Coloso Champi Coloso |top| -

From that day on, no one whispered his name. They sang it. And every evening, when Coloso’s gills pulsed their soft, sleepy light, the animals of the valley would gather beneath his cap. They didn't hide from his glow. They read stories by it, told jokes, and fell asleep to the gentle plomp, plomp, plomp of his heartbeat.

Coloso Champi Coloso heard the screams. He felt the trembling of the earth. And he stopped feeling sad. coloso champi coloso

The old rabbit, the one whose burrow he had accidentally smashed, hopped forward. "Coloso Champi Coloso," she said, loud and clear. "You are not too strong. You are strong enough ." From that day on, no one whispered his name

Another day, he tried to play hide-and-seek with the raccoons. He waddled behind a giant boulder, but his glowing gills gave him away instantly. The raccoons didn't even bother to look. "We see you, Coloso!" they giggled. "Too glow-y!" They didn't hide from his glow

The otter chieftain splashed a grateful fin. "And you are not too mushroomy. You are just right ."