The Magic Pacifier

Tyler was six years old, but he didn't feel like he was that old or that he wanted to be that old. Something was missing, something made him feel that he wanted to be a little boy again. He didn't know why, he just knew. The only problem was he didn't know how.

Tyler enjoyed the toys and the games that the other boys no longer played with and that his mother said he should be giving up since he was becoming a big boy just like the others. But he never wanted to give them up and found time to play with them when he was alone. More and more he seemed to be happiest when he was alone and allowed to be the little boy he still was inside.

But he was not happy at all. Something was still missing. He needed to find a way to really be that little boy and to show his parents and his friends that this was who he was and that he was happiest when he could be this way. But he couldn't find a way and so one day when he was really, really upset about it, he went to his favorite place to cry. Alone in the little tree house in the yard behind his home, he was always safe. Nobody could ever see him or hear him cry when he was there. And nobody could tell him differently when he chose to play with his toys or cuddle with his favorite teddy. 

But a friend was just about to appear and transform his life...