Enjoying Time

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

Ribbitin, he chuckled at the idea he had such a name he was not sure how he came about with the name, but ether way it was his so he knew it was not that allot of other people had the same name, so he would always know if someone was talking to him. He had come out the bridge just enjoying the view, there was much to see for one that knew where to look or if one took the time to look anyway.

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina walked along humming. She had taken a break from sewing and come out to the bridge to relax. She loved nature and she wasn't exactly sure why. But she loved coming to this bridge or going into the woods when she could. She stopped humming realizing someone else was on the bridge and smiled as she walked over to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize anyone was here. I'm Lina." said Lina.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

Ribbitin heard Lina appoch, though he looked forward a bit longer before he looked ather he smiled softly to her at her words he smiled more "It is alright, I just came here to relaxe a bit & I am Ribbitin, so what brings you out Lina? There was any number of reasons that she could be out like hi, so he did not want to jump to any ideas that would lead to really bad things.

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina smiled as she joined him on the bridge glancing at the river below. She listened to him speak and smiled.

"I came out here for the same reason to relax. I've always felt happy out here. I'm not sure exactly why but I've enjoyed coming out here for as long as I can remember." said Lina.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

At her words he smiled "Perhaps it is just because, it is a quite place without people or a least as many, allowing one to think & relax in a quite setting" Of course it was more a statement the question, but then again if she answered that would be fine, after all was that not close to the reason that brought him out here, other then feeling a draw to the water & the community pool when he had time to go swimming, an odd thing to think he felt at ease in the water, but then perhaps it was just another way he found he enjoyed to relax.

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina nodded.

"Maybe you're right. I'm just glad we have this place to relax at. That the town hasn't torn this place down to expand the town. I'd miss all this beauty if that happened." said Lina.

She smiled glancing down at the flowing river underneath the bridge to see her reflection.

"I'helping my mother with the sewing. I just love making my own clothes and I work at the fabric store too. But I come out here as often as I can. Even if it's just on the weekends." said Lina.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

Ribbitin heard her words "That is always something good to know &something you can make money with doing or course, that is not my skill, I do well to mend tars let alone hole items" He smiled softly to her "Perhaps they found that, there is not reason to tear down this area or it could be who owns it, does not want it to be torn up" He looked at her a moment before he spoke "I think would say that so long as you get the chance to relax how ever brief, helps the person greatly"

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina smiled liking the man even more. He certainly had a way with words like a phiosopher, or a poet. She smiled knowing not everyone was good at sewing. Her mother had taught her when she was very young and she'd picked it up rather quickly. She smiled hoping they never tore down the woods to put up a strip mall or an apartment complex or anything else. She smiled as he said even a little bit of relaxing helps.

"Yes it does. A few hours or a few minutes. Whenever I find the time to relax I do. If I'm not out here I usually read at home." said Lina.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

He smiled to her words before he spoke "Reading can be just as relaxing as coming here, so long as one has a good imagination & it also is something nice to do when it rains or is to cold to enjoy the peace & quite of the woods" He smirked "I suppose in a way, as hard to think to read makes use more the child we once were, where all things could happen if we, would but believe" He looked at Lina "Of course all have there views on such things, but it is always interesting when one can spin a tale & make you see things you never have or places you never been"

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina smiled agreeing with him. He sounded very wise. Perhaps he was a teacher.

"You're right. I enjoy reading. It's the same and yet different. Out here you can experience nature and you can only picture that in your heard while you're reading a book." said Lina.

She smiled as the wind began to blow. She shivered but the wind felt oddly familiar to her like she wished she could fly. She'd often had dreams she could fly as a child and she even imagined herself as flying when reading fairy tales. But she knew you couldn't fly without an airplane or something like it. Still it didn't hurt to dream about it.

"So are you a teacher or something? You sound like you know what you're talking about." said Lina.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

Ribbitin heard her question "I have tough people to swim, I work at the pool in storybrooke, but my words are more experience & what I have already gone threw, felt of feel" He looked at Lina, perhaps his words where more before his time like he had scene much, perhaps in ways he had compared to others, but it was more he just spoke on what he knew or felt & that always helped to lead him down the right path.

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

"You're a swim teacher? That's sounds wonderful. I love to swim. But I don't get to do it as much as I'd like to. Maybe I'll see you at the pool sometime." said Lina.

She smiled seeing he spoke from experience but he still sounded liked a poet to her. She glanced back at the beautiful forest and stream around her. She always hated to leave it the forest feeling more at home here. In town only her home with her mother felt like home. She just wasn't that interested in the town. Not to mention Mayor Regina Mills and Mr. Gold had a way of unnerving people making the town very empty at times as people tended to keep to themselves. But the woods weren't owned by anyone and she could come out here and be happy. She turned back to Ribbitin.

"Have you seen any animals out here? Like deer or birds before?" asked Lina.

She'd seen a few animals here occasionally but they were usually spooked off by sounds or where afraid of her.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

Ribbitin heard Lina words "I am" He laughed lightly "It has its moments" He smiled to her as he spoke again "Perhaps are paths will cross there or even in Storybrooke. At her last question he had to think "At times I do, though most are scared off quite quick, but depending on the time of year the deer that come threw are not as scared, perhaps they just now when it is safer then other times to be out. I have heard an owl one evening, though did not see it & another I though I saw a fox or at least what I saw of it with its speed looked like one" With that said he smirked lightly as something came to mind "Though I have heard, that if you have a bird feeder & the birds get use to food being there, one is not only more able to see them, but get there trust enough to eat out of ones hand, I suppose the chickadee is most known for such things"

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Thumbelina/Phoenix/Lina Parker

Lina smiled. They probably would see each other around. She might have seen him around before and been too busy to notice him before. It was a small town after all. She smiled as she heard about animals being nearby.

"I'm glad to hear it. I guess you'd have to be quiet and very lucky to see them out here. I would love to see a deer, a rabbit, or even a frog. I've seen them on movies and tv but it's just not the same seeing one up close." said Lina.

She paused as the only animals in town were just pets like cats and dogs and were usually kept in their homes or were at the animal shelter needing homes. She volunteered their on weekends usually just a few hours when they needed some extra help. She loved helping out animals. Sometimes she just felt more comfortable being around animals than people aside from her mother. But Ribbitin was nice enough. Perhaps she should start making more friends in this town. And Ribbitin would be a good start. She smiled hearing about the bird feeder.

"That sounds like a good idea. Although it would probably take awhile before birds were gain your trust. But a bird feeder sounds easier to make or I could buy one and set it in my backyard." said Lina.

They weren't that many birds that usually flew around town she'd noticed. But there were a few. Surely they'd appreciate some food they could get to if they couldn't find anything else.

[Frog Prince/Ribbitin]

He saw her smile, as he listened to her words "It is different seeing them close up, but yes it does help to be quite with some of them & luck does help at times as well" Ribbit chuckled lightly "Yes, it can help with a bird feeder, but at times to gain a birds trust, you have to show you are not a threat like any animal to keep if from taking off" He looked at her "Though with a feeder it would allow you to enjoy the birds & anything else drawn in by the seed & you would not have to so much as leave home when the weather is bad or that" He waited to see what she would say or if she might have something other wise to speak about "I do hear that there is a wine festival coming up in Storybrooke"