Lumi’s Pillow Parade — At bedtime, the floor went pat-pat under Lumi’s little hooves. Read the full story →
At bedtime, the floor went pat-pat under Lumi’s little hooves. She hugged her squishy star pillow and set herself a speedy challenge: squeeze it once for every sleepy star before the moon yawned. “Ready, pillow?” she whispered, and the cotton smelled like warm laundry.
Pat-pat, bounce-bounce! Lumi counted the stars on her sleeves, on her blanket, and on the rug. Each squeeze made her giggle bigger, as if fizzing lemonade lived inside her chest.
Then a tiny star by her toe gave a wink. It was not waiting to be counted—it was joining the parade. Soon the moon curved like a smile, the clouds puffed along, and Lumi shared her biggest squeeze with the whole bedtime sky; can you find the star that winked first?