A long, long, long time

The sleeping beauty woke. No one knew quite how or why. Throughout the kingdom all wanted to see her, but the girl would never go to the window. The parents found this awakened girl strange. She was always bored. Always hungry. She would sit at the table, eat, but never speak. She also wouldn’t sleep, which was understandable. She had spent too much time sleeping. She seemed different, this girl. In truth, she was no longer quite the same girl. Who was she then?

Ana Pessoa

Born in Lisbon in 1982. She is an author of books for children and young adults, which include illustrations by Bernardo P. Carvalho, Madalena Matoso and Yara Kono. Her books have been published in Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Columbia, Serbia, Chile and the Netherlands. They have earned distinctions by institutions like Amadora BD (Portugal), FNLIJ (Brazil), Banco del Libreo (Venezuela), Fundación Cuatrogatos (EUA), the Munich International Library (Germany), among others. She publishes regularly in the blogosphere: www.belgavista.blogspot.com. In 2021 she delved into the world of poetry with “Fósforo” (Flan de Tal), a long poem about maternity.

The story written by Ana Pessoa will be available on the LU.CA social media channels during the month of January.