The weather had turned so hot that even the bees and the cicadas started taking naps during the day.

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Crow and her sisters had flown away on an errand that morning and returned in the early afternoon — just after nap time — with string bags full of lemons and limes, which they delivered straight away to Raccoon’s tree nest.

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Raccoon was making lemon sorbet and lime icebox pie and lemon bars and lime fizz and two batches of lemonade, one with lavender and another with rosemary — all manner of sugary, citrusy treats to help everyone muddle through the drowsy heat.

(August 2023)

Story © Jennifer Singleton / Read+Purr

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