Farewell: Fantasy

"I'll be back again, I promise you," he assured her, bending over to kiss her on the forehead. "One morning you'll come down to breakfast, and there I'll be sitting, waiting for you. Now be a good girl and promise to obey your mother and to be nice to everybody. " "Will you get me a present if I'm good?" He laughed. "I'll bring you a present even if you're bad, but if you're good it will be extra nice." "I'll be good," she said solemnly, with all the gravity that only a four-year-old could muster. "I'll be very, very good. I'll be so good that you'll have to get me the best present in the world."

Inspiration: Promise not to laugh? "Santa Bring My Baby Back" by the Rev. Horton Heat.
Story Potential: Medium-high potential.
Notes: This could be another retelling of Beauty & the Beast, or it could simply be the beginning of a different story. Regardless, she is very, very good--and she grows to the great old age of seventeen without her father returning.