Mr. Sun's Sad Day

Mr. Sun was usually the first one to rise in the morning. Mr. Moon was going  to bed and the clouds were still on their vacation. It was a beautiful day,  with not a cloud in the sky. Mr. Sun loved these kind of days.  People in the village would praise his beauty and tell him how happy they were to be able to work outside or to go the beach.  It thrilled Mr. Sun's heart to hear people say  nice things about him, until one day, a very sad thing happened.  The cloud family were returning from their vacation and Mr. Sun was not very happy about that.


As the cloud family began to appear, Mr. Sun was hoping that he might be able to talk with Mr. Moon before he went to bed.  He always was very encouraging and a  good friend of Mr. Sun. Mr.Moon saw how sad his friend was and asked,"What ever is the matter Mr.Sun?  Why I have never seen you so sad." "Oh nothing,' said Mr. Sun discouragingly 'you can see for yourself that I am not wanted."  "Now, you know that is not true, Mr. Sun. You must be patient and wait your turn, explained Mr. Moon.


Mr. Moon left to get ready for bed when the Star family passed by and noticed how sad Mr. Sun was. Mrs.Star spoke, "What is wrong with you Mr. Sun. Have you forgotten that you are always the cheery one around here/"  "Not any more',said Mr. Sun, "I haven't heard anyone say anything nice about me for days." Mrs. Star tried to tell him that he was the reason for their twinkle, but he didn't pay any attention. Unable to cheer up Mr. Sun ,the Star family went on their way.  


Later that day, Mrs. Rainbow appeared asking  "Why are you so sad Mr. Sun? "  Mr. Sun hung his head and said , "You can't possible  understand Mrs. Rainbow.  I am just not wanted around here any more." "Why, I am ashamed of you, Mr. Sun. You know that it is not true. I thought by now that you would learned how important you are to me. Just this morning a  little baby cloud fell down and nearly lost all his tears, you helped me to make a most gorgeous colorful rainbow in the sky,"explained Mrs. Rainbow. "I don't remember that Mrs. Rainbow, said Mr. Sun, sadly."  Mrs. Rainbow continued,  " I knew you wouldn't remember.  You were so into yourself, you weren't thinking of anyone else..  I think you should  go over and see how the little Cloud is doing after his fall.." replied Mrs. Rainbow. At her suggestion, Mr. Sun left to find
where the Cloud family was gathering.  He found them at the end of the Milky Way.


"Good afternoon, Mr. Cloud, I heard that your little baby had a serious fall.  Is he all right now? asked Mr. Sun inquisitively "Thank you for asking, Mr.Sun. He nearly scared us to death. He had never fallen like that before. Is there anything we can do for you Mr.Sun?"  "No, no one can help me. It seems that I am not really needed around here any more," Mr. Sun sadly answered.


"Now, you know that is not true, Mr. Sun.  You are the most needed one in our whole community.  Without you our cloud family would not exist.  When you are out all the time, everyone is so happy that you are shinning. We hear all your compliments, but nobody hardly ever wants to see us.  They run inside and complain that we are around.  Mr. Sun, don't you see how important it is to understand that we both are needed.We were created to help each other, not to think we are the most important. It has taken me a long time to believe it." said Mr Cloud humbly
 
Mr. Sun thought to himself and had to agree, "You are right, Mr. Cloud.  I think I have been much too proud, only thinking about myself, wanting every one to just praise me.. Please forgive me Mr. Cloud and I hope you and your family will have another enjoyable vacation soon"  Mr.Sun was beginning to  mellow.   "Oh, we will have a great vacation, Mr Sun.  You may not believe this, but when you are shining, we are able to gather every thing we need for our next important job and we have you to thank for it." 

Mr. Sun, finally understood that his bad attitude in his own heart was his biggest problem.  Right after he repented and started to think about others, what do you think he started to hear?  You are right. The village people were so excited to see the sun again, they began to go outside, saying to one another, look Mr.Sun is back. It is going to be a beautiful afternoon .Now, we can work outside or go to the beach." From that day forward, Mr. Sun never complained about a cloudy day.  He was very grateful that he was an important part of the Creator's plan to keep the earth beautiful.

