Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses

Baby Toes - Where Are the Roses?

In this recent illustration, Moses still is from an earlier time, but he seems to have lost his roses for toes over the years. Here, Moses has a bonnet and a dressing gown on, and he is sitting with his back to a bush of roses. He is touching, perhaps counting, his toes, and there is a notable lack of roses between them. His dress is blue, providing a contrast against the red roses, and his matching bonnet partially covers his dark hair. There are rose petals on the ground beside Moses, but no full grown flowers. Moses' whimsical touching of his toes may signify the absence of roses that were only there moments ago, or he may only be imagining what it would be like to have roses for toes. It is as if the illustrator caught the picture right after Moses realizes that even his toes could not be roses.