Planning Tulip a Birthday Party

"And so for eighteen long years, the whereabouts of the princess remained a mystery, while deep in the forest, in a woodcutter's cottage, the Three Mobian Sisters carried out their well-laid plan. Living like mortals, they had reared the little girl as their own and called her Tulip."

Looking out the window, Tulip hummed a lovely tune called "I Wonder," attracting many bluebirds. For twelve years, her hair had grown longer, had gained a platinum blonde streak, and was tied in braided pigtails, her eyelashes longer, and her lips became a bright shade of pink, though she still had her peach skin, freckles, and turquoise eyes. Wrapped around her neck was a black satin-laced necklace with a bronze pendant of Arendelle's symbol that complemented her outfit - a black sweetheart bodice with off-the-shoulder dark green sleeves and rose, teal, blue, and purple prints on it, a greenish-gold trim attached to an olive drab pleated skirt with sashes (consisting of asparagus centers with pink, crimson, dark olive green, olive drab, and blue prints on it between cream sides) and dark green pleats that touched the floor, a cream-colored petticoat that went down her knees, and matching bloomers with frills that also went down to her knees - which went well with the white stockings and black ballet shoes covering her feet. She was indeed beautiful. As she hummed a tune, she closed the shutters to her window and walked away.

"On this her eighteenth birthday, the Three Mobian Sisters had planned a party and something extra special for her surprise."

Sally, Cosmo, and Amy were downstairs looking over a book of dresses, picking something out to make for Tulip, who is actually Anna. By the time the day is over, they can finally tell her that she was a princess.

"Well, now about this one?" asked Amy, as they look over the book. And they found the perfect one.

"This is the one *I* picked." said Sally.

"Oh, she'll look beautiful in that!" Cosmo smiled.

"Now I thought of a few changes here..." said Sally.

"Uh-huh." said Amy.

In the book, the Three Mobian Sisters found a yellow dress similar to Pocahontas' dress.

"Don't forget a pretty fringe." said Cosmo.

"Yes, and we'll lengthen the skirt." said Sally.

"We'll make it red." said Amy.

Sally giggled. "Oh no, silly, blue."

"But..." Amy began.

"How about green?" Cosmo suggested.

"Of course, we'll need a pair of shoes, silk gloves, and bloomers to match..." said Sally.

"Yes, but how are we going to get her out of the house?" asked Amy.

"Oh, I'll think of something." said Sally.

Of course, they didn't know that Tulip walked down the stairs and into the living room and heard them.

"Well!" Tulip smiled.

Sally, Cosmo, and Amy hid the book from the girl's eyes as she walked towards them. "And what are you three dears up to?"

"Up to?" repeated Amy.

Up to?" repeated Cosmo.

"Up to?" repeated Sally.

"Eh, eh, eh, we, we, well, we, we ..." stuttered Sally, as she tried to say something. Tulip continued to stare at the chipmunk, Seedrian, and hedgehog with a lovely smile. And she doesn't know that she was a princess and her real name was Anna.

As Sally tried to think of something, Amy spoke for her. "Want you to pick some berries." she finished.

"That's it, berries!" said Sally, as she handed Tulip a magenta cloak with a hood attached to it and a decorative button at the neck and showed her to the door in a quick manner, leaving her confused about what was going on.

"Berries?" said a confused Tulip, as she put the cloak around her shoulders, buttoned it up, and put up the hood.

"Lots of berries!" said Cosmo, as she, Sally, and Amy escorted her out the door.

"But I only picked berries yesterday." said Tulip.

"Oh, we need more, dear." said Sally.

"Lots, lots, more!" added Floral.

"Yes!" said Cindy.

Then the chipmunk, Seedrian, and hedgehog pushed Tulip out of the cottage through the front door. She looked back with a suspicious look and smile on her face. Something's not right with them.

"Now hurry back, dear." said Sally.

"And don't go too far." said Amy.

"And don't speak to strangers." said Sally.

"Goodbye, dear!" called Cosmo.

"Goodbye!" called Amy.

"Goodbye!" called Sally.

"Goodbye!" called Tulip, as she waved goodbye and walked off deep into the forest, carrying the basket in her hand.

Then the chipmunk, Seedrian, and hedgehog closed the door and got back inside. "I wonder if she suspects." said Amy thoughtfully.

"Of course not, come on. Will she be surprised!" said Sally, as they went around the room, gathering things. Sally went to the trunk and took out multiple blue fabrics and sheets as Cosmo went into the kitchen to find ingredients to make the birthday cake. All three are very excited. "A real birthday party!" said Amy.

"With a real birthday cake!" said Cosmo.

"Yes, and a dress a princess can be proud of!" said Sally.

