A wise recipe · Animals
A Recipe for Being Kind to Animals
Taught by Pip, corrected by Wattle, approved by Clover.
Every creature on the hill · Whenever you meet one
Ingredients
- •Quiet hands
- •One slow approach, never a rush
- •Fresh water, always
- •Space to walk away
- •A promise not to frighten the small ones
How it's done
- 1
Stop and look before you touch anything.
- 2
Crouch low and let them come to you.
- 3
Stroke gently, the way the fur or feathers already lie.
- 4
Leave water out on hot days and crumbs out on cold ones.
- 5
If they leave, let them. That's their answer.
Put out water for one creature today.
Nobody does it alone.
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