The Magical Island of Sphere People

Welcome to the Magical Island of Sphere People.  These people are round.  They roll instead of walk.  They bounce instead of dance.  They wear balloons for clothes.  They don't need shoes, because they don't have feet.  They are only always just happy and they have excellent manners.  The Sphere People are very popular and would have many followers on Twitter, but they don't have Twitter accounts.  This is because they a) are humble and b) don't have fingers.

The Magical Island is magical.  Candy grows from the ground.  Good candy, too, not that weird peanut butter nougat candy that no one likes.  Also, burgers and shakes grow on trees.  Finally, the sea that surrounds the island is made of hot coffee, with the perfect amount of cream added.  Except, after a coffee rainstorm.  Then the Sphere People have to wait a few days before the coffee and cream proportions are just right again. 

Danae is a Sphere Person on the Magical Island of Sphere People.  She is different from the rest of the Sphere People, because she is not only always just happy all the time.  Danae usually feels a little sad.  She rolls along to school and feels a little sad.  She bounces at parties and feels a little sad.  She shoots out of the Sphere People Cannon and feels a little sad.  Danae does not tell her friends or her family about her feelings.  She thinks that they will feel sad if she tells them.  

One day, Danae was rolling along the coffee beach.  She smelled the strong coffee smell.  She watched the frothy coffee waves.  She felt the crunchy coffee-ground sand under her rolling body.  She tasted the coffee.  Danae still felt a little sad.  Then, something white and round floated up to her.  It was a marshmallow.  "Hi," said the marshmallow, "I'm Crys.  I'm a yummy marshmallow.  You should eat me!"

Danae looked at the marshmallow, and felt a little sad.  "No, Crys the yummy marshmallow.  I will not eat you.  I am too sad."

The marshmallow frowned. "What?  Everybody wants to eat me!  I am made of sugar!  If you eat me, I will be happy!" 

Danae said, "No, I will not eat you.  But I will be your friend.  Can you tell me how to be happy like you?"

"Sure," said Crys, the marshmallow. "All you have to do to be happy is give yourself to someone else.  I want to give myself to you, but you won't take me.  So I'll give myself to someone else later, after I show you how to be happy.  "

Danae paused to think for a moment. "But I'm not a marshmallow.  How can I give myself to someone if they cannot eat me?"

"It is kind of like giving yourself away when you help someone else," Crys said.  "That is why I am happy to help you."

Danae and Crys rolled around the island, looking for someone to help.  Danae saw her parents rolling to work. "Can I help you?" she asked them.  "No, thank you!  We are happy to be going to work!" they said.  "Ok," said Danae.

Danae and Crys rolled to a party where her friends were bouncing with elation. "Hi friends," she said, "Do you need some help?"

"No way!" bounced her friends, "We have everything we could ever want!"

Danae and Crys rolled to the Sphere People Cannon.  Dominik, the Cannon Operator, was trying to get a particularly large Sphere Person into the Cannon.  "Hello Dominik, " said Danae," Can I help you?"

"Yes," said Dominik, " Can you help me push Teddy into the Cannon?"  

"I can do that, " said Danae.  She helped Dominik wedge Teddy into the Cannon.  She felt a little happier.  She gave a tiny smile.

"Did that help?" whispered Crys.

"Yes, a little," Danae whispered back.

Dominik went to light the Cannon fuse.  He did not light it on the first try.  He did not light it on the second try.  He frowned.  

"Can I help you with the fuse, Dominik?"  Danae asked him.

"Yes, please, would you?"  said Dominik.  Danae took the match.  She lit the fuse on the first try!

"Thank you so much for all your help!" Dominik exclaimed.

Together, Danae, Dominik, and Crys watched Teddy blast out of the Cannon.  They listened to Teddy's laughter as he soared across the island.  Danae smiled a great big smile.  She turned to Crys.  

"Thank you for your help!  I am very happy now!" she said.

"You're welcome!" said Crys.

Then Danae ate Crys.  She lived happily ever after.