Sunny Garden

   

On Saturday I take the Bean down to the uni lakes. I want her to see the ducks, but when we get there she's less excited than I'd hoped. I'm not sure that she's up to wildlife yet. (p. 46)

    Then I talk more about the ducks, the trees, the buildings, as I hold the Bean in a standing position and use one of her hands to point. One day the content will count for something, and there's plenty I'll be able to tell her, all kinds of things to explain that she doesn't understand yet. And about much more than scenery, when the time is right. But for the moment she's just propped up there, bow-legged and pale and passively pointing. The Bean and her silly flowery hat and her perfect skin. Her chubbed-up pale limbs, yet to be shaped by any serious function. Soft all over, other than when she head butts. The Bean and that excellent musty baby smell. (p. 46-47)

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