Nibbles saves the day

Once upon a time there was a shoe maker named Hans, and his little friend "Nibbles" the mouse.  Nibbles loved old, Hans and together they had lived in the village of Shoeben in a little tiny cottage.  Every night before Hans went to bed, he always left  a piece of bread for Nibbles and in the morning there wasn't a crumb left!  That is how Nibbles got his name.


Hans was the best shoemaker in all of Shoeben.  He not only made the shoes for the villagers, but even for the King and Queen. Before he started to work, each morning he would tuck Nibbles in his shirt pocket.  Nibbles loved to be close to Hans , while he diligently repaired old shoes and made new ones.  But, at the end of the day, Nibbles could always count on his little piece of bread.


One morning early there was a knock on the door of Hans' shoe shop.  It was a messenger from the Palace.  The pretty young princess was getting married in the Spring and the King and Queen wanted Hans to make a very special pair of shoes for her wedding. "What an honor it will be to make her shoes", answered Hans. "Do you have anything special that you would like me to put on them," he asked.  The messenger explained to Hans that the King had given him two incredibly beautiful and very valuable rubies to put in the toe of each shoe. "You will have a month to make the shoes, Hans," said the messenger.


Hans felt very honored to be making shoes for the Princess for such a special occasion.  He made sure that he put the rubies in a very safe place. That night when Hans and Nibbles were sleeping , two thieves broke into the shop and stole the rubies.  The commotion woke up Nibbles just as he saw the two thieves running down the street. Nibbles immediately followed them to an old abandoned  house. The thieves disappeared inside.  Nibble hopped up onto the window ledge to see where the rubies were being hidiing.


In the meantime, Hans woke up looking for Nibbles.but Nibbles was no where to be found.  Hans was deeply troubled.  Nibbles was always the first one up in the morning.  Hans looked all over the shop, but no Nibbles. Where could he be? thought Hans. 'I guess I will just have to start without him.  Hans went to get the rubies out of the safe place, "Oh, no!' exclaimed Hans fearfully,' the rubies, the rubies, where are they? What am I going to do?  I surely will be arrested. The king and queen will never believe that I lost them. What am I going to do"


No sooner had those thoughts entered Hans 'mind, when through his little mouse hole, Nibbles appeared.  He was half out of breath running so fast.  "Where have you been?" asked Hans fretfully. Without a word, , Nibbles opened his mouth and out  popped the two rubies.  "Nibbles, what is going on?" asked Hans.Nibbles started to explain,  "You will never believe it. Last night two thieves broke into your shop  and stole the rubies.  I followed them to an old an abandoned house, and when they weren't looking, I found the rubies, stuffed them into my mouth and ran.  I was so scared that they would see me, and hit me with a broom, but I ran as fast as lightening!


"You are my hero, Nibbles,  I didn't know what I would have done , if the King, ever thought I had stolen his rubies. Hans picked up Nibbles, gave him a big hug and put him back in his shirt pocket..  Nibbles still remains today Hans' most faithful, loyal  friend,and closest to his heart.

Foiled Again!

 Ribbit the rabbit was sound asleep when his mother woke him up "Up and at em" Ribbit, It is a beautiful day and I need you to go out in the meadow and pick for us some clover."  "Gee, Mom," groaned Ribbit, "Do I have to.  I am so tired. Can't I sleep in this morning?" answered Ribbit. "Not this morning, Ribbit, Your body needs exercise as well as sleep." his mother seriously replied.  " Don't forget to start your day,son!" his mother added.


Ribbit knew exactly what he had to do when he got up in the morning: make his bed, fold his pajamas and put them under his pillow, wash his whiskers, of course wash behind his ears, and brush his teeth.  Ribbit had learned ever since he was a small bunny to start his day cheerfully without complaint.




