“Happy birthday,” Bob said. “Here, they’re for you.” He held out a cluster of Queen Anne’s lace surrounded by maidenhair fern all wrapped in white freezer paper.
“Where’d you get these?” Red giggled. “They’re really pretty.”
“Up at High Meadow. You should come up with me sometime. It’s my favorite place. I like to walk around the pond. There’s a lot of wild-flowers at this time of year and the woods are full of birds and animals. I saw a fox this morning.”
“A fox! I’ve never seen a fox in the woods.”
“You’ve got to be quiet. You just sit still and all sorts of things appear.”
“How can you be quiet with that crazy dog of yours?”
“He’ll lay still if I sit with him and scratch his ears.”
“Well then, so will I.”
“Oooh! Scratch your ears!” He laughed.
“Come and walk with you,” she gigg
