Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international literary project for students 8 - 18. Stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists since 1973.

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A New Brother

There he was
Such a tiny person
I looked at him
Sleeping peacefully

Suddenly his eyes open
Brand new brown eyes
Staring at me
Blinking and adjusting his eyes to a new experience
Light

His mind consuming
New thoughts
New faces
New world
New everything
He is a new person

A New Brother Ryan Sparks
Ryan Sparks, 12
Kansas City, Missouri