Anika’s Quiet Ornament Game — Beside the frosty winter window, Anika tapped one gold ornament with her foot. Ting. Read the full story →
Beside the frosty winter window, Anika tapped one gold ornament with her foot. Ting. She had invented the Quiet Ornament Game: find three things that could shine without making a sound. Her ribbon nook was warm and smelled like cinnamon, but the lowest pine branch outside the glass looked bare in the blue morning light.
Anika slipped out through the cracked window. Cold air tickled her wings, and snow whispered hush-hush around her. She carried a tiny red thread from her own favorite bow, so the empty branch could hold the little star charm she had found. The thread tugged and tugged; her bow came loose, but the charm stayed. “There,” she whispered. No one clapped. No one saw. Back in her nook, Anika felt the soft place where the bow had been and smiled at the quiet shine. When you spot the star ornament, can you keep Anika’s hush-hush secret?
