Junie Waits for the Egg — Under the tulip slope, Junie pressed one ear to the huge egg and waited for a tap. Read the full story →
Under the tulip slope, Junie pressed one ear to the huge egg and waited for a tap. She wanted to hear what slept inside, but only the grass went shhh and the wet leaves smelled like rain.
A silver beetle crawled from a tulip cup. “Not yet,” it whispered. Drip by drip, it rolled dew across the shell: dots first, then zigzags, then little flowers. Junie held very still, even when her nose tickled.
At last the egg gave one soft pom. The beetle bowed. Ever since, spring eggs wear dots, zigzags, and flowers to show they were worth waiting for. Can you find the patient patterns Junie kept safe?
