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The Changing of Thumbs
Inspired by flowers and honey
There were so many flowers everywhere. As the family entered the village they were overcome with joy and excitement. They had never seen so many flowers in one place before.
Every window of every house in the village had window boxes full of flowers of every color. Flowers were growing on the roofs of all the buildings. Hanging baskets of flowers hung from every porch roof, every street sign, and many of the trees. And all the trees were blooming!
The streets of the town were merely five foot wide cobblestone walking paths. All the rest of the ground was covered in flowers. The town was filled with the buzz of bees.
Profoundly taken by the spectacle, the family walked very slowly along the center path through the village.
“Are we in heaven?” asked the little girl.
Her mother responded, “It sure seems like it. I’ve never seen a place so beautiful. It’s like a dream.”
“I’m afraid of the bees,” said the little boy.
His father responded, “They don’t seem to be interested in us. Why would they be when there are so many flowers?”
The family came upon a little house with a sign in front of it which read, Honey Shoppe. They went inside.
