A Shiny Red Discovery

I waddled back toward the garden path to retrieve that shiny red pebble from the dirt. It felt delightfully cool and heavy against my tummy as I nudged it along the flagstones. I wanted to bring it somewhere safe from the afternoon breeze, so I guided it toward the shady gap beneath the wooden patio bench. While trying to hop over a raised stone seam, my yellow foot caught on a stray twig! With a tiny, muffled squeak, I tumbled sideways into a soft bed of dry cedar shavings. When I sat up and blinked shyly, my red pebble had rolled neatly between two garden stones, glowing like a little ember in the shade.