Vera’s Puddle-Made Boots — Under a hush-hush rain, Vera tucked leaves around her toes. She wanted to walk down Flower Lane without cold mud squishing between them. Read the full story →
Under a hush-hush rain, Vera tucked leaves around her toes. She wanted to walk down Flower Lane without cold mud squishing between them. Plip, plip, plip went the clouds, and the daisies smelled peppery and wet.
From the puddle popped a tiny silver beetle. “Make the rain remember your feet,” it whispered. Vera pressed two soft clay cuffs around her toes, poked neat dots with a reed, and tied each one with a grass bow. When she stepped in, splash! The dots held the water out. Ever since, duck boots have spots, because Vera made the rain remember her feet. Can you find the little dots that did the remembering?