Dot and the Garden That Woke Up Alone

Dot pushed up through the last thin snow. She was the only flower awake. Everyone else still slept below the ground.

The garden was empty, cold, and grey. Dot shivered all alone out there. She feared she had bloomed too soon.

She wished she had waited for the others. Then a half-frozen bee came searching. Dot was the only flower in bloom.

The only food in the whole garden. She warmed and fed the hungry bee. Being first had saved his little life.

Now spring wakes behind brave little Dot.