intelligence, friendship, strength and poetry

I hung out with Claire friday night.
I was hung over, she kept telling me to be happy, she's so happy. I told her I was happy just tired. She said sleep then and tried to tuck the blanket around me on the sofa. Then she would come right back and try to rip it off and say "be happy!"

Oh, I was happy.
Claire said let's sing. She set a pillow on the fire place ledge and sat down. She placed her hands in her lap and started singing. Her voice changed became higher, trying to find her melody.

"Twinkle, Twinkle little star
How I wonder where you are
Up so bright in the dark sky"

Pretty good for a 2 1/2 year old.
She looked at me as if I should join in or finish.
I don't remember the words.

I looked them up today:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,

Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Through I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Claire is the smartest girl.

I just read that the Balinese believe you have four brothers who go with you where ever you go and protect you. They can be called on to assist and rescue you.
They inhabit the our virtues a person needs in order to be happy and safe in life: intelligence, friendship, strength, and poetry.

I need to be able to sing with Claire on Monday when I see her next.