may have befell when Molly didn’t show up, and came out looking. She sat down at the shrink next to Molly, and he or she rooted around in her purse for a few Kleenex and a cellsmartphone, and he or she referred to as Molly’s mama at work right then. She explained a lot of things, lightly, in phrases that Molly’s mama may want to recognize.
Molly’s mama took the break day work and took Molly and Billy home. She left Billy playing with some blocks on the floorand she took Molly onto her lap at the couch and let her cry for an extended, long term.
And while Molly finally fell asleep, still conserving the shreds of purple silk, Molly’s mama pressed her mouth into Molly’s hair and whispered, “i like you and that i’ll usually want you.”
After that, from time to time Molly wore the blue hat to high school. every now and then she did tease Billy and fight with him. sometimes she felt unwell to her stomach, after which she could feel the alternative Molly crawling round in there. now and again, when she was very irritated, you can see the opposite Molly looking out of her eyes.
but every night, while she went to bed, her mama kissed her goodnight. Molly’s mama by no means forgot again. And all night lengthy, Molly could experience that kiss on her brow, warm and tender, retaining her secure.
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