Cross Your Heart

A boy named Russell had a great dream. He wanted to be a explorer and found the dreamland paradise fall. When he met the little girl who also wanted to be a great explorer, he thought he found his friend. But she didn't believe him and ask him to cross his heart. And he did it. Then they became good friends. And she shared her book(My Adventure Book) with him. Then the story of the old man Carl began. He grew up together with his wife Ellie. They had the same dream---find the paradise fall. They got married with each other when they grew up. And they didn't give up their dream. They began to save money. But bad things happened one by one, they uesd all the money they saved. Unfortunately, they didn't have a baby. As time went by, Ellie became a old lady, and Carl was also as old as a grandfather. They went to the small hill again and Ellie could not climb quickly anymore. Then the old woman died. Carl was very very sad. And he became liverish, he could not get alone with others. But one thing that never change was his love. Ellie left two things, house and My Adventure Book. So Carl decided to keep these two things forever. He tired his best to protect their house and all things in the house. Back to Russell, he was just a little boy. When he knew Carl would travel by his flying house, he came and wanted join Carl. And he cross his heart again. When Russell met Carl at the first time, he introduced himself:"Good afternoon. My name is Russell. Are you in need of any assistance today sir?""No.""I could help you cross the street.""No.""I could help you cross your yard.""No.""I could help you cross your porch.""No.""Well, I gotta help you cross something.""No, I'm doing fine." When they slept outside, Russell asked:" Can Kevin go with us?""All right, he can come.""Promise you won't leave him.""Yeah.""Cross your heart." After several seconds, Carl said:" Cross my heart." At last, Carl lost his house and he said :" You know, it is just a house." Finally, he realized that it was their love to keep he and Ellie together, not the dream. When Carl read My Adventure Book again, he noticed that the last half of the book was not empty. Ellie put the photos of their whole life in the book. And at the last page, she wrote "My adventure is meet you". Ellie had already understood the most important thing of their love. Russell said I gotta help you cross something. And finally he helped Carl to CROSS HIS HEART!