The Land of Everything Purple

So often we refer to moments in our childhood to explain the situation at present, however subconsciously.   Not to say that everything transfers, if it did the world would be a much simpler place, but it got me thinking.  Here is a quintessential part of my childhood that I recalled a few days back, and I’m not going to analyze the meaning, but rather just share this experience in the form of a bed time story that was so often told to me before drifting off to sleep.

THE LAND OF EVERYTHING PURPLE

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a princess by the name of Emily* in the Land of Everything PURPLE**.  Everything was PURPLE. The trees were PURPLE, the grass was PURPLE, the sky was PURPLE, even the people were PURPLE!  Princess Emily loved PURPLE. 

One day, Princess Emily and her brother Noah went for a walk, and while they were walking, they came across a little boy walking his dog and wearing a BLUE hat.  Now, Emily had never seen a BLUE hat before, but she knew that you could not wear a BLUE hat in the land of everything PURPLE.  So Emily went up to the little boy and said, “Excuse me! But do you realize that you are wearing a BLUE hat in the Land of Everything PURPLE?”  And the boy said, “Well yes, that’s cause I like to be…  DIFFERENT!”

So Princess Emily and her brother continued along on their walk, mulling*** over this new and crazy idea, when they came across a little girl jumping rope.  And the little girl had on a PINK skirt, RED shoes, and was holding an ORANGE jump rope!  So Princess Emily walked up to the girl and said, “Excuse me!  But do you realize that you are wearing a PINK skirt, RED shoes, and have an ORANGE jump rope and you are in the Land of Everything PURPLE?”  And the little girl responded, “Well yes, that’s cause I like to be… DIFFERENT!”

Two people in one day!  What could be next?  Princess Emily and Noah continued their walk and it wasn’t long before they came across and man walking to the park.  And this man had on GREEN pants, a YELLOW shirt, a RED tie, BROWN shoes, and was carrying an ORANGE ball!  And Emily could not believe her eyes****!  She went right up to the man and said, “Excuse me!!!  Do you realize that you are wearing GREEN pants, a YELLOW shirt, a RED tie, BROWN shoes, and have an ORANGE ball and you are in the Land of Everything PURPLE!?”  And the man replied, “Well yes, that’s cause I like to be… DIFFERENT *****!”

So Emily and Noah went home and decided that it was good to be different, and a little other colors might not hurt the place.  And that is why today the sky is BLUE, the grass is GREEN, the sun is YELLOW, apples are RED, and oranges are ORANGE, and everybody knows that it’s good to be… DIFFERENT!

THE END 

* [insert name of your child here]

** I don’t recall if this was on account of that actually being my favorite color or not

*** Probably not “mulling” when I was like 5…

**** Not because those clothes would look horrendous together, though I’m sure that is true too.

***** If you didn’t guess that by now… well yeah get some help.