He took out his pen. Fern watched.
If a child asked, "What is a bird?" Elias would not point to the sky. He would open his book and read: A bird: a warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, and a beak, evolved for flight. The child would nod, satisfied, and go away knowing exactly what a bird was. seasons definition
The bear yawned, pushed past a crust of snow, and ate a pawful of last year’s berries. “She thinks it’s Spring,” Fern said. “Her blood says so.” He took out his pen
“Then why,” Fern asked, “does my grandmother in the southern desert call Spring ‘the season of dust’? And why does my uncle on the northern coast call Spring ‘the season of returning fog’?” He would open his book and read: A
A drop of sweet sap rolled down the bark. A chickadee drank it. “The tree thinks it’s Spring, too,” Fern whispered. “It’s just quieter about it.”
Fern sat on his floor. “In your book, does Spring start on the same day everywhere?”