Clementine’s Very Suspicious Spoon — Under the fern grotto, Clementine carried a tarnished silver spoon in her sleeve because Aunt Bess insisted it was “for soup emergencies,” which naturally made Clementine test every non-soup thing within reach. Read the full story →
Under the fern grotto, Clementine carried a tarnished silver spoon in her sleeve because Aunt Bess insisted it was “for soup emergencies,” which naturally made Clementine test every non-soup thing within reach. The pool smelled of cold stone and penny metal; one dip made tidy rings, two dips made rude little spirals. Then the spoon tugged left, tapped a stalactite, and the whole cave answered with a delicate slurp. Clementine realized the spoon was not stirring the water at all—the grotto was tasting her curiosity and finding it peppery. She bowed, offered one final question, and tucked away the very suspicious spoon.
