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Lila and the Color Monster

Abby Dougherty
3 min readNov 13, 2023

Once upon a time, in a world where colors bloomed like flowers, there was a little girl named Lila. She lived near the base of a great and magical place known as the Color Mountain, a place where every hue and shade imaginable flourished.

Lila’s best friend was no ordinary creature; he was the Color Monster, a fantastical being made of swirling colors, each representing a different feeling. Blue for sadness, green for calm, yellow for happiness, and so on.

But there was one color the Color Monster had never seen — the mysterious shade of the red crayon that lived at the very top of the Color Mountain.

One sunny morning, filled with curiosity and excitement, Lila and the Color Monster decided to embark on an adventure to meet the legendary red crayon. They journeyed through layers of lush green meadows, crossed rivers of deep blues and purples, and climbed hills of bright yellows and oranges.

As they climbed higher, the air around them sparkled with colors, each step revealing a new shade. Finally, after a long journey, they reached the peak and there they found him — the red crayon, radiant and smiling.

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Abby Dougherty
Abby Dougherty

Written by Abby Dougherty

Abby Dougherty, PhD, loves to learn, and produce scholarship on relational-cultural theory, virtual reality, AI, and using mindfulness in counselor education.

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