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   CUCKOO CUCKOO  

    A short Story for 5 to 9 Years

 

 

When the creatures of the jungle could not bear the ‘caw, caw’ of the Band of Crows and the ‘ribbid, ribbid’ of their music teacher Mr. Ribbid they threw them out of the jungle. But Margery Hatchery, the doting mother crow, did not lose heart and flew off with Melody, her brood of four and their music teacher to a new land where she hoped to make them stars. Did she succeed in her mission or did the pesky rats, the conniving crane and the crazy Cuckoo ruin her plans?

 

EXCERPT

 
   

When Margery Hatchery saw the frog puffing and puffing and looked as if he was going to burst she rushed to him and said, “Calm down Mr. Ribbid! These creatures cannot see how talented you are. We are going to leave this place and go another land where we will have the freedom to sing. Come on lets pack our bags.” Now, Mr. Ribbid liked to live in Jungle Land. He didn’t have to work too hard for a living and there were plenty of flying bugs for him to eat. He said, “How can I leave this place. I have hopped here from a land far away and it took me a lot of time to get here. Now how can I go to another land!” Then Funny, who was the older of the two rabbits smiled and said, “Well, you can hop to the other place the same way you hopped here. In fact, hop before you pop, Mr. Ribbid!” Funny could say some very funny things and the animals burst out laughing.

This was too much for Margery Hatchery and
she flew into a rage again. She picked up a
stick and said,  “Mr Ribbid , I will hold
one  end of the stick and my four children
the other. You hold the stick from the
 middle in your mouth and  off we will fly
till we find a place which appreciates our
 talent. She turned to her children and said, “
Come on children let us go.” Mr. Ribbid 
 was not happy but he had no choice
  since Margery Hatchery was so determined.
He took the stick in his mouth and held
on for dear life as Margery and her four
children flew off. Peter parrot shouted from below, 
“Careful Mr. Ribbid , don’t open your mouth or you
 will become Mr. Humpty Dumpty!”Mr. Ribbid could
hear the animals laughing but he dare not open his
mouth, he just puffed up and turned purple in anger
and looked like a purple balloon flying in the sky.












 

 
 

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