.

three year old Maxwell
examines a small wooden bird house,
imagines fitting sideways
through its small hole,
wonders how dark it is
inside while his fingers
trace the tiny copper-crescent
moon nailed just below
its red roof, saying;

"this is how the birds know when
to go to bed, they see it and go
to sleep when its moon-time."

"The art of research dwells in the hands
of children, and they are keenly sensitive
to pleasure and wonder. Children become
aware very early that through the art of
research they can discover the joy of living
and be freed from the boredom that comes
from existing in an unexplored world."
(author unknown)