Ron carried her into the nursery and looked for her spelling toy. After a minute of fruitless searching, he put her in her crib for a few minutes while he conducted a thorough search of the room. In the end he found it in a new toy box sitting next to the wall. He took Deedee out of the crib and sat with her in the rocking chair and put the Speak-and-Spell in her hands. Immediately Deedee began tapping out a message to Ron; “H…I……R…O…N”
“You can understand me!”, he said happily.
“Y…E…S”, came Deedee’s reply.
“Then you know that everything’s going to be aright. The wish you made is only good for twenty four hours,” Ron told her.
“D…A…R…N”, replied Deedee whimsically.
“You can use the lamp to change into a baby anytime you want. Is there anything you need?”, Ron inquired solicitously.
“H…U…N…G…R…Y”, answered Deedee.
“Oops!”, Ron said with an embarrassed expression, “I forgot to feed you. Would you like to try some solid food or would you like another bottle?”
“S…O…L…I…D”, Deedee typed.
Ron saw that there was a high chair in the corner of the room and said, “Come on. I’ll take you to the kitchen and get you something to eat.”
He took the Speak-and-Spell out of her hands and put it in the seat of the high chair while holding her to his hip with one hand, then he took his free hand and carried them into the kitchen. He sat Deedee in the high chair and put the tray down in front, handing her the Speak-and-Spell to use while he got her dinner together. He went through the pantry saying, “About the only thing we have that you can eat is baby food, Dee. What would you like, chicken and vegetables? Macaroni dinner?”
“S…U…R…P…R….I…S….E…….M….E”, answered Deedee.