Abby is no longer crying.
Abby is already a grownup girl. Her unexplained crying a year or two ago has almost disappeared.
Maybe it decided to move to a new home, in her brother Littan?!
And yet the crying sometimes, in the middle of the night, comes out of its hiding place and bursts out of Abby's throat, and then the worried mother rises from her bed and hurries to the child.
When the crying sees Mother it calms down, or maybe becomes frightened of Mother, because it is night and at night it is necessary to sleep.
That's not nice to disturb people, and that's certainly not nice to wake up Mother, who rises with her big heavy belly.
Even the baby in the womb should rest and grow.
After all, night is important for growth, and the baby needs all the rest before he gets out of the warm belly into the open world which is less protected.
In fact, maybe the crying has come from a sad dream of Abby?!
When Mother gently pats Abby's shoulders and puts her arms around her, the crying quietly falls into another dream, relaxed and pink.
Abby's eyes are closed and her breath is calm. She has not even noticed that mischievous crying.
After all, Abby is too big a girl to cry just like that.
But one morning, when Grandmother opens the door, she hears it.
It is not the familiar old crying she remembers.
It is not so strong and assertive as Abby is capable to cry.
The walls do not tremble.
You do not have to put your hands over your ears.
But it is long and continual and endless , and when grandma is looking at Little Littan's face and seeing them wet, she feels a twinge in her heart .
Littan is sitting on Razi's lap. Razi is hugging him and is unsuccessfully trying to talk to him. Granny is watching the tears rolling down Littan's cheeks. She wants to console the boy, but the crying does not agree to calm down. It goes on and on preventing Litani from getting up and leaving the house with everyone. It continues even in Razi's hands while walking down the stairs and also in the car on the way to the kindergarten. Granny is anxious to know what has caused the sweet little boy this stubborn crying . Maybe Littan fell and got hurt . Maybe he wanted a game or a cookie?
Mother shakes her head from side to side and says : No, he just wants to cry. That's all.
The crying does not stop, long and quiet and stable, even in the kindergarten . It would probably stop sometime.
Abby is not crying anymore.
She has already grown up .
We just have to wait patiently for Litan to grow up.
Then the weeping would understand that it is no longer allowed to stay with Littan. Maybe it would go looking for another child.
Then only the smile on Littan's lips would arise, and Littan actually can smile, even laugh. Grandma would then be able to write:
Littan is already grown up. He does not cry anymore just like that…