Glass - Magnifying

Leo had always been the kind of boy who walked past things. He walked past the cracked sidewalk, the old oak tree in the park, and the tiny ants marching across his porch without a second thought. To Leo, the world was just a collection of big, obvious shapes.

: He began asking why the veins in a leaf were shaped that way or how a butterfly’s wings held such vibrant scales. MAGNIFYING GLASS

"You see the surface," his grandfather replied with a wink. "But you haven't looked into it yet." Leo had always been the kind of boy who walked past things

On his tenth birthday, his grandfather handed him a small, heavy object wrapped in brown paper. It was a with a sturdy brass rim and a polished wooden handle. his grandfather handed him a small