Linden in Fall

So begins Linden's fascination with grabbing anything she can and stuffing it into her mouth. Here's how it usually goes: She sits somewhere, mindlessly moving her hands in a circular motion at the wrists; she sees something she wants; her eyes get really big, her mouth puckers into an 'O', she makes little rhythmic grunts while staring at the thing intently. From there it goes something like this:

1. If she gets it, she feels it with her hands a bit, shoves it in her mouth and starts making noises that either mean she's very happy or very annoyed. Or else she bats it around until it falls on the floor, at which point she stares at it, then returns to searching for another thing she wants (see above).
2. If she doesn't get it, she cries--very loud, very angrily. Hands are moving wildly in circles at the wrists.
Linden is in leaf-shadow.