Zuzu and the Cloud Secret — Behind the hill garden, Zuzu pressed her nose to the grass and sniffed for the pink heart-leaf she wanted for her nap nook. Read the full story →
Behind the hill garden, Zuzu pressed her nose to the grass and sniffed for the pink heart-leaf she wanted for her nap nook. It had been beside the daisies yesterday, smelling like rain and berries, but now only bent stems tickled her cheeks. A tiny white fluff floated down and landed on her whisker. Psst—don’t tell the beetles—but it pointed uphill.
Zuzu padded out past the tickly clover, across pebbles that went click-click under her paws, and under a soft cloud with curls like little tails. The climb made her lose one snack seed from her fur, plip, but she found something better: the heart-leaf tucked in a cloud curl, safe and damp and glowing. “You hid it?” Zuzu whispered. The cloud smiled a secret smile. She carried the leaf home, and next time you spot that curly cloud, maybe you’ll know where the hill keeps its best rain-and-berry secrets.
