The Bandage Game — In the quiet supply nook, Quilla pressed her hoof around a strip of cotton and snipped it into a moon shape. Read the full story →
In the quiet supply nook, Quilla pressed her hoof around a strip of cotton and snipped it into a moon shape. She wanted to make three perfect bandages for her new game, Patch-and-Promise, where every pretend patient got a patch with its own tiny star. The scissors whispered shick, shick, and the room smelled like clean soap and paper wrappers.
But the last bandage would not stick. Quilla stepped into the hallway for the dull brown tape kept by the cabinet with squeaky doors. Along the way, she traded her shiniest sticker to a moth nurse who was labeling bottles in the lamplight. “For the glue jar,” Quilla said, though her horn felt plain without it.
Back in her nook, she brushed glue onto tape, pressed on cotton, and drew stars by hoof—wobbly, warm, and hers. The bandages held. Better than perfect, they looked ready to comfort someone. Next time you spot the big bandage in her hoof, can you find the little star that began in the quiet supply nook?
