From Today, by Julie Morstad:
What should I do today?
Where should I go?
Should I stay close to home
or go far away?
But first, what'll I wear?
What would you choose? ...
From <i>Where You Came From</i> by Sara O'Leary, with illustrations by Julie Morstad:<br> <br> Henry is a boy who likes to ask questions.<br> Every day it’s something new.<br> <br> Do one and one always make two? he asks.<br> And never something more?<br> <br> But there is one particular question<br> he asks again and again.<br> <br> Where did I come from? asks Henry.<br> <br> Well, says his father.<br> <br> It was so long ago now<br> that it is difficult to remember<br> <br> I think that was the day<br> that the stork called in sick,<br> and a flock of crows<br> took over his deliveries.<br> <br> No, says his mother.<br> Don’t you remember?<br> <br> The fairies brought you.<br> It must have taken dozens<br> of them to lift you,<br> because they were so small<br> and you were so big.<br> <br> No, says his father.<br> Don’t you remember?<br> <br> We found you in a basket,<br> floating down the river.<br> We’d been out for a picnic<br> and it was the perfect end<br> to a perfect blue-sky day.<br> ...
