One morning, Lily noticed the garden gate was open. Just a little bit. Just enough.
She peeked through. There was a long, winding path she had never walked before.
She took one step. Then another. Then one more.
She found a tall tree with a birds's nest in it. She found a patch of wild strawberries. She found a frog sitting on a stone, blinking at her.
Then she heard Mum calling her name.
Lily ran back through the gate, her heart full of everything she had seen.
Tomorrow, she decided, she would go a little further.