" I don't have any big adventures." " But of course you have big adventures," Papa said. You have adventures of all sorts, all the time." " Not like Radish in the Book of Tales," Geraldine said, scuffing a toe along the ground. " I could never be like Radish." " No, you don't have adventures exactly like Radish," Papa said. " But that's because you're not Radish and you must have your own adventures. All creatures must." " Happy ones?" Geraldine asked." In the end, yes. But they won't all seem that way at first. They'll have unexpected twists and turns. You must let them play out to the end, like a story in the Book of Tales. Follow God, speak to him and listen to him, and all tales will be beautiful in their time. "