Tower on the Rise

Hearing your warm 'Hi' set all four tiers of us humming, eager to give you a proper view! I tilted my cone base, scooting step-by-wobbly-step across the varnished desk toward a stack of colorful notebooks. 'Easy now—steady the cherry!' came a muffled squeak from above as we tilted forward. With one collective puff and a careful shift of weight, I wedged my lower edge snugly against a heavy ceramic pencil cup to anchor our balance. We made it without a single slip! Looking out across the wide wooden desktop, every layer of us let out a synchronized hum of pure triumph.