January 10, 2016

The new year started with lots of laughter from the humans and quite a few tears. They had discovered something called "Doctor Who," and they seemed to be having very strong emotions about it. I had discovered something, as well - Disney Fairies books. A set of beautifully illustrated books about Tinker Bell's friends? Yes please! I was in the middle of a book about Vidia, a fast flying fairy, when I heard loud singing.

I knew it wasn't MyLittleMegara's voice, so I decided to check it out.

Putting my book down, I walked in the direction of the noise.

"Flower gleam and glow
Let your power shine..."

It's the healing incantation from Tangled, I thought. Whoever was singing had a good voice. She actually sounded like Mandy Moore, who voices Rapunzel in the movie! When the singer got to the line "save what has been lost," I could see her. Not only did she sound like Rapunzel - she looked like her, too.

When she finished her song, I waved. "Hello!" I exclaimed.

The Rapunzel doll started. "Oh! Hello."

"I'm Anna," I smiled.

"I'm Rapunzel."

"Are you new here?"

"Yes! I've only been here for a few months."

"A few months? And you haven't met anybody yet?"

"Well, no," Rapunzel began to explain.

"You see, I was one of MyLittleMegara's review dolls. The process of getting all of those pictures of my articulation and such took a lot longer than she was expecting. After that was done, I felt a bit shy. I was a little tired of having all of the attention on me, and I wasn't sure what kind of dolls were here. Not to mention that MyLittleMegara has been very busy lately so she didn't introduce me to anyone."

I didn't think watching hours and hours of British television counted as busy, but I kept that to myself.

"Well, I'm glad to meet you! I only wish we could've met sooner. The dolls here are very nice. I think you'll fit right in." I reassured Rapunzel.

"I'm glad to hear it. What's your story?"

I'll admit I was a little surprised by the frankness of her question, but I found that I was happy to share. I filled her in on the basics of how long I'd been here, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, and what I liked to do. When I told her I liked to read, she got very excited.

"Have you read any of the Disney Fairies books? I've been reading them while I've been down here."

"Yes, actually, I'm in the middle of one right now! Vidia and the Fairy Crown."

"Oh, that's one of my favorites! I love the illustrations."

"Do you want to read it with me?"

Rapunzel beamed.

I think I may have made a new friend. It will be very nice to not be the only girl in our group for a change! I'm outnumbered 3 to 1!

- Anna

MyLittleMegara read this post and asked that I include the link to the review she wrote of Rapunzel. Here it is, if you're interested:

http://adventuresindollwonderland.blogspot.com/2015/12/disney-store-rapunzel-deluxe-feature.html