After breakfast, Ribbit took his tin bucket and headed out to the clover patch. The clover blossoms were   so  huge,delicious and very tempting.  Ribbit just couldn't resist sitting down and eating a few.  He didn't get too many in his mouth,when he felt that someone was watching him.  He looked around and didn't see anyone, when he heard a big , "Achoo, Achoo!!" Who was that sneezing? Oh, no, it is Reddy the fox.  He was hiding behind a tree watching for his opportunity to attack Ribbit. Reddy's sneeze was just enough warning  for Ribbit to drop his bucket and run for his life. At first he didn't know where to run.  Reddy was fast on his tail.  Then he remembered what his father had taught him, " if ever in danger.  "QUICKLY RUN FOR A BRIAR PATCH OR A GROUNDHOG HOLE!!!!"  The groundhog hole was the closest, so Ribbit quickly disappeared into the hole just in the nick of time. Reddy disgusted and mad at Ribbit yelled down the hole, "You think you are pretty smart Ribbit, but you have to come out of the hole sometime today and I can wait!."


Ribbit's little legs were trembling and shaking with fear.  He was a scared and frightened.little bunny. Ribbit thought to  himself, "Reddy was right, I don't have a chance. I will be rabbit stew by tonight!! He began to cry, tears flowing down his furry cheeks. "No more clover, no more blueberries, no more strawberries, no more ....." What was that sound?  It sounded like somebody was digging.  Could Reddy be ....digging...?  No, it wasn't Reddy at all.  It was Mr.Groundhog, who had dug a hole from the other end to rescue Ribbit..  Ribbits father had called Mr.Groundhog for help to dig Ribbit out. He knew that his son would obey his instructions to find a briar patch or a groundhog hole.  Fortunately, there was only one groundhog hole near the clover patch.where Ribbit could be  trapped. Ribbit's rescue was a success and he was safely home . Reddy sat by the groundhog hole waiting for Ribbit , until he realized that he was FOILED AGAIN.!!

Who Broke the Eggs?

Early in the morning, when Ribbit the rabbit was heading the strawberry patch, he ran into his friend Racket the racoon . Racket was all out of breath,"Have you heard about Mrs. Grouse's eggs?  Somebody broke her eggs." " How could that happen, Racket?' asked Ribbit. 'Mrs. Grosse is always very careful to protect her eggs." Well, I heard that last night, someone broke into her nest and scared  her half to death. When she flew off to distract the invader from her eggs, he came in and broke every one of them.

 "Mrs Grosse must feel terrible about the lose", said Ribbit. "We have to get down to the bottom of this Perhaps, Chipper, the chipmunk might know something about this." Chipper knew nothing about about  Mrs. Grooses's broken eggs. So the two boys want over to check out Jimmy the skunk.  Ribbet knocked on his door. "Hey, Jimmy are you awake? asked Ribbet. "I am now, with all your noise". answered Jimmy half asleep. Ribbet asked him if he knew how Mrs. Grosse's eggs were broken.  "Don't look at me, my friend ,"said Jimmy the skunk "I have been asleep all night."

Ribbet, Racket, Chipper and Jimmy decided to go to see Mr. Owl.  He was the wise old owl in the green forest. He would know what to do and find out who broke all the eggs. Mr. Owl was very upset when he heard about Mrs. Grosse 's situation."This is very serious. Who would do a thing like that?"said Mr. Owl with determination.  He never wanted to see any of his little forest creature hurt.  Mr.Owl did know what to do. He calledl a meeting of all the forest animals to meet at Mrs Grosses house under the pine tree, exactly at 3:00 pm this afternoon.  

Everyone arrived early, waiting for Mr. Owl. When he arrived the meeting was called to order and he asked  where they were last night?  They all declared that they were home in bed sleeping, but someone had to be lying.  Who do you think was? Well, we will have to find out.

Ribbit spoke up first,"This morning, I noticed when I was with Mrs. Grosse, that there was three black hairs among the broken eggs " Chipper then added,"I hate to say this, but when I was at your house Jimmy, I saw something yellow on your whiskers.""What you have to say about that Jimmy skunk?"asked Mr. Owl  glaringly under his glasses.  "Have you been lying to all of us?" Jimmy hang his head low.  He was ashamed and felt very guilty.  Mr. Owl called Jimmy the stunk to come up in front of all the animals. Jimmy had to confess that he had  lied and asked for forgiveness.  But, that wasn't all!  Mr. wise ole Owl wanted to make sure that Jimmy the skunk would never do a thing like that again , so he took a board paint brush, stuck it into a bucket of white paint and painted a white stripe right down the back of Jimmy the skunk. "Now, said Mr. Owl, we all will be able to keep our eyes on you to make sure you stay out of trouble! "Whenever you see a skunk with a white stripe down the middle of his back, now,you will know why it was put there.

