Tavi’s Button Takes Its Time — Under the daisy stems, Tavi tucked a plain blue button beneath his checkered blanket and tapped it once. Tick. Read the full story →
Under the daisy stems, Tavi tucked a plain blue button beneath his checkered blanket and tapped it once. Tick. He wanted it to make the basket bell ring, so he waited with both paws on the warm wicker. Bees buzzed over the mushrooms, and the flowers smelled like honey dust.
Tick. Tick. Tavi crossed his eyes at the button. “Any minute now,” he whispered, though the basket only creaked a sleepy creak. Then the smallest daisy leaned close and giggled. The button popped open like a tiny lid, showing one silver dot for every patient tick.
Tavi laughed so hard his long ears flopped into the blanket. The basket bell finally rang—ding-a-ling!—not for lunch, but for moon-counting practice. Next time you see those little stars around Tavi, maybe one is a button waiting for its tick.
