Little Eleville Village: Ashley's New Dress

Hi Everyone again,
Here we go the promised story!
Ashley's New Dress

One spring sunny day in the Valley of Little Eleville, there was lots of fun things going on including one of the new village shops having its opening ceremony.

In one small cottage not too far away from the Main High Street, where the Evergreens lived, there was a lot of chatter going on inside and out. Summer and Ashely were chatting about going out shopping with their mother Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle had promised that the girls could go dress shopping. This was mainly due to the fact the new Boutique was going to be opened!!

“Oh I can’t wait to have a brand new dress; I really need a new one!” Ashley mentioned, she looked in the mirror to see that her dress was looking a little shabby and that the ribbon that should be holding her dress up had broken off.

“Yes I can see that you do, I hope we can find you a nice new one!” Summer replied, as she tried to cheer her sister up by putting her paw on her sister’s shoulder. “And I would love to get a new pair of shoes, I hope!”

“Girls are you ready to go? Poppy is ready in her buggy and I’m ready to head out” Honeysuckle said “And Ashely don’t worry about your dress, I’m sure that Madeline will be able to help us find you a new one today!”

“Ok Yes we are ready mum” Summer and Ashely said together

“Right so let’s go, we might be in time to see Major Waddlington open the new shop up, that is if we hurry!”

Two days before, Alonzo Macavity and his building crew had been busy building the new Boutique with its owner Madeline. She had precisely asked for a brightly coloured building so that it looked rather girly. The building crew didn’t mind and got on with the task as well as putting in the interior furniture - clothes rack and mirror.

"Oh thank you so much Alonzo and your building crew, i wouldnt have been able to do this had it not been for you!" Madeline cheerly said

"Oh you are very welcome Madeline, i hope you have a lovely time here in Little Eleville with us." Alonzo smiled back

Back to the day of the story....

The Evergreen ladies arrived, just in the nick of time to see Mayor Bill about to cut the Red Ribbon in front of the new Boutique. Ashley was ahead and started jumping “Come on mum please can we hurry!!”

“Of course we can dear, please calm down though.” Honeysuckle said calmly.

Down in the Main High Street, there were quite a number of villagers milling around and they had started to get into a circle around the new boutique. Mayor Bill was very happy to be opening Madeline’s Boutique. “Today I am delighted in opening our brand new Madeline’s Boutique. Madeline is a lovely lady and has got a lovely variety of clothing for all. I hope you will be very welcome in our village.” Bill said to Madeline and the crowd.

“Why thank you Bill, I feel very welcomed and I look forward to helping everyone.” Madeline said with a cheery smile.

There was quite a number of the village listening to him speak and cut the ribbon on the new shop. The mothers and daughter’s all seemed very excited to say the least! “Hooray for Madeline!” and “Hooray for Alonzo and his building crew!!” the villagers all said together.

After a while most of the villagers after saying hello to Madeline and welcoming her, they went off to do their own things. This gave the Evergreen ladies the perfect time to go inside and be Madeline’s First customers! Ashely had gone in and started staring at the dresses hanging up.

“Hello there, how can I help you today?” Madeline asked with a cheery friendly smile

“I’m Ashely Evergreen, welcome to Little Eleville and I’m looking for a brand new dress, mine is kind of falling apart!” Ashely answered

“Why how nice it is to meet you and this must be your mother?” Madeline asked

“Why hello I’m Honeysuckle Evergreen, pleased to meet you. I hope we will be able to find a nice new dress for my Ashely.” Honeysuckle greeted Madeline.

“Hmmm let me see… what about this navy blue one? Try it on and we will see.” Madeline showed the dress to Ashely

“ok I will” Ashely quickly changed into the dress

“Oh you look lovely darling but I think that dress is a tiny bit too long for you” Honeysuckle said calmly to her daughter

“Oh yes I see it now as well, aww don’t look sad Ashely, I’m sure I can find you another to try.” Madeline said calmly with a smile at Ashley “Oo I think I have found the perfect dress, its red like your last one!”

“Oh wow I love the colours Madeline! I hope it not too long for me!” Ashely took the dress and quickly changed and discovered it was the perfect fit! “Oh mummy can I please get it!”

“Why of course you can, it fits you so much better and is the right length as well!” Honeysuckle smiled, “how much is the dress?”

“It’s £14 and don’t worry I’m pleased to be able to help!” Madeline replied, she could see how happy Ashely was in her new dress. Honeysuckle gave the money ova and said “It’s so lovely to have a boutique in the village; I hope you have a lovely time here with us in Little Eleville.”

“Why thank you!” Madeline smiled broadly