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“Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.”
- “All Things Bright and Beautiful” hymn (lyrics: Cecil F. Alexander, 1848)
The Australian Open, chronologically first in a calendar year of the 4 major Grand Slam tennis events, is now underway in Melbourne, Australia.
During a match between Jannik Sinner (Italy) and Denis Shapovalov (Canada), Sinner stopped play to carefully pick up a moth from the court’s hard surface and deposit it off the court.
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Sinner was ranked 32nd in the world, and lost the 5 set grueling match against Shapovalov, but his act of kindness did not go unnoticed. As the link points out, in the insect world he may be ranked considerably higher. In that world, regardless the outcome of the match, Sinner was probably a winner.
Then there’s this:
