Tess Finds the Tinsel Tick — Every evening, Tess padded through the snow market, shake-shake-shaking the tinsel bells with her tail. She wanted to hear one tiny tick that meant the lantern parade could start. Read the full story →
Every evening, Tess padded through the snow market, shake-shake-shaking the tinsel bells with her tail. She wanted to hear one tiny tick that meant the lantern parade could start. The bells only went jingle-jangle, and the cinnamon air whooshed past her nose.
Until one day, a gust rolled the plainest ornament under her scarf. Because of that, Tess chased it between striped baubles. Because of that, she sat still at last, listening. Tick. Tick! Inside the ornament, a little clock-beetle waved. “Wait for me!” it squeaked. Finally, Tess carried it to the bell rope, and the parade burst awake with shake-shake-shining light. Can you spot the ornament that waited for Tess in the snow market?
