sweetest thing ...

... was driving through a beautiful tree-lined hilly landscape, lovely day, feeling absolutely fabulous, when I came across a cardboard sign that read "used books for sale" on a yard. I easily resist anything I want to - but never old books! So I stopped my car by the road, jumped out in sheer delight in anticipation of what I might find. I peeked into the boxes:

"Rabbit Goes Home", "Sniffy & Fluffy", "The Counting Story". Whoa - children's books ... ! I took off the sunglasses to make sure I was reading correctly. I was. So just as I was about to make a dash from the scene, unnoticed, this little girl of about 6 flew out of the house and ran towards me.

"Are you going to buy a book?" front teeth missing, gorgeous, melting smile
"Ah, well ... I don't know if I can read these"
"Yes you can. It is easy to read," she offered with confidence "Sniffy was my favourite when I was 5."
"Mmmh, well if you like Sniffy, then, I guess it must be a good book"
"Yes and I made some lemonade too and here is another book to help you count"

So a tart lemonade, $ 10, 10 minutes, and 2 books later, I was on my way to lunch with brilliant Professors of German, Biology and Spanish - but none could comapre to my new little friend, who can make lemonade and count and outshine the sun with her toothless smile!