Missy the Mouse Has Nose Trouble

Missy was a little happy  field mouse, who had a big nose problem. It wasn't red, short or long, it was stuck up!  Every where she went, she walked with her nose stuck up in the air.  All her friends would say to her,"Missy, you think you are so great. That nose of yours is going to get you into big trouble."  Missy never listened to any of their chatter, she just kept walking around with her nose stuck high  in the air. Missy was proud.  She thought she knew everything. She didn't want anyone to tell her what to do. She thought she was the best in everything: whether it was  playing the piano, or running a race, or swinging on a swing, Missy thought she could do it better then anyone else. Missy never listened or wanted to learn anything . She thought she was smarter than her mother, her father and even her grandparents.  With her nose stuck high in the air, she walked around the green meadow as if she was the most important mouse in the village. She didn't have many friends, and the ones she did have tried and tried to tell her that she was too proud and that some day she was going to stumble over her stuck up nose.

Missy never believed anyone and continued to walk around totally deceived about herself. She thought she was the prettiest, the smartest and most talented mouse in the green forest.. Until one day when she was walking down a path thinking how wonderful she was, she stumbled and fell into a deep chipmunk hole. Down, down , down she tumbled, head over heels ending up at the door of Chipper, the Chipmunk.Chipper heard the bump against his door and went to open it. "What are you doing down her Missy? For a cute little field mouse, you are a mess. What happened?"  Missy tried to explain, "Chipper, it is like this.  I was walking along the path and I fell into your hole."  Chipper knew that there had to be more to her story. "Missy, weren't you watching where you were going.?" asked Chipper. It was than that Missy remembered   what her mother once told her, "Missy, if you don't stopped thinking you are so great and walking around with your nose stuck up in the air, you are going to fall into a chipmunk hole and flatten your nose!."  Sure enough it was flattened and very badly bruised. Chipper explained to her ,"You have to watch out for the holes in the Green Forest.. There are groundhog holes, mole holes and hundreds of chipmunk holes. You can't have your nose up in the air." 

I think Missy had learn an important lesson .  From that day on, she never walked again with her nose stuck up in the air.. Now, she was able look all around and see  the other little mice, who were just as talented as she was and in many cases even smarter. Missy had learned that pride comes before a fall.

Ribbit Outsmarts Reddy the Fox

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The first snows of winter had just fallen like a white blanket covering everything over the Green Forest. All the little forest creatures were tucked away in their burrows, protected from the cold  and frosty wind. Christmas was not too far away and there was great excitement in the air. Ribbit, the rabbit couldn't wait for Christmas.  It was the best day of his life.  He loved getting presents, "I wonder what I am going to get for Christmas this year,"  thought.Ribbit.  He couldn't stand it another minute. He had to call his cousin, Benjamin Bunny, " Hey, Ben why don't you come over today and help me wrap some more presents.?" All the little creatures in the Green Forest liked to exchange gifts together, except for Reddy the fox.  No one, especially the bunnies, trusted him. Reddy was always trying to do something to disrupt the fun. 


