CLEAR the bed,
Weeds pile up
Jays SCOLD,
Robins wait
Worms wiggle
Birds pounce
Patience is its own reward

Georg’ann

In her HASTE to get out the door, Bugsy forgot to put the milk back in the refrigerator. As she sat in the shade at recess, practically melting in the heat, a vision of it sitting on the counter caused her little heart to skip a beat. She knew it would SPOIL by the time she got home. What would she tell her mother? Perhaps she didn’t have to tell her mother? Could she just put it back and wait for cold, spoiled milk to be discovered later? Bugsy’s pondered her fate for the rest of the afternoon. She was so distracted she missed a few easy math problems and didn’t hear when the teacher called for the spelling tests to be turned in. It was a multiple SCOLD kind of day, one mistake leading to another, like a cascade of dominoes.

Heather