The cat's eyes shine because it is a magical creature. Steven and Sydney were helping their classmates rake leaves for the compost area. They were finding red, yellow, orange, and brown leaves. Jack Frost comes each night and paints the leaves many colors. The outer cell walls of the leaves collapse in the fall.
Leaves begin to lose the chlorophyll that gives the green color.
The other colors begin to show. Water and nutrients freeze in the ground and do not feed the leaves. Franklin called his friend Mark to say that he had a new magnifying glass. The glass insulates whatever is in it. The glass takes a flash of lightning and brings it to our eyes.