Let me tell you what happened last year, when Reddy the fox tried to trap Ribbit   Ribbit the rabbit, always like to celebrate Christmas by wrapping gifts with  his cousin Benjamin Bunny. As usual, Ribbit called for Ben to come over to help. When Benjamin arrived, he saw the most beautifully wrapped Christmas present sitting on Ribbit's front porch, but,  it didn't have a tag. Who could it be from? Benjamin picked it up and took it inside to give to Ribbit.. "Hey, Ribbit, look what I found on your front porch!  Ribbit just knew it just had to be his Christmas present."Now, Ribbit,' said Ben 'don't get so excited.  It isn't Christmas yet.  Just then the telephone rang. Ribbit poltiely answered, "hello, this is Ribbit. Who is calling please!?" Without any explanation, the voice on the other end of the phone warned, 'Don't open that present Ribbit, It is a trick to trap you.". Ribbit dropped the phone and stood there in shock."What the matter Ribbit" asked Ben,'You look like you have seen a ghost!" Ribbits big Christmas package was not a gift at all. "Disgustedly Ribbit said, " It is a rabbit trap, Reddy thinks he is so smart. He is not gong to ruin our Christmas this year again. I have an idea to teach him a lesson."Ribbit continued, "I think we should change the wrapping paper and give it right back to Reddy. We will trick him instead!"  Just the thought of Reddy opening the package and seeing his own trap made the boys laugh and laugh hysterically. Tears had turn to joy in that minute. For the next hour the rabbits carefully unwrapped and rewrapped the Christmas present.  It looked even more beautiful than before.


Trudging through the snow with the gift on their sled, the two bunnies made their way over to Reddy's den.  Together they lifted the present off the sled, walked up the steps and gently placed it on the front porch.. Ribbit rang the door bell and quickly ran with Ben to hid behind the bushes.. Reddy answered door, took one look at the present and said in his deep fox voice,"Wow, what a big present for me. I must be a very important fox to get such a big present. I hardly get any presents.I wonder what it is." Reddy brought the Christmas gift inside. He couldn't wait for Christmas to open it.  As soon as Reddy was inside and distracted, the to bunnies hopped up onto the porch and peeked through the  window to watch Reddy's reaction when he discovered that his trick had back fired on him.


I forgot to tell you something . When Ribbit and Benjamin rewrapped the gift, they used the worst sticky glue you could imagine, so when Reddy unwrapped the present  the wrapping paper got stuck all over his fur. He was furious! "Who would ever wrap a present with sticky glue?"  But it didn't stop Reddy from continuing to open his present. "A rabbit trap!" snarled Reddy, and it's my rabbit trap!"  Reddy was so mad that his red fur was really RED with anger. He knew immediately what had happened, "That Ribbit thinks he has out foxed me, does he. Well, I will show him a thing or two."


 Outside on the porch looking through the window, Ribbit and Benjamin could hard stop laughing.  It was hilarious to see Reddy  trying to free himself. Ribbit knocked on the window and waved at Reddy saying, "Merry Christmas Reddy. We hope you liked your Christmas present. Come on, Ben, hop on the sled and I will give you a ride home", said Ribbit.   Reddy opened the door, shaking his furry paws,  he yelled, "You think you are so funny ,just you wait till next. Christmas. I will get you !"


Word got around the rabbit community to watch out for packages left on their front porch were not to be opened  Ribbit always wondered who that good friend was , who called and warned him about the trap. Who do you think it was?

The Little Red Fox

This is a story how a little red fox who became friends with the bunnies. Little Red was a little fox about four years old, who lived in the Green Forest. One day when he was playing outside in the back yard, he wandered too far away from his den and was lost in the Green meadow. His mommy and daddy had told him many times not to ever go out of his yard, but Little Red forgot. He wandered so far away from his den that he could not find his way back home. His mommy and daddy looked for him everywhere, but they could not find him. It was getting late and Little Red was cold and very much afraid. He curled up under a bush to keep warm. His little body was trembling with fear. The 'animal alert' for little Red went out through the Green Forest, but no one could find him. Mommy and daddy were very sad and hardly could sleep that night, thinking of their Little Red out in the cold, dark Green Forest.

Late afternoon that same day two little bunnies Muff and Fluff had just finished picking blueberries from their dinner and were heading home, when they heard crying in the bushes. "I want my mommy, I want my daddy," sobbed Little Red . Muff and Fluff when over to the bush and bent down to see who was crying. "Why it is a little fox,", said Fluff. "Do you think he knows who we are?' Trying to coach him out they asked him" what is your name? and where do you live?" With tears running down his little furry face, he answered, "I'm lost, I don't know where I live." "Well, said Muff, "you can come home with us for the night." Our mother is a great cook. She makes the sweetest blueberry muffins you could ever eat. said Muff. It didn't sound much like fox food, but "Little Red's" hunger pangs didn't care; food was food!

