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Which Swirl Girl is your little one?

You already know — you've watched it a hundred times, in the way they leave a room or refuse a coat. Six small questions to say it out loud: which of the four Swirl Girls your little one has been all along.

1You're finally, actually leaving the house. Where's your little one?

Already at the door, calling back for everyone to hurry upCrouched on the path — “wait, wait, what IS this?”Somewhere else entirely, halfway through a story only they can hearShoes on the wrong feet, doing it themselves, will not be helped

2You empty their pockets at bedtime and out comes…

A snail, two acorns, and one extremely important rockA smooth pebble they climbed something too high to reachThree good sticks and a plan for tomorrowNothing — they were a fox all afternoon, foxes have no pockets

3From the next room, their playing sounds like…

A running commentary about a bear who has lost his hat“Okay everybody, THIS way” — small feet, big ordersA long quiet… then a triumphant “I did it!” from up highA stream of questions with nobody there to answer them

4The tower fell / the jar's stuck / the shoe won't. They…

Try it upside down, then sideways, then a way you'd never think ofDecide the jar is a dragon now, and this is a different gameSet their jaw and try again. And again. And again.Hand it over with very clear instructions on how you'll fix it

5Their happiest afternoon of the whole year is…

Kicking through red-and-gold leaves, pumpkins on the stepThe first warm day — green shoots, a nest to check, everything newBarefoot in the tall grass until the fireflies come outThe first snow, a robin at the window, the kettle on

6A small creature follows them home. Of course it's…

A soft brown bear who, it turns out, also needs tucking inA quick little bunny nobody else could get anywhere nearA prickly hedgehog, snuffling and gathering and very busyA fussy hen with a whole line of chicks to keep track of

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