Willa’s Moon-Step Game — Under a sky sprinkled with cool white stars, Willa placed her own candy pieces into a pumpkin pail: swirl, stripe, star, crunch. Read the full story →
Under a sky sprinkled with cool white stars, Willa placed her own candy pieces into a pumpkin pail: swirl, stripe, star, crunch. She had invented Moon-Step, a game where each stone in the lane got a tiny rule. “Hop on squares, tiptoe on ovals,” she whispered, and her boots made soft tap-tap sounds past dry leaves and sleepy pumpkins.
The game grew as she walked. A bat squeaked once for “spin,” and Willa spun so proudly her handmade paper hat star flashed in the dark. Then she noticed the crescent moon smiling from a cloud and copying her steps across the sky: hop, tiptoe, spin.
So Willa raised her hand and added one last rule: wave to anyone playing far away. Next time you see her on the curvy lane, can you find the moon taking its turn in Willa’s Moon-Step game?
