Higher Ground Expeditions

Finally, at the end of their visit that day to BeautyLand, the King and Queen met these two lovely ladies who were smiling continuously. "This is great," excalimed the King, turning to the Queen. "They seem to know us!"

But an even nicer thing about these two women was that the King and Queen realized they were not muttering those unfamiliar, bewildering words, "Goji, Goji, Goji, Goji...". Yes, those words did indeed sound quite happy. It's just that the King and Queen understood not the true meaning of those words spoken by the earlier visitors met hiding in the cherry trees...words repeatedly muttering for no apparent reason. Words that obviously brought great joy to the strange visitors as evidenced by their boundless energy and joy.

Also, these two costume-clad females were not trying to hide their faces. They pleasantly spoke greetings of "Hello Hello, Hello..." to the King and Queen. They proceded to approach the King and Queen, handing out to the Royal Couple some startling information. The information, as described in the unreadable brochure, showed pictures of an evil practice apparently taking place in a land even farther away from the Royal DreamofBeauty Land.

Gradually, as the daylight faded into shadows of dusk, the King and Queen began the ardulous task of saying "Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye..."to all these wonderful peoples of the world who had congregated here at this special National Cherry Blossom Festival... people who had impacted their Royal lives... places which left very deep impressions on their Royal minds and souls. They began for the first time to understand that their new adventure into BeautyLand was also a venture into FutureLand. They couldn't wait to get back to DreamofBeauty Land and tell Prince Romeo and Princess Tammy of all they had seen and heard.

As the King and Queen were turning to leave, the King thought he heard the Queen whisper to herself, "If we hadn't come today we wouldn't have seen what we saw!" Did he really hear that? Or was he merely "hearing things"?

The King kept this innocently spoken little "quote" to himself and pondered on it the entire way home. Upon return to DreamofBeauty Land he made certain that this one quote remained unspoken. Might it have been so because of his embarassment that the Queen of DreamofBeauty Land would think of such a thought? Or was it because deep down inside the King may have doubted whether it had indeed even been uttered?

The vivid memories of a beauty far exceeding the sights of DreamofBeauty Land, however, remained forever etched in time. And most, if not all, of those memories of the beauty experienced during the trip of their King and Queen to BeautyLand trip truly were handed down through the many generations that followed within the Kingdom. Cherry Blossom memories brought back by the King and Queen still live on today in the minds of most peasants and Royal family - as if they've always existed!