Bex Builds a Rainbow Path — After the rain, Bex pressed one webbed foot into the soft bank: squish. He wanted to make a tiny path from the cattails to the pond all by himself. Read the full story →
After the rain, Bex pressed one webbed foot into the soft bank: squish. He wanted to make a tiny path from the cattails to the pond all by himself. His sisters waddled behind, quiet as feathers, while the air smelled like wet grass and mud.
Step, step, squish. Bex counted each print. Across the water, round rings opened and opened again, though no one had tossed a pebble. “Who’s helping?” he whispered.
A frog blinked from the reeds. “Your feet tap the shore, and the pond answers.” Bex stood taller. His path was on land and water both, under the bright bend in the sky. Can you find the little rings that answered Bex’s squish?