This paper is a fiction in which Jill Bennett, a successful illustrator of children's books, receives a request from sculptor Peter Nordberg to cooperate on his new commission. Jill, who has recently broken off a romantic relationship, is not interested as she is too busy to enter into any new project. She reconsiders, however, when she recognizes the challenges of the project as well as discovering she knows the family commissioning the work. She finds there is much to learn as the cooperative endeavor unfolds.