0:00 The velvet tip of an oak leaf dipped low.0:03 Pull your quilt up to your chin now, darling, right up warm and snug.0:10 Remember last night, how quiet that silver leaf sat upon the moonlit pond for little Ripples?0:19 Tonight, out in the garden, the dusk has turned to dawn.0:24 The world is stretching its sleepy green arms.0:28 Right on that curved oak leaf, a tiny drop of dew opened her eyes.0:35 Her name was Glimmer.0:37 She was no bigger than the head of a silver pin, perfectly round and utterly clear.0:45 When the very first beam of sunrise tumbled through the branches, Glimmer caught it.0:52 She didn't just hold it—she wore it.0:56 The whole golden dawn lived right inside her belly, flashing red, amber, and indigo like a pocketful of hidden sea glass.1:07 Glimmer wanted to see the garden.1:10 A tiny puff of morning breeze gave a gentle nudge.1:15 Glimmer tipped, balanced for one wobbling second, and began to roll.1:22 The oak leaf was a vast green country.1:25 To her, the raised leaf veins looked like smooth, curving footpaths through tall emerald hills.1:34 She rolled along them without a sound, sliding down the gentle slopes.1:41 A yellow stripe blocked the road.1:44 It was fuzzy, black, and very still.1:47 Barnaby the bumblebee was clinging to the stem, his tiny velvet elbows tucked tight, fast asleep under an umbrella of moss.1:59 Glimmer slowed to a soft stop right beside his shoe.2:04 Barnaby let out a tiny, buzzing snore, just a soft hum in the chill morning air.2:12 Glimmer reflected his fuzzy yellow coat like a golden mirror.2:17 "Good morning, sleepyhead," she thought, and slid gently on by.2:23 At the next turn, a round red pebble had six shiny legs.2:29 It was Dot the ladybug, scrubbing her antennae with her front paws.2:35 Dot peered into Glimmer and smoothed her wings, checking her reflection in Glimmer's silver side.2:44 Glimmer spun with delight, giving Dot a shiny picture of the sky above, before the leaf tilted just a tiny bit more.2:55 The path ended.2:57 Glimmer arrived at the very tip of the leaf, where the green came to a fine point.3:04 Below her, the whole wide garden stretched out: bluebells nodding, damp soil smelling sweet, and clover resting in the grass.3:16 But the morning sun was climbing higher.3:20 Its yellow warmth settled over the leaf like a fresh wool blanket.3:26 Glimmer began to feel lighter.3:29 She wasn't round anymore.3:32 She wasn't heavy or bound to the dark green vein.3:36 She grew softer, rising like a tiny secret breath off the tip of the leaf.3:43 "Up we go," the gentle warmth seemed to say.3:47 She was floating.3:49 Glimmer looked down, but she hadn't disappeared at all.3:54 She was simply trading her little leaf for the blue summer sky.4:00 She was mist now, floating up toward the pink clouds where all the water rests, waiting for dusk.4:09 She would ride the great blue breeze all through the sunny day.4:15 And when the shadows lengthen, and the garden grows cold and dark again, she will drift right back down to kiss the grass goodnight.4:28 Close your eyes now, sweet pea.4:31 Listen to the quiet garden.4:33 Safe in your blankets, right here at home.4:37 Goodnight, little one.4:39 Sleep tight.
