In the Night
One Night as a Chickadee
The inner fire, the two coats, and the morning song
William Vincent Carleton
Dee carries a fire of about one hundred and eight degrees, all year, in a small chest. On a night that may fall to thirty-five below, two coats of feathers, a heart knocking near eight times a second and a little shivering keep the cold outside. Bram the fox is amazed. This In the Night story blends careful natural history with warmth, for every small heart that still arrives singing.
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