Valentine's Day

Eric: May I sit down?



Aurora: Certainly.

Eric: Thank-you.







Aurora: Eric, why do you have a bear?

Eric: He keeps me company. I feel somewhat melancholic because today is Valentine's.



Eric: A large group of Regrets has decided to pay me a visit, and I feel half buried under all the luggage.

Aurora: And this bear is helpful to you under these circumstances? May I see him?



Eric: You may hold him, if you like.

Aurora: He has a white heart on his shirt.



Eric: Please be gentle, he is a bit fragile.

Aurora: What a nice little bear. He feels very soft!



Aurora: I can see why you like his company.

Eric: May I have him back now?



Aurora: Of course.

Eric: I suppose I seem very strange.



Aurora: Thank-you for letting me hold him.

Eric: I just feel more calm with something in my arms.



Eric: It is embarrassing and childish, but it's so much better to have him with me.



Eric: He won't think ill of what I do, or grow bored and leave.

Even if everything else is wrong, I can trust he will still be there.




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