Stepping neatly from between the brambles down the little hidden pathway
from fairyland, comes Mamma Blackberry and her three dear children.
They are
here to welcome Autumn time as they take a little stroll humming harvest songs
on a crisp bright morning.
The baby sits up against a pillow in her beautiful
pram, while the little girl carries her new satchel with pride, walking along with her mother
and then forgetting
all about her secret plan of being all-grown-up and running up and down the bramble
hedge instead, balancing and playing chase with her brother.
Soon Mamma Blackberry pauses and lifts her baby for kisses,
She gathers her children around her to look together at the changing
colours. Perhaps she tells them a little story, and shares some
praise-full words about each of them, causing their eyes to shine brighter and letting them love each other even a
little bit more, and notice anew all the tiny treasures of the earth.
Then the children
play, making a den amongst the biggest bramble leaves.
And while the baby gets ready for her nap....
