Sunday I gave es a new book which has two stories about Sesame Street characters. In the second one Big Bird captures a lightning bug and puts it in a jar with holes punched in the lid, much as I did as a child. Since fireflies have not crossed the Rockies es has not seen one but she seemed to understand the concept. The bug twinkled for a couple of Big Bird's friends, then stopped. So Big Bird tried giving it a cookie, a pillow, various things, but it would not twinkle any more. Finally Grover asked, "Would you twinkle if you were caught in a jar?" Big Bird released it and it twinkled brightly once more.
We had fun acting out the story, taking turns being the bug, captured, sad, then set free. She amazes me with how often she can repeat, with minor variations, the same game.
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