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Last weekend my son and I went to the beach and collected stones for drawing on. Someone found a seagull in distress and was trying to help it. It appeared overheated. She cared for it gently in the shade. My son and I watched, grateful for her empathy. Soon the seagull died despite her efforts. We had been watching how there were a few seagulls standing as if on guard, mourning the death of this one.

When my son drew on his first stone, he made it just for this seagull. He stopped and thought out loud “for a brave seagull”, then drew a flying seagull and a standing seagull.  We placed his tribute in the sand by the dead seagull.

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