Words of Wisdom

Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water-bugs, tadpoles, frogs, and mud-turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb, brooks to wade in, water-lillies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries, and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education. 

–Luther Burbank

I will remind my darling of Mr. Burbank sagacious words in years to come, when Colin walks in with torn pants, muddy shoes, a tick on his leg, and a frog in his pocket.