This is a story, a story about a girl.

This girl was walking along the road marching to the beat of her own drum on the way to a place where farmers farmed, and people ate. A few people decided they liked where this girl was going so they followed her. Then one day, another group of people approached the girl and told her they were going to the same place, only they had a boat, and would be able to get there faster. So she decided to get her people together and get on their boat. It wasn’t that long into the journey on the boat that she realized that they weren’t going to the same place at all, so she confronted them. They did not deny that they were going somewhere else, but explained to her that she didn’t have a choice now that she was on the boat… because she couldn’t swim. So she did the only thing she knew to do - fight for her beliefs and control of the helm. However, in the end she was outmanned, out moneyed, and outmaneuvered and lost the battle. As punishment, they bound her, gagged her, and threw her overboard.

As she was fast sinking to the bottom of the water, stricken with grief over her inability to have seen them for what they were in the beginning, and ready to give up all hope.. the most amazing thing happened. A group of friends who had watched what had happened jumped in after her and pulled her ashore. She was bewildered as to why they would save her when she had inadvertently led them to evil, and lost the battle. They explained that they still needed to get to the place she was going, and she would need to find a new way.

So in the end the girl realized it was never a story about a girl, but a story of hope, friendship, and the ability, in times of trouble, to never give up..