Ginger's Golden Thread

There once was a girl named Ginger in tower, overlooking a beautiful valley of luscious gardens and sparkling streams. Ginger was a weaver of richly colored tapestries and people came from everywhere to acquire her spectacular works of art. She loved to weave the colors into storytelling pictures. Her favorite, which hung over her fireplace, displayed a lamb sleeping in a meadow, as a shepherd kept watch.

One day she thought of a picture she wanted to weave. She imagined a golden wishing well with children all around it but she had no golden thread. She gazed out her window across the plush valley. Where could she find golden thread? She ventured out to the nearest stream and knelt to feel the cool rippling water. When she rose to her feet she noticed her hand was sparkling with golden specks. She wandered to the nearest rose garden and reached to caress some yellow rosebuds. After smelling their sweet perfume, she was startled by golden dust shimmering in the sunlight.