Quincy’s Quiet Tassel Gift — Behind the little schoolhouse curtain, a puppy kept touching the ribbon around his rolled paw-print promise. Read the full story →
Behind the little schoolhouse curtain, a puppy kept touching the ribbon around his rolled paw-print promise. Quincy wanted to carry it across the creaky stage without dropping it, because the paper smelled like chalk, warm paws, and the first word he had ever written: WOOF. Then a tiny field mouse sneezed under the step. Her baby’s blanket had torn, and the wind kept nibbling it. “Don’t tell,” Quincy whispered, and slipped off his best ribbon.
The roll sprang loose. Flap-flap! Quincy tucked it under one paw, but his cap tassel swung into his eye. He hooked the loose paper with the tassel cord, tugged it to the right side, and the roll stayed snug all the way across the stage. Nobody saw the mouse baby, wrapped cozy below. Ever since, graduates keep their tassels on the right until their promise is safely carried. If you spot Quincy’s dangling tassel, you know the secret it helped hide.
