delweiss, at first glance, appeared to be nothing more than a natural occurring valley, buried at the bottom of some cliffs, but looking closer, gentle curls of smoke floated up above a cluster of pines.
“Come on, then. Down we plunge,” said Finn.
“You don’t mean jump…Do you?” Grace stared back with alarm. “I can’t!”
Finn hooted with laughter.
“Of course not! We’ll use the stairs,” prancing through a patch of wildflowers, Finn revealed a spiraling set of stairs cut into the side of the cliff, just to the left of them.
“And you thought we were going to jump,” he cackled once more. “Hurry up now, it’s almost dark, and I’m starving!” Shooing them ahead, they descended into the hidden city of Edelweiss, with dusk falling gently into night …show more content…
From the way Finn described Edelweiss, they were expecting faeries with glittering wings, flower skirts, and pointed ears. Instead of wings Thea stood—a clear leader of this family—supporting herself on what looked to be a hand carved cane, and two leg braces, much like Grace’s, ending just under her knees.
Grace wasn’t trying to be rude, she knew what it felt like to have people stare at her, but she just couldn’t pull her gaze away from the girl in front of her. She’d never seen anyone so much like herself out in the real world. Not like those group meetings her disability specialist held every month where a bunch kids sat around a table and shared their experiences with being disabled. It wasn’t that she disliked those meetings, but it wasn’t the same as seeing another disabled person randomly on the streets or in a store and, so far, she’d yet to see a disabled person who was older than her.
Grace often wondered what it would be like to be a grown-up. Would she mature like everyone else did or would that be different for her as well like most everything else in her
“Come on, then. Down we plunge,” said Finn.
“You don’t mean jump…Do you?” Grace stared back with alarm. “I can’t!”
Finn hooted with laughter.
“Of course not! We’ll use the stairs,” prancing through a patch of wildflowers, Finn revealed a spiraling set of stairs cut into the side of the cliff, just to the left of them.
“And you thought we were going to jump,” he cackled once more. “Hurry up now, it’s almost dark, and I’m starving!” Shooing them ahead, they descended into the hidden city of Edelweiss, with dusk falling gently into night …show more content…
From the way Finn described Edelweiss, they were expecting faeries with glittering wings, flower skirts, and pointed ears. Instead of wings Thea stood—a clear leader of this family—supporting herself on what looked to be a hand carved cane, and two leg braces, much like Grace’s, ending just under her knees.
Grace wasn’t trying to be rude, she knew what it felt like to have people stare at her, but she just couldn’t pull her gaze away from the girl in front of her. She’d never seen anyone so much like herself out in the real world. Not like those group meetings her disability specialist held every month where a bunch kids sat around a table and shared their experiences with being disabled. It wasn’t that she disliked those meetings, but it wasn’t the same as seeing another disabled person randomly on the streets or in a store and, so far, she’d yet to see a disabled person who was older than her.
Grace often wondered what it would be like to be a grown-up. Would she mature like everyone else did or would that be different for her as well like most everything else in her