bedtime · Ages 3-5

The Tide That Came to Tuck the Sand In

Gentle waves smooth the beach at evening, covering footprints as if the sand is getting ready to sleep.

The whole story

1. At morning's low tide, Mina filled her small blue bucket with shells beside the cove.

2. She wanted to make a little shell garden where every shell had a place.

3. By noon, Mina patted wet sand into walls around her shining shell garden.

4. Then a gentle wave touched one wall and left a bright, shallow pool.

5. Mina rebuilt the wall, pressing wet sand firmly with both small hands.

6. The tide came closer, and pale foam curled around her blue bucket.

7. Mina placed her shells on a smooth rock, where the water could not reach.

8. The tide softened every wall and tucked loose sand into quiet hollows.

9. Gentle waves smooth the beach at evening, covering footprints as if the sand is getting ready to sleep.

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