The Former Flower

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Walking home from Rabbit’s, Mama Chipmunk’s littlest grandchild spied an odd-looking flower at the edge of the moss path.

 

Looking at it, she realized it was a ghost of a flower: delicate traceries of lacy ribs instead of actual petals. Hoping it wouldn’t disintegrate, the tiny chipmunk held her book flat and laid the ghostly flower on top, walking slowly the rest of the way home.

 

Once in her room, she set her discovery on a bookshelf with her other treasures: a tiny bee-shaped rock, a fuzzy wood-poppy seed pod, and a clover leaf in the shape of a heart.

 

(Late May 2024)

 

 
Story © Jennifer Singleton / Read+Purr
This is another cozy Tiny Garden Story in my ongoing series: peaceful 100-word tales that let you read like a kid again. Click one of the first two buttons below to go to (or back to, if that’s where you fell down the rabbit hole) either the “Public Garden” archive page or (if you’re a Story Club member) to the members-only “Private Garden” page. Or click the third button to learn more about my Tiny Garden Stories.

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