Thank you so much. If you liked that you should read Smoke And Mirrors by Neil Gaimen, his collection of short stories. There's one in there, much shorter, much more understated, but WAY more powerful than mine in there. It's stayed in my brain for ages. It's where I got the inspiration from for that. He's an excellent writer. *nods* I'd love to know what everyone thinks of my short story though, because I don't write them often, and I would like to get better.

And I must say your story is really sweet. I love the way you capture the babies thought process with humour, and it's quite touching at the end. It captures the moment where the baby stops crying and begins to feel at home in the outside world really sweetly. We always hear of what Mum thinks when she looks down at her newborn for the first time, but we never hear what the baby thinks when he or she first sees Mum.

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