- the dimpled knuckles of a toddler’s chubby hand
- children when they whisper
- the fold on top where the toes join a cat’s paw, adding to the roundedness
- eyelashes on the cheeks of anyone sleeping, adult or child
- whiskers on small creatures
- sticky gecko toes
- the way frog’s eyes gyrate down and around when they swallow
- little compartments for things, as in jewelry and tool boxes
- tiny paper bags for nails/screws the hardware store gives you
- when animals use their tongues to lick their noses
- ladybugs
- the stubby, scaly toes and round feet of land tortoises
- the curled, feathery spiral of a fiddlehead fern
- a flower bud that’s barely begun to unfurl