The other day Henry and I were out walking when I saw a small thing glowing on t...

The other day Henry and I were out walking when I saw a small thing glowing on the sidewalk ahead of me. At first I thought it was a piece of jewelry and then as I got closer, I decided it was some fabulous variety of beetle.
What it turned out to be was a gummy bear, a red one.
The sun was hitting it at just the right angle and it was lit up like a small lamp.
“Look at this gummy bear,” I said to Henry.
He sniffed it.
He wasn’t that impressed.
We walked on, but I kept turning to look back a...