Picture: Modelle and Vea's wide eyes peer over three cards the Trixels hold up. Across the page, three Trixels strain under a heavy MOM block. Vea's notes at the bottom have puzzle pieces drawn in them, and say: "Tokens = word puzzle pieces! Trixels carry the pieces. Why is MOM so HEAVY??"
Think Like Trixie, page 12 of 38
Three Trixels held up the cards they had made:
• Card 1: Boring "Happy Birthday Mom" (YAWN!)
• Card 2: Silly jokes about getting old (kinda mean?)
• Card 3: Sweet, but it could be anybody's mom (meh…)
"They're all okay," Vea sighed, "but none of them is MY mom."
Then Vea noticed something. Some Trixels were straining under a super-heavy MOM block, while others zoomed past with tiny specks like "THE" and "AND."
"Why are some words so much heavier?" she asked.