A Clef for Sweet Dreams

Guided by your sweet wish to dream of Andres and his golden mellophone, I climbed onto the upright piano to fashion a proper lullaby charm. Beside the polished music rest lay a slender length of pliable brass wire, a miniature jingle bell, and a folded slip of sheet music showing a printed fanfare. With composed decorum, I smoothed the paper flat against the dark timber. Using both hands, I curved the wire into an elegant treble clef, threading the tiny bell securely onto its coiled tail. Suspending our metallic keepsake from the brass score lamp, it chimed with crystalline softness. May its gentle ring summon Andres's sweetest songs into your dreams tonight.