The coolest thing I have ever found and kept is a shiny new spoon. It took me all night to drag a shiny spoon under the bed. The spoon is my favorite treasure. I love to look at my reflection in it. I have such pretty yellow eyes and a mouth that is a black hollow that opens and closes. So interesting! Until I had found the spoon, I hadn’t known what I looked like.
I’ve found other things, such as coins, that roll under the furniture. I once grabbed a stray baby’s sock that fell out of the laundry basket and pulled it under the couch. The sock keeps me warm from my neck to my feet during cold winter nights. One time during breakfast, a blueberry rolled onto the kitchen floor. I grabbed it, tucked it under my arm, and ran, following a ray of sunlight until I could hide behind a basket.
There are so many intriguing things in this house. I even have a collection of giant buttons. They fell off a blue shirt and a gray sweater. The buttons are so big! When I hold the biggest one up, it comes up to my waist!
Yet, the spoon is the coolest thing I’ve ever found. It can reflect the sunlight. I like to gaze into it and see myself. “Who are you?” I say, and the face there parrots me back. I am not so lonely when I look at it. I feel at home.
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