That night Little Red slept in the briar patch curled up, nice and warm with the bunnies. When he woke up in the morning, Little Fox had forgot where he was. "I want my mommy. I want my daddy", he started to cry. Muff and Fluff tried to comfort him. "You will be all right Little Red, we will find your mommy and daddy. Don't be afraid." said Muff.

After breakfast, Muff and Fluff took little Red to see old Mrs .Owl, who lived in the hollow of an old oak tree. She had been awake all night watching over the Green Forest for any trouble and was just about ready to go to bed for the day when the two bunnies and Little Red arrived at her tree house. Muff spoke first

"Mrs. Owl, we found "Little Red" fox under a bush yesterday. Do you think you can help us? With one eye half shut, Mrs.Owl said, "Well, if there is already an alert out for Little Red,the least I can do is to fly over the Green Forest announcing ' A little red fox has been found. Please come to the old oak tree before I go to sleep." Ole Mrs.Owl flew off through out the Green Forest hooting to all the creatures.

The forest was abuzz with the hot news of the missing little fox. Little Red's mommy and daddy were up early that morning, when they heard Mrs.Owl flying over their den. "Did you hear that? Little Red has been found and is being kept at Mrs. Owl tree house. Let's go at once and get our son.." With great excitement, the mommy and daddy fox ran as fast as they could to the old oak tree.

Muff and Fluff were old enough to know that foxes and bunnies were not friends. Little Red was too young to understand that foxes hunted bunnies to eat. "We better disappear quickly before his mother and father show up or we will be their supper." The little bunnies ran off, leaving little Red to wait for his mommy and daddy. Mrs. Owl returned to wait with Little Red. When Little Red saw his mommy and daddy coming down the path, he ran to meet them . They snuggled together for a long time before Little Red told them about the bunnies. "Daddy, said Little Red , the bunnies found me crying under a bush and took me to their home for the night. The bunnies were very kind to me and they are my friends. "Friends!' said daddy fretfully wondering how he was going to tell his son that foxes eat bunnies! His father never did tell his son that foxes eat bunnies for dinner.He just couldn't broke Little Red's heart. When he grew up and realized that foxes did eat bunnies, he became to greatest bunny protector in the whole Green Forest. He kept all the other foxes away from the bunnies, even when the foxes called him names. Little Red loved the bunnies and was always grateful for the kindness they showed when he was so young to give him a bed for the night..




Boys and girls, Mom mom wants you all to remember to always stay in your own yard,when you are out playing. You never want to wander off and get lost like Little Red did .

Little Trash

Little Trash was a little kitten who lived in the alley behind the super market.  Nobody wanted her in their home because she was so dirty and smelly.  She never took a bath or cleaned herself like other little kittens did.   Poor little Trash, she lived a lonely, sad, and neglected life. Wasn't there anyone who would accept her just as she was?


One day, she decided to leave the ally to find herself a home. She traveled up and down Main Street, stopping at every door crying "Meow, Meow, I am so hungry"  All she ever heard was, "scat, scat go away you little dirty cat". Door after door would slam in her face.  Little Trash felt so rejected and unwanted. Many times she would think,  " Oh, how I long for someone to pick me up, cuddle me in their arms, and let me live in a warm cozy home." Hopelessly, little Trash,  headed back to the alley.  On her way back, a young girl noticed her walking on the sidewalk. She held out her hand and little Trash stopped and licked it. "Poor, little kitty,' said the little girl,"would you like to come home with me?


 Little Trash couldn't believe that somebody really was that kind and caring. The young girl picked her and carried her home.  When her mother saw little Trash, she said," April, that kitten smells terrible. You don't expect her to live in our home! You have to take her back to the alley"  April begged her mother, but the answer remained the same. "NO KITTEN".


