Ella. I have been gone all morning. When I got back home Ella was no where to be found. It’s 106 degrees outside so I was surprised she was not in. 

When I called for her she came running across the yard and stopped at the steps. “What’s wrong?” I asked her. 

She replied, “The stairs are too hot. I need you to pick me up…

I have been cooler in the shade. I hung out with a little bird in the bamboo.” 

Now she is so glad to be inside!