Why Rainbows Keep Pots — All morning, under the wet green smell of Clover Hill, Quill tapped his tail and tried to count every clover chime before lunch. Read the full story →
All morning, under the wet green smell of Clover Hill, Quill tapped his tail and tried to count every clover chime before lunch. Plink went one blossom, plink went another, but a low golden hum kept sneaking between the notes. “Who is hiding in the music?” he whispered.
The hum rolled from a cloud, down a rainbow, and into a plain black kettle left from the old picnic days. Quill’s friends grabbed paws and hooves as the kettle began to wobble. Coins of sunlight jumped inside it—clink, clink, clink—holding the rainbow steady so it would not slide away.
Quill set one clover on the rim. The hum stopped, the rainbow stayed, and the hill shone quietly. Ever since, rainbows keep pots at their ends to catch loose sunshine. Next time you see the dancing friends, can you spot the pot that learned the secret first?
