You are a great writer Celeste! I really loved your idea of Natures Hymn. You write about the hymn as if music has been an influence in your life. It must be because I don't think the average person would hear a 'choir in nature' and crescendos and decrescendos etc. if it wasn't somehow a part of their life. Maybe you could talk about that. At the end of your story it is easy to see how the first paragraph ties in, but just reading it at the beginning is a little confusing. It needs to be connected to the story with a few more sentences. Also, what did nature sound like to you as a child? Did the noises of all the creatures scare you, or did your fright come more from the stories you heard. Your story was very entertaining and fun to read.