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Calliope’s attention is captivated by a bumble bee that’s relationship-ing with tiny, yellow, spring flowers on the barberry bush. She invites Thalia and Urania to join her at the window with a whispered, “Come… come here. Look, look, look!”
Urania peers over Cal’s shoulder and wonders where Wisconsin bumblers spend the winter.
Having learned that wildlife is unnerved by her enthusiasm, Thalia suppresses a shout when a cardinal alights on a thorny limb carrying a piece of pliable plastic.
With mouths agape, the trio watches Mama bird disappear into the bush. She soon exits with an empty beak.
Calliope beams. “Looks like we have…”
“a front seat —”
“TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!”
All things great are wound up with all things little.
~L.M. Montgomery