One evening, I walked by a very delicious blueberry pie sitting on the kitchen counter.  There was one piece left, so I did the only logical thing.  I got a fork and ate that last piece right out of the dish.  As I polished off the last bite, I said, "Good-bye, good pie."  

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That got me to thinking about good pies, and the funniest notion popped into my head.  A good pie could be a pie that tasted good, or it could be a pie that helped us do good.  I laughed out loud, and then I started thinking.  Sometimes, when I am a bit grumpy or about to do something I shouldn't, an act of kindness can stop me in my tracks.  When I think of that kindness, I want to be kind, too.  

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The next day, I looked out my window into our big backyard and saw a bunch of bunnies hopping and playing.  I had the characters for my book!  The next problem to tackle was how to deliver a pie to each of them.  This phrase just popped into my head.

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     But just as the naughty

     was about to begin,

           the wind,

                 the wagon,

                       and the pie blew in.  

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Now, I was rolling pie crust!  

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I had the very most fun, though, thinking up the little bunnies' names.  I laid by the fire and worked and worked and worked.  When my daughter came home from school, she asked what I had written that day.  I showed her the list of names, and she said, "That took all day?"  

 

I laughed and said, "It really did!"  It's my very favorite part of the book.  I often just recite those lines over and over for no reason other than I love it.  

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     One for Maple 

             One for Meadow.

                     Two for Daisy and Dew.  

                             And one apiece for 

                                    Cabbage,

                                           Radish,

                                                 Pansy, Plum, and Lou.  

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This story was a joy to write.  It celebrates springtime, little bunnies, wise Mamas, jolly little winds, good pies, and kindness that spreads and grows.  

                 

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