When April knelt down to say her prayers that night, she asked the Lord to  help her  mommy change her mind about little Trash. She crawled into bed, thinking about the precious little kitten she had found. In the morning, she felt the Lord had answered her prayer. "If I  give little Trash a bath and make her smell clean, perhaps mommy would allow little Trash to live with me".


After April, finished her morning chores, she headed down to the alley behind the supermarket to find little Trash. The little kitty was hiding in a garbage can, eating her breakfast.  "Little Trash,' called April,'come out, come out, I want to take you home."  When little Trash heard April's voice she quickly jumped out of the garbage can . April picked her up and took her back to her house, where she had prepared a tub of warm water to wash little Trash.  The kitten was so scared and started to run away.  Little Trash wondered, "What is going on? I don't like water."  April explained to her that if she was going to live in her house she had to take a bath. She finally consented, but the most amazing thing happened. After her bathe the water was so filthy and dirty, in fact it was black as coal, but little Trash was white as snow.  April took a towel to buff her dry. Was this really little Trash?

 April took the kitten into the house to find her mother. She didn't want to tell her mother that it was little Trash, because she knew that her mother wouldn't let her keep the kitten. "Mom, where are you' she called, 'come and see a beautiful white kitten. Can I want  keep her, mommy?".  "Why, April" said mommy she is very beautiful.  You can keep her only if you promise to bathe her. "  Oh, I will mommy, ' responded April excitedly.  Holding little Trash in her arms, April hurried of upstairs to show her, her new bed right beside hers


That night when mommy came to tuck April into bed, she told her mommy how the Lord had given her the idea to give  little Trash.a bath.  Jesus knew all along that she was a beautiful white kitten that He had created.  All little Trash needed was someone to be kind and to care for her. April reached down to pat little Trash good night, when Little Trash jumped up onto her bed and snuggled close to her.  " I can't call you little Trash anymore.  You are too beautiful and silky.  I think I will call you Silky". So  Little Trash's name was changed to 'Silky 'and together April and Silky grew to be very close friends. Silky grew to love her baths once a week and she never was smelly, dirty, skinny, or lonely ever again. In fact, Silky even forgot that she was ever called little Trash.

Willie and Howard

If you have already read Willie the Caterpillar, you will love this poem. PopPop wrote this after he read the story just for his little people.



Willie was a caterpillar
Howard was his chum
Each a fuzzy little feller
No bigger than your thumb.

Willie liked to crawl the highway
Dodging stones and passers by
Howard liked to dream of someday
 He would be up in the sky.

One day they met on the roadside
Willie was just passing by
Howard said that he was going
To become a butterfly.

Willie laughed at Howard's story
Willie liked the life he led,
He told Howard he was sorry
He would just stay here instead.

Later on as Willie rambled
He looked up into the sky
 He could see a lovely creature
 Trying to attract his eye.

Willie stopped and waved his feeler
 At the thing away up high
 It had Howard's voice and told him
I am how a butterfly!!!!


Howard told him it was thrilling
 To be up so high and free
 All you had to be was willing
 And you can look just like me.

 Look I am a new creation
 This is what I came to be
 Willie said "I'll be one next year
 Just you wait and see1!!!

Willie the Caterpillar

     Willie was a fuzzy black and brown little caterpillar. If you are out walking in the Fall, you might meet Willie crawling along the road or on a side walk. He had to be very careful watching out for cars and trucks or he would get squashed.


     Howard was his friend.  Howard loved being a caterpillar too, but he knew that one day he was going to  change.  He didn't know when it would happen, but it would be soon.  It was getting very cold and the evenings were getting darker and darker.  Howard realized that things just weren't going to be the same anymore.  Something inside him told him that he was to climb a tree, find a branch and spin a cocoon for himself.  There he would sleep for the next six months until Spring.


     Willie didn't want to listen to his inside voice telling him to spin a cocoon.  He was determined to keep crawling along the road from town and town.  One day a little boy was walking down the street and stopped to pick some flowers for his mother. Without noticing, Willie crawled up inside the little boy's pant leg. What a warm place to relax for awhile,, he thought. It wasn't long before the little boy discovered,Willie, and took him out of his pant leg, and hurried home holding Willie in his hand.  Before Willie knew it, he was confined inside a glass jar filled with twigs and leaves. Fortunately for Willie, the little boy did not put the lid on tight and later that afternoon when the little boy wasn't looking,Willie was able to escape. What a lucky little guy.  He got out of that situation and headed for the road again.

