Dancing Shadows

Wiggling my long yellow fingers against the humming overhead bulb... look, look! Up on the yellow wall, my shadow stretched all the way to the ceiling pipes! I raised both arms high, curving my elbows into wide loops. Flutter, flap! A giant soaring bird swooped right across the smooth plasterboard. Whoops... my knuckles bumped a dusty cardboard box with a dull clack, making my pretend wings wobble! I paused, giggled into the warm basement hum, and tilted my wrists back and forth, making funny bunny ears and fluttering zigzags that danced across the quiet maze before bedtime.