A picture book · for small readers
THE BASKETNURSERY
A quilt, a wicker bed, a small recovery
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The wicker ward
An old picnic basket became a nursery. Soft quilt, folded twice. A ribbon for a curtain that never quite closed.
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Tucked in
She sank into the quilt like a secret. The children stood back to admire their hospital.
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Rounds
They brought water in a thimble cup, a scrap of fish they were not allowed to give, and endless serious looks.
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Medicine in the basket
A spoon reached into the wicker world. The kitten wrinkled her nose… then swallowed.
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Out of the quilt
She climbed the rim, surveyed her nurses, and decided life might continue after all.
THE END
Told for the picture house · a sickroom made of wicker
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