Melody Gardens by Janeta Munro

Author:Janeta Munro
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction/Christian/Fantasy/Juvenile Fiction
Publisher: Elm Hill
Published: 2019-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

Three tall trunks that looked more like telegraph poles than trees stood close together. As Tilly and Macey approached, they could hear a lovely hum coming from them. It was so soothing and, as the girls absorbed the sound, they began to relax. Letting out contented sighs, they decided on a nice patch of grass and settled down to watch Bellberry Tower come to life.

“There’s one!” Macey pointed out a long, thin vine that began to grow from the very top of the closest trunk. More vines began to appear at the top of the other trunks beside it and mingle with the first.

Tilly and Macey laughed at the way they wriggled and twisted around each other as if happy to see each other again. When enough vines had grown from the tops of the trunks, they began to weave.

Some of the vines began to move in an upward direction while others spiralled downwards, looping around and about the trunks. Faster and faster they whipped and weaved back and forth, up and down.

As the girls watched, a large rotunda with a domed roof was created at the very top of the trunks and a circular tower grew down around the trunks beneath it. At the base of the tower, about halfway down the trunks, thicker vines began to sprout and multiply. While the large vines swept out and around in widening circles, smaller vines frantically bound them all together.

Tilly and Macey were in awe with how quickly the sisters created the intricate and ornate, bell-shaped structure. In less than fifteen minutes, Bellberry Tower had been constructed out of nothing but vines and three tall trunks. It stood as tall as a four-story building, had three arched entrances at the bottom, and a grand set of stairs that spiralled up through the centre of the tower to the rotunda at the top.

“Aren’t they amazing?” Macey looked at Tilly with excitement in her eyes. She had gotten to her feet and was clasping her hands in front of her. “Now it’s time for the best part!”

POP! POP-POP! The air filled with a sound like popping corn.

White, yellow, and orange blossoms started popping out from the vines and formed pretty patterns over every inch of the bell. Lines of colour wound around and around the tower section and outlined the windows and arches. The roof of the rotunda became so crowded with rows and rows of blossoms you could no longer see it, and dark green leaves filled in all the gaps between the colourful blossoms. It was gorgeous!

After the final pop of the final flower, the girls raced through the nearest archway and up the stairs to the rotunda.

“Let’s sit over there.” Tilly pointed to a spot on a woven bench that ran all the way around the inside of the rotunda.

As they sat and turned to look out the window, Tilly said, “It’s incredible how they make Bellberry Tower. Look how perfect everything is!”

They looked at the lattice walls with six

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