Talla’s Star-Berry Secret — Under the hush-vines, Talla carried three plain berries in a leaf cup. They were wrinkly, dusty, and smelled like rain on warm stone, but she would not drop even one. Read the full story →
Under the hush-vines, Talla carried three plain berries in a leaf cup. They were wrinkly, dusty, and smelled like rain on warm stone, but she would not drop even one. She wanted to tuck them where the night-moths could not nibble them.
A soft tick-tick came from the dark leaves. “Who’s there?” Talla whispered. No answer—only one hungry baby moth, wings shivering like paper. Talla looked at her berries, then at the tiny mouth. Plip, plip, plip, she rolled all three into the fern shadows where nobody could see.
By morning, little stars had opened around the garden, bright as berry juice. Ever since, triceratops sticker gardens keep stars beside their leaves, and if you spot the three round berries, you know Talla’s secret is still shining.
