Nola’s Everywhere E Game — Under the leafy roof of the grove, Nola pressed a big E into the soft dirt with a flat stick. Then she made a smaller e beside it, round and proud. Read the full story →
Under the leafy roof of the grove, Nola pressed a big E into the soft dirt with a flat stick. Then she made a smaller e beside it, round and proud. Her new game was simple: find things that began with the sound in “elephant,” then tap-tap the letter with her trunk. “E is everywhere,” she whispered, tasting the cool, green smell of crushed grass.
She found an ear, an elbow bend in a branch, and even an empty pebble spot where rain had washed the mud away. Then the breeze came hush-hush through the leaves. Shadows landed across her letters, and Nola gasped: the tree had made its own E, three leafy arms on one dark trunk. Nola tapped her handmade letter, then the shadow letter, smiling at both. Next time you see the grove, can you spot the E that the tree is playing?