"I'll get the wands." said Amy, as she headed up the stairs.

"Yes, you...the wands?" said Sally. But she was startled when Amy mentioned the wands and closed the trunk quickly.

"Oh no!" gasped Cosmo, who was also startled.

"No wands, Amy!" Sally warned.

"But the eighteen years are almost over" Panini protested.

"We're taking no chances." said Sally, as she handed Amy the fabrics for making the dress.

"But, I've never baked a fancy cake." said Amy.

"Oh, you won't have to, dear." said Sally

"I'm going to bake the cake!" Cosmo called from the next room.

"You?" asked Amy, who was kind of surprised.

"She's always wanted to, dear, and this is her last chance." said Sally.

"Well,..." said Amy, who was not so sure about Cosmo cooking.

"I'm going to make it seventeen layers with sky-blue and magenta, roses, daffodils..." said Cosmo, as she thought about what to put on the cake.

"And I'm making the dress." said Sally.

"But you can't sew, and she's never cooked!" said Amy.

"Oh, it's simple." chuckled Sally.

"All you do is follow the book." said Cosmo.

Sally pulled out a small stool and directed Amy to stand on it. "Up here, dear. You can be the dummy." she said.

"Well, I still say we ought to use magic." said Amy.

Then Sally threw a sheet of blue cloth over Amy and began cutting with a pair of scissors.

Then Cosmo laid all the ingredients for the cake before her. She looked into the book and read the ingredient instructions. "Flour, three cups." said Cosmo, as she searched for them, muttering, "Cups, cups, cups, cups, cups..." At that moment, Cosmo realized that the three cups of different sizes were already on the table and used them to pour flour into the bowl. "One, two, three."

Sally cut a circular hole into the sheet. "What's that for?" asked Amy.

"Well, it's got to have a hole in the bottom." replied Sally.

"That's for the feet to go through." added Cosmo.

Then Sally tossed the sheet over Amy again, and Amy noticed there was something wrong with the sheet. "It's blue!" said Amy.

"Oh, lovely shade, isn't it?" Sally smiled.

"But I wanted it red!" complained Amy.

"Now, dear, we decided *blue* was her color." said Sally, flatteringly.

"*You* decided?" asked Amy.

Sally giggled to herself as she left Amy inside the sheet and went over to get tape measure. Amy mumbled incoherently until Sally came back with the tape measure and wrapped some around the waist.

"Two eggs, fold in gently." said Cosmo, reading from the book. But she didn't understand what *fold in* meant. "Fold? Oh well." Cosmo shrugged, and she just put two eggs into the bowl and folded them in. She pressed down on the batter, and she heard the shells cracking, causing the batter to overflow from the bowl.

Now Amy was completely covered in the blue cloth from head to toe. "I can't breathe!" she called, whose voice was muffled under the sheets. Sally cut the cloth open at the top, and Amy popped her head and arms out and took a look at the dress from the inside. "It looks awful!" Amy complained.

"That's because it's on you, dear." said Sally, cutting the remaining cloth from the right side.

"Now yeast, one tsp. *Tsp*?" said Cosmo, looking into the book. This time, she didn't understand what the word *Tsp* meant.

"One teaspoon!" Amy corrected her.

"One teaspoon, of course!" Cosmo giggled sheepishly. She put the yeast on the teaspoon and finished adding the rest of the ingredients to the batter.

Then Sally measured the size of the dress. "Oh, gracious how the child has grown!' she exclaimed.

"Oh, it seems only yesterday we brought her here!" said Amy, remembering the old days.

"Just a tiny baby!" said Cosmo, remembering as well.

Then all of a sudden, Amy sniffled and wiped a tear from her eye. Sally and Cosmo saw that.

"Why, Amy!" said Sally.

"Whatever is the matter, dear?" asked Cosmo.

"After today, she'll be a princess. And we won't have our little Tulip!" Amy sobbed tearfully.

"Oh, Sally!" said Cosmo, who began to cry about Tulip as well.

"Now, now, now, now, we...we...we...we all knew this day had to come." said Sally, shedding a tear and wiping it from her eye as well. It had been eighteen years, and they began to think of Tulip as their own child that they never had.

"But why did it have to come so soon?" Tears slid down Cosmo's cheeks.

"After all, we've had her for eighteen years." said Sally.

"Eighteen wonderful years!" Amy said dreamily.

Then there was a moment of silence as they thought about the wonderful years they had with the child. They fed her, bathe her, and helped her go to sleep. Amy sniffled and wiped another tear from her eye again. Then suddenly, Sally changed her expression. "Good gracious, We're acting like a lot of ninnies! Come on, she'll be back before we get started." said Sally. And they all resumed their work.