I narrowed my eyes and began waving my fingers about, sending a dance pattern out to all the flying bugs.
As soon as one of them caught the pattern, so did all the rest.
The random fluttering began to be synchronized, and then it became syncopated.
Then I began singing to the bugs, much like Gabriel Baccarat did to his plants. It was just a simple little song, but I sang it with much joy.
Butterfly, ladybug, and bumblebee
Flying all around the trees
Ladybug, bumblebee, and butterfly
Flying high into the sky
Butter, butter, butter, butter, butterfly
Lady, lady, lady, lady, ladybug
Bumble, bumble, bumble, bumble, bumblebee*
I allowed the yellow butterflies to circle around Gabriel and then I added the red lady bugs into the mix, going the opposite direction. The bees buzzed about, twirling into the air above the ladybugs and butterflies.
