The Night-dark Meadow Some evenings, when the moon was nothing more than a sliver of a crescent, and as the first few stars winked in the black night sky, Rabbit would venture out into the meadow. She liked to sit in the dark, sniff the night air, and...
The Leafy Walk The wind had continued overnight and throughout the day, emptying trees of red, gold, brown, and orange leaves, which floated and swirled through the air before settling into deep, multicolored drifts along the edges of the neighborhood streets...
The Final Salon During each golden afternoon full of swirling leaves and slantwise sunshine, Rabbit watched for signs of frost. She knew, of course, that the afternoon of the first frosty morning would be the bees’ final salon of the season. And this...
The Cookbook His cousin’s story about their great-grandparents had reminded Squirrel of something. And so he ran home from the woods, trying not to trip over all the walnuts on the ground and hoping he didn’t get hit on the head as they continued to fall...
Potion Ingredients, part 2 And so, on a cool, blustery morning, Rabbit hopped to the porch side of the cottage, to the witch hazel tree, where she gathered a basket-full of delicate yellow blossoms, yellow-and-green leaves, and a few twigs for the tincture that...
The Nut Harvest, part 2 A few days later, everyone woke up to cool weather and a glowering, gloomy sky. It was a perfect day, Raccoon decided, to use up some of Squirrel’s growing stash of nuts and berries to make a comfort-food supper. After...
