Konchiwa Anne #19

This week’s episode is: Sad Tea.

Oh, this episode so explains a lot about Mildred. Anne has some of the other girls enthralled with a story when Mildred arrives at school. Mildred doesn’t like Anne getting so much attention from the others so she asks her mother if she can have a tea party. Given permission, Mildred has this tea party and doesn’t invite Anne. At first everything goes well – the other girls exclaim over Mildred’s dress and over the food. But then one thing leads to another and the other girls start talking about Anne. Perhaps the squirrel reminded them of Anne’s story. Anyway, Mildred sends the girls away in frustration. Her frustration increases when h hears some comments her parents made about her. Mildred doesn’t come to school for a bit. Anne mean while at first was quite upset at not being invited but then decides if Mildred can have a party so can she. Anne’s invitations aren’t nearly as sophisticated as Mildred’s, but they are cute being on fall leaves and they are distributed with a more liberal hand. The one person Anne doesn’t want to invite is Mildred naturally, and not even teacher’s comments makes Anne change her mind, but then Anne sees what Mildred wrote on her desk: “Nobody likes me, nobody sees me.” Anne quickly has a change of heart and invites Mildred but Mildred doesn’t want to go. However, Mildred later changes her mind. She is supposed to be a quiet, proper young lady in front of some of her parents friends but Mildred realizes Anne at least really does want to like her. Anne’s idea of a tea party is quite hilarious: flower and vine decorations, leaves for cups, imaginary food, and acorn necklaces for everyone^^; It starts raining and so the others leave, but Anne stays and is there when Mildred shows up. I don’t think the two will ever properly be able to dislike each other again. Poor Mildred. She thinks even her parents don’t care for her. Even if she misinterpreted their comments (I don’t know exactly what was said – sorry!), her parents never have time for her so no wonder she has that impression. I’m not sure who has it worse, Anne or Mildred. No wonder Mildred was so upset when Anne started stealing her spotlight at school. Still, Mildred has learned that someone is willing to try and like her and that money can’t buy friends.

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Xxxholic #19

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to do yesterday’s episode on time. I got back too late. So here it is now.

Yesterday’s episode was: Irrational.

Poor Watanuki just can’t win^^; Watanuki is cleaning Yuuko’s storage room again and comes across a box but he can’t open it. Yuuko says it’s because the conditions aren’t right. However, the box seems to give Yuuko an idea . . . The next day, Watanuki gets a note from Yuuko at school inviting him, Himawari, and Domeki to the park after school. There, they find Ame-Warashi and Zashiki-Warashi. Then Yuuko and Mokona arrive. Yuuko says she wants to have a snow ball fight, complete with the mysterious box as a prize (it will make anything you want appear inside). But this fight she starts by having everyone doing a snow sculpture. Himawari and Zashiki-warashi both do cute ones. So does Watanuki, come to think of it – his is rabbit. Domeki does a robot looking thing. Mokona does a giant Mokona (white, not black^^;). Ame-Warashi does the thunder and wind gods. Yuuko has a super soldier looking guy. How only Yuuko knows and she doesn’t explain, but the snow sculptures start fighting. The rabit gets dumped on by the robot (makes Watanuki mad) but the rabbit ends up burrowing away and the robot is stomped on by the giant Mokona, which then breaks. Zashiki-Warashi starts crying over how cute Watanuki’s rabbit is so the Karasu Tengu start going after Watanuki but Zashiki-Warashi blocks them with her sculpture. Then Yuuko and Ame-Warashi go at it but since Yuuko has Moru and Mono secretly feeding her soldier guy snowballs from her store Ame-Warashi looses. Yuuko then goes after Himawari’s snow sculpture. It absorbs the snowballs until it explodes. That only leaves Watanuki’s rabbit, but Maru and Mono have by this time gotten tired of making snow balls and have started arguing about who will make more. When the soldier looks at his gun to see what’s wrong, he ends up destroying himself. Watanuki wins! However, when Watanuki prepares to open the box Yuuko makes Watanuki think about dinner and that is what appears in the box^^; Yuuko then makes Watanuki make everyone dinner. Yep, Watanuki just can’t win^^;

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