      The cold winter winds began to blow.  Willie found a pile of dead, dry leaves, laying between two big rocks. But, with one big wind storm all the leaves blew away and left Willie cold and bare.  So he started out to find another place.  This time Willie hid himself under the wooden steps of  an old abandoned house, but when the snow came Willie was buried.  After he struggled  to crawl out from under the snow, he left the abandoned house and headed for higher ground.  Willie was determined not to spin a cocoon and stay a caterpillar.


     The Spring crocus and tulips began to poke their little noses from the warm ground.  "Hurray!" yelled Willie, "It is spring again.  I wonder how Howard did through the winter?"  Willie started calling, "Howard, Howard, where are you?"  A small voice answered him, "I'm up here Willie.  Look up!!"'Fluttering high above Willie's head was the most beautiful butterfly . "Hey, Howard, is that you? What are you doing up there?" asked Willie curiously. "This is great Willie. I can fly from town to town twice as fast and explore many more things than I ever could as a caterpillar.," explained Howard, "I am sure glad that I listened to my inside voice and found a tree.  I spun a cocoon, fell asleep and when I woke up, well here I am.  Do you think I am handsome?"


     "I just don't understand, Howard.  It isn't fair that you are a butterfly.  You are suppose to be a caterpillar like me.  But I wish I was as beautiful as you, Howard, and could  fly  among the pretty flowers." said Willie trying to understand.  Howard went on to explain, "Willie, next Fall when your inside voice tells you to find a tree and spin a cocoon don't ask any questions, just believe and obey your creator's voice.  It is a
mystery and I have no idea how it happened."


     Willie waited all summer to hear his creator's voice say, "It is time Willie to spin your cocoon."  Willie didn't argue that Fall and entered into the most beautiful experience ever created for a caterpillar.

Willy and Howard are together again. Aren't they beautiful?

The Secret of the Purple Feathers

In a far away Kingdom of  birds, the King was very unusual. Most of the birds in his Kingdom had feathers that were, either  yellow, brown, red, orange, or blue, but the king's feathers were purple. Because of His beauty and outstanding kindness to all the others birds, he was voted to become King of the birds. All the birds loved him.  He was very wise and patient, helping them to work out their grievances and to forgive each other.

King Purple bird was getting very old.  He had been King for many years and still there wasn't another purple bird to take his place.  He had hoped by now that one of the birds would have figured out his secret, as to why his feathers were purple, but they hadn't. He began to think to himself, "What is going to happen to my Kingdom when I fly off?  Who will there be to settle arguments and keep the peace in the bird Kingdom?" These thoughts  made King Purple very sad. Maybe he would just have to make public his secret. But no, he thought, I will wait one more season. Perhaps, this Spring there will be one purple feathered baby bird born to be the next King.

 The winter was long and hard that year. The snow and ice had made it extra hard to find enough food. So many of the birds had to fly South to warmer weather.  King Purple bird stayed behind to protect the Kingdom and the  make sure that the BIG BLACK CAT didn't ruin his Kingdom.  In the Spring when the birds began to return, King Purple Bird made sure there was a grand welcome.  Upon their return, King Purple Bird would plan a big feast with all the best bird seeds, peanut butter on pine cones and bird suet.

Spring finally came and it was now time to fly back to King Purple Bird. Outside the palace was a beautiful, mulberry bush just starting to bloom.  Mrs. Red bird and Mrs. Blue bird were arguing over who had the mulberry bush first to build their nest.  They were making so much noise that King Purple bird flew out to see what all the fess was about. "it isn't fair,' said Mrs. blue bird, 'I got to the mulberry bush first." "Oh, no you didn't'  argued Mrs Red bird, 'I started a nest before I left for the winter."  King Purple Bird told the two mommy birds to meet him in the throne room.  He would decide what to do.

'Now ladies, the mulberry bush is big enough for both