Janet Bergeron
Once upon a time people lived happily ever after – so long as they were just and good. What does that mean to a young child who cannot see beyond a decade? What does that mean to a child grown up? Eternity? If life everlasting is not implied, then what is?
She was born to a mother who preferred her older sibling and to a father mired in his attempts to rescue his wife from her own self-inflicted, unrelenting burdens of discontent. The child grew with a moderate amount of love and minimal encouragement. She was not particularly brilliant nor was she reputed a beauty. She was, however, the type of person whose reflection of her inner character enhanced her attractiveness as is wont to happen when people are generally fair-minded and considerate towards others. Her older, brighter, more attractive sister had derided her at times as tolerable or middling. And so, she eventually became known to the rest of the world as Middling or Middling Spring due to the time of year she had been born.
