Pinny stepped outside Summer was almost over Days and weeks of sunshine had passed slowly by This morning the sun was shining again making everything as warm as toast Pinny was happy Pinny wandered down the path She was looking for a special kind of rock It had to have a stripe running all the way around it for that would be a wishing rock Pinny knew wishing rocks were very hard to find but if she looked and looked maybe she would find one Then she could make a wish Pinny picked up lots of rocks She found one with sparkly bits in it and another smooth flat rock that fit perfectly in her hand She found a rock with a whirly pattern on it and one that looked like the head of an arrow but she didn t find a wishing
Pinny skipped along and hummed to herself The grass was green and the sky was blue and the birds were making a racket Pinny jumped from rock to rock She stopped to look at tide pools seashells and smooth pieces of wood washed up on the shore She jumped again and this time her foot slipped and she fell down Ouch said Pinny And then she said Wow Her knee hurt but right in front of her was the most perfect wishing rock she had ever seen It was dark gray and had a thick stripe of white running all the way around it She put the wishing rock in her pocket It was going to be a good
