Little Women Variations

The girls were excited to stage their own rendition of Little Women, there on the sloping green bank leading down to the river. It was summer, and dragonflies flitted amongst the tall marsh grass. They donned their lovely, flowing dresses and began the show. It went well, until one of them went too far with improvisation and no one knew the words anymore.

They decided to visit Orchard House in costume instead, but the narrow visitor center area devolved into a chunnel of registers, and no one was certain what any of them were for. This one spoke a foreign language, another one seemed to be for vintage jewelry sales, but no one could discern which one was for tickets. And where were the books they were so certain would be there with lovely hard backs and colorful illustrations?

Vintage postcard of Orchard House, found online