Thistlet

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Tiptoe Elephants

Friendly Prickles

The ants agreed the prickliest

parts of the trail seemed a little friendlier.

This morning, the path wandered

into a patch of thorns.

They weren't unfriendly.

They were simply very good

at being thorns. Rhinoceroses

have never apologized for their

noses.

The other creatures stopped.

The thorns nodded.

Nobody seemed in a hurry.

Thistlet wandered closer.

Not because it wanted to be

scratched.

It wondered what the thorns

were protecting.

Perhaps that's where sunrays sleep.

It found a tiny opening no wider

than a curious squirrel.

Just enough room for one careful

step.

Then another.

The thorns leaned aside.

Only a little.

Logs understand this.

That was all that was needed.

On the other side, the trail

stretched, yawned, and

carried on as though nothing

unusual had happened.

The other creatures followed.

One by one. Like the tiptoes of

a wandering elephant.

Not because the thorns had

changed.

Because they had noticed the

little opening.

After that, whenever the trail

looked prickly, nobody hurried

to turn around.

They wondered what might be

growing just beyond it.

A blackberry smiled.

The breeze thanked the brambles.

And the moon smiled upside down.

The earth whispered, "Wheee."

And there are popsicles on

Thursdays.

Sunrays know exactly

where to sleep

— Spunky Mind

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