text: Helen Ward
duration: 8min 
instrumentation: Narrator and Chamber Ensemble (fl/bsn/horn in F/trb/perc/hp/vln/cb)
premiere: Minnesota Orchestra Kinder Konzert Ensemble; Joanna Cortright, narrator, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN on 10/10/2002
commissioned: WAMSO--Minnesota Orchestra Volunteer Association for the 25th anniversary of Kinder Konzerts