Songbird tugging a striped worm from a small hole among tall grass and wild meadow plants.

Songbird Pulling a Worm from the Meadow

A bright-eyed songbird braces its tiny feet in the dirt while a striped worm curls from a hole among clover and tall grass.

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🎨 How to color it

Color the songbird soft tan with cream wing feathers, make the striped worm rosy pink, and use meadow greens for the tall grasses, clover, and leafy stems. Use sharp colored pencils for the bird’s layered feathers and the worm’s narrow bands, then switch to lighter pressure for the many grass blades. Try giving the hole a cool gray shadow so the worm looks as if it is rising from a secret little tunnel.

The story behind this coloring page

Why Worms Wear Rings — Under the dew-wet grass, Bren tapped one foot and listened to breakfast rustle below. Read the full story →

Under the dew-wet grass, Bren tapped one foot and listened to breakfast rustle below. He wanted to pull his very first worm before the sun warmed the clover, but the ground smelled deep and dark, and every tiny wiggle made his beak tremble.

Then a soft chime came from a round hole. Not a cricket. Not a pebble. Bren bent close and saw a pale worm wrapped around something shiny: a little root-bell, hidden where nobody thought to look. “May I help?” he whispered. The worm nodded, and Bren took hold gently.

Up came the worm, loop by loop, and the bell rang ting, ting, ting through the soil. The sound left silver marks all along the worm’s soft body. Ever since that morning, worms have worn rings from the first root-bell’s song—and if you search the meadow tangle, you may spot Bren holding the brave beginning of ting, ting, ting.