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| They were playing outside in the fresh spring air. | 
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| James, 10, came bounding through the door, a bolt of energy. | 
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"Mom, I was looking up at the trees where the buds were, and you know what?" 
"What?" I respond. | 
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| "There are leaves there now. All new and green." | 
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"Oh, that is wonderful, honey! Spring is here, isn't it?" 
He paused for a moment and I could see he was contemplating whether or not to ask me to go with him to look at them and then he said, 
"Can I take some pictures,  please?" | 
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| "Of course, " I said, handing him the camera. | 
 
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He was only gone a short while, and then he bounded back in. 
"Look at them!" he said, handing me the camera, excited to share them with me. | 
And now, I am excited to share them with you.