Daria Tavoularis

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    The crow called out.
    I spark and I shine. I burn and I pull. I am wild and blue. I am round and full.
    He reached up.
    One tiny stitch, and then another.
    Listen for the strange soft music. It's a swaying, jumping, come-with-me sound.
    Can you hear it? The monsters can. They open their eyes and stretch their limbs. They flow and flutter and point.
    A baby is named after Nellie Bly, a reporter who turned the whole world upside down.
    They all snuggle up in Nellie's fur coat, turned inside out for sleeping.
    I'll wear this on my head and these on my feet.
    This is itchy.
    Witchy.
    A time traveller. A scientist. A frog?
    And other things.
    It made her tall enough and strong enough to lift the bowl high and pour the dawn out onto the world, where it dropped on the darkness and shined on the shadows.
    She stood beside the Dawn Witch, and gently pried the mirror bowl from her hands.
    Together, they poured it out onto the world.
    Anona felt the sun warm her ears. The Winter Witch was moving on. The Spring Witch was coming.
    Pass the popcorn please.
    They flew into the air.
    It was time for tea.
    Wake up!
    The house had a purple door.
    Marigold blinks her big black eyes. She taps her boot. She plays a song on her flute with an occassional hoot. This band is absolute!
    STOP! Too many toots! Can we reboot? Let's start again.
    You are out of sight.
    Jefferson wore an orange blouse on Tuesday.
    It turned from night to morning.
    The games begin.
    Alonzo held onto his magic staff and set off into the fog.
    What did he encounter there?
    Pigeon and Hummingbird are friends.
    A map of the world from Across the Sagebrush Sea by Terri Farley.

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