I giggled. “Do you think that really happened?” “Well, yes and no,” she said. “Some things happen in a literal way, Lily. And then other things, like this one, happen in a not-literal way, but they still happen. Do you know what I mean?” I didn’t have a clue. “Not really,” I said. “What I mean is that the bees weren’t really singing the words from Luke, but still, if you have the right kind of ears, you can listen to a hive and hear the Christmas story somewhere inside yourself.
