Socks For 4 -

The socks went very still.

Leo looked at his feet. The rocket socks were smiling. He could tell, even though socks don’t have mouths. socks for 4

His mom sat down next to him. She didn’t say, “Socks don’t talk, Leo.” She didn’t say, “Just put them on.” Instead, she picked up the two rocket socks and held them side by side. The socks went very still

“Good?” Leo asked.

And from that day on, Leo was four and a half, then five, then five and three-quarters. He grew out of the rocket socks and into shark socks and soccer ball socks and plain white socks that had nothing to say at all. But he never forgot the rule: “Socks don’t talk