1256.

They were licensed to hug.

1255.

Two birds: one killed and one let free; one Christ who died and rose again.

1254.

Bible study engendered a smorgasbord of emotions -- fear and
excitment; tiredness and resolution.

1253.

Five sons.

1252.

"Great danger is afoot."

1251.

How many ways to kill a king?

1250.

The swifts swarmed about a single tree.  Swifts fly very swiftly.

1249.

FIREWORKS!  and then there was coke...

1248.

1247.

1246.

1245.

Cobbled-together words that made perfect sense.

1244.

Because lights don't turn off on their own, time ambled along at her normal pace.

1243.

ai sio pa ah! 

ai sio ba ah?

1242.

They stood in the courtyard and gazed at the moon.
In space, one grows old slowly.

1241.

The children walked across the stage in their oversized court shoes and oddly-fitting blazers, grinning self-consciously.

1240.

An intimation of an elephant on her shoulder.

1239.

Her hands were smaller than the rain.

1238.

"An overweighted sentence."

1237.

The lion wore converse sneakers.

1236.

A lion sat in the corner of the cabin.

1235.

But if life were broken and messed up, no amount of Organisaton would make it right.

1234.

1, 2 buckle my shoe! 3, 4 shut the door!

1233.

The taxi driver was convinced that Organisation was the key to
obtaining happiness.

1232.

1232 was the number of her car, her friend's personal locker and the year Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost items, was canonised.

1231.

In the dark, she soothed the baby back to sleep with a song she made up.

1230.

Foot-on-foot.

1229.

The promise of a wonderful Saturday began with prata, teh tarik and apple-orange juice with a friend.

1228.

She found a piece of dried noodle stuck on her skirt.

1227.

She said, "Better to be single wishing to be married than vice versa."

1226.

At twilight, they stood hand-in-hand in front of a huge tree with spreading roots.

1225.

It felt like the most natural thing.

1224.

Hola sweet twin of grace! Fair your greeting across the sea! Gladdens the heart to think of Him, who's Abba father to you and me! :)

1223.

Howdydoo, my soul's twin! What glad tidings the moonshine brings! Hope's sweet song in the air still rings, as we recall the King of kings! :)

1222.

Eating alone is one thing; eating alone while standing beside a dust
bin is a whole other thing.

1221.

Lord, teach me how to teach.

1220.

She liked mynahs. They were possibly her favourite birds.

1219.

At McDonald's thinking about the McDonald's birthday party she threw
for her.

1218.

A little birdy fell in the water. It was picked up gently by a lanky
teenage boy in the cup of his hands.

1217.

She danced with an imaginery partner in a playground at the park.

1216.

Small mynahs played at the back of a trailer that had stopped at the traffic light.

1215.

The smell of steamboat wafting from homes into the streets.