"And that's the end, cuties. It's time for bed now," the old woman said, softly stroking the long, black hair of the little girl sitting on her lap.
"You always tell such good stories, Grandma!" Another girl with bright, icy blue eyes exclaimed.
"Yeah! Tell us another one! Please!" A boy around eleven-years-old begged, causing the other children sitting around the old woman to stir in an uproar.
"Now, now," the old woman chuckled, "That last one was quite long. I promise tomorrow I'll tell you three bedtime stories. How does that sound?"
"But, Gramma Della," the blackette girl sitting on her grandmother's lap yawned out, breaking up her sentence, "We're not tired."
"Mhmm, it sure sounds like it. I know I'm tired. I'll tuck you all in, and give you all g
