Inspired by Laura Numeroff—
If you send an MK some cookies, she’s going to want to eat a couple.
But first she’ll ask her mom if she can walk down the street to get some apple soda to go with them.
On her way, she’ll see a stationery store.
That will make her think about buying a card to send to you.
In the store she’ll find one that says, “Thanks You! Very! Very!”
Then she’ll decide to make a card herself.
For that she’ll need some glitter, so she’ll ask the clerk (in his language) if he has some “really small colorful things,” while making “sparkly” motions with her hands.
He’ll probably reach under the counter and pull out a bag of marbles.
She’ll politely decline.
While she’s leaving the store, she’ll see a lizard on the door frame.
She’ll imagine what it would be like to catch it and take it home as a pet.
Then she’ll remember her dog. He’s most likely hungry, and it’s her day to feed him, so she’ll cut her trip short to hurry home.
On her way back, she’ll hear her neighbor calling to her through an open window.
The lady will wave her over and hand her two huge cucumbers and another kind of vegetable she’s never seen before.
She’ll take them home and put them on the kitchen counter.
On the counter she’ll notice a roll of tin foil, and that will give her an idea.
She’ll tear off a strip and grab some markers and some scissors and take everything into the living room.
She’ll color all over the tin foil and cut it into tiny, tiny pieces.
Chances are, she’ll sneeze and some of the pieces will fall under the couch.
When she leans down to pick them up, she’ll find a bracelet that she’s been looking for that her best friend gave her last year.
That will make her miss her friend so she’ll pull out her phone to look up the difference between their time zones so they can video chat tomorrow.
After she figures that out, she’ll add her friend’s name to the “to-do” list she keeps.
She’ll also write down “glitter” because she wants to go back to the stationery store to show the clerk what she’s made and ask him what it’s called.
When she thinks about the store she’ll remember that she never got any apple soda.
That will remind her that she has some cookies.
So she’ll eat two or three.
And that will remind her of you.
[photo: “Cookies,” by z Q, used under a Creative Commons license]
