A Puzzle

Sally was sitting on the back porch, putting together a new puzzle her mother had just bought for her. She liked puzzles very much, even though she put them together rather distractedly. Her mother was hovering nearby, busying herself with watering the plants and cleaning the porch. Sally was nearly done with the puzzle when, as happens, she got distracted. She saw a very strange creature hopping around the backyard, dancing through the rose garden. The creature was so bright that Sally had to squint her eyes just to look at it. She puzzled for a moment then said to herself,

"Oh! I know, I know, that's Love hopping around there, that's what. I know because Love likes to dance, like Jenny and I do sometimes when the radio's on."

Satisfied, she looked back down to what she was doing, but got distracted again and called out,

"Mommy, mommy! Look over there! Do you see?"

Her mother was turned away, tending to a flowerbed adjacent the kitchen. Without turning around, she replied,

"That's lovely, honey."