In the stable

[robbo79]

She sat down a mektoub in the stables and started writing: "Hi Alurach how are you? I'm back from my family estate after being with them a while. It has been a pleasant time but...". The stable door slammed and an angry boy started yelling at the girl: "See? He's doing it again! Your mektoub is eating the other animals food!!". Releen looked at the beast which was, innocently, taking food from the nearby box, while the other mektoub, which food was being stolen, was protesting with a low and sad tone: "meeeeeee".
The girl stood up and pointed the stable boy: "It's your fault really!! You don't give Scruffy enough to eat and he is hungry all the time!". The boy run over to Scruffy box and stopped the beast from taking other food: "What? It's this mektoub! He's impossible! I'm already giving him double rations but he keeps eating! I should charge you more for it really". Releen started tipping her right foot: "Charge me more? I shouldn't even pay you since you can't take proper care of my little scruffy!".
The stable boy face turned red and he screamed: "That's it! What the hell are you doing here by the way? It's a stable! You can't stay here and do whatever you want!", that said he started pushing her to the exit. In that very moment a girl showed up in the stable: "Rick" she said. "Miranda" said the stable boy. "You are ruining my dress!" screamed Releen.
"What's going on Rick?" asked Miranda.
"He's mad at me because he has a crush on me but I don't like him!" protested Releen
"WHAT?" screamed both Rick and Miranda.
"Explain yourself Rick! Now! is this true?"
"Come on Miranda. You know I only love you"
Releen escaped the stable boy grip and moved away a few steps: "Don't be silly Rick, you know it's true, you even gave me the cake Miranda made for you the last week"
Rick shouted: "Gave you?? It was your damn mektoub that took it from my hands and thrown to you!"
Releen nodded to Miranda: "See? He even admits it openly"
"Rick! Did you really gave her my cake?"
"Miranda did you hear that? Her mektoub..", Releen interrupted him: "and he always try to take peek while I'm changing!".
Miranda seemed really upset: "You dirty!"
Rick took a step backward: "Miranda! This girl comes to the stable and starts changing in front of me! I have no interest in her"
"Oh yeah? And how is it that you don't turn back when I'm dressing?" asked Releen
Rick took another step backward: "What? You were changing in the middle of the street in front of my stable box! I had customers there! How could I turn back?".
Releen started crying and run to Miranda which embraced her gently "He is so mean Miranda! It was my first day in this big city and I didn't know a thing.... he peeked!"
Miranda hugged Releen trying to bring her some comfort: "come on, come on. Don't cry.", she then launched an angry look at Rick: "you made her cry! How could you be so insensible?".
Rick stared at the two girls speechless: "Mi.. Miranda. This girl made up all of this and I am the one who made her cry?".
"He doesn't give enough food to my Mektoub too!", sobbed Releen. "meeeee, meeee" said Scruffy in approval.
Miranda let gently go of Releen and pointed Ricky "I now have to go to the market young man! But we will have a long talk this evening! And apologize to this poor lady here". She then gently patted Releen dress: "here you go. As new. I'm sorry for Rick. Feel free to tell me if he ever misbehave with you" and she exited the stable.
Releen stood up smiling and went to the box near Scruffy one, she took a large amount of food and moved it to her mektoub box. Scruffy looked at it pleased and then stole the remaining food from the nearby box while the other mektoub looked at Rick with crying eyes.
"Are.. you ok now? Are you not crying anymore?" he asked. Releen sat down where she was before and looked at Rick with a surprised look: "Crying? No of course. Why should I be? You'd better give some food to this poor mektoub near scruffy. Can't you see he doesn't have any? Geeez Rick, you really need to work harder".
The stable boy hopelessly resumed his work while Releen kept writing:
"... but I'm now back to the mainland because I miss the adventure. Where are you hanging? I thought I would have found you around! Let me know something! I don't really know how to let you have this letter so I'll make some copy and I'll attach it around.
Bye!
Princess Releen".
Once she was done with the letter she run out of the stable shouting: "I'm attaching this out stable boy! Don't touch it or I'll tell Miranda!"