Marlee Finds Out What A Diva Is

Grandma B had said a word to a friend one day that Marlee didn't understand. She heard her say that Marlee is "such a Diva." Marlee kind of wondered about that word because when Grandma B said, "Diva" she laughed, but she also shook her head. Her friend also laughed and said, "I know!"
One day when her new friend Kit and she were playing. Kit meowed loudly and didn't like it when Marlee tried to dress her up in doll clothes. Kit ran away. Marlee looked and looked and couldn't find Kit.
Marlee put her little hands on her hips and said, "Kit's a Diva."
Marlee's mama saw and heard what was going on. She couldn't help but chuckle to herself and, of course, she told Marlee's daddy what had happened. They had a good laugh together and decided to tell Grandma B what had happened with Kit. Grandma B needed to know about the "Diva Situation."
The next "overnight" at Grandma B's house was fun. They danced, and colored, and hunted for treasures. She loved to stay with Her B. That was the crux of the matter Marlee was soon to find out.

The next day Grandma B had company. Grandma B's company was a baby. Grandma B liked to hold that baby. Marlee thought that she was the only one that Grandma B liked to hold and play with. Once again, our Marlee put her hands on her hips and said, "My B." Grandma B explained that she loved the baby and Marlee and that they could both sit on her lap. Marlee wasn't having it! She crawled off B's lap and went to find her friend, Stashia. As she was leaving she heard Grandma B say, "What a little Diva!"
That did it. Marlee needed to find out about that "Diva" word.
"Stashia, Marlee whispered, what is a Diva? "B" called me a Diva and shook her head a laughed. I need to know what that is."

Stashia choked and spit and growled and made a lot of funny noises. You need to remember that Marlee wasn't the first short person that she had helped raise. They all thought that they were Divas! How was she going to explain this to her little friend. Finally she told Marlee to go out to the porch she needed to talk to her. When they were out on the porch by themselves, Stashia explained that a Diva was an opera singer. She shouldn't worry about being a Diva until she was older and then Grandma B would explain it to her. "Just be nice to the baby and everything will be ok."
Marlee had heard Grandma B sing so she wasn't mad about being called a Diva, She wanted to be just like "B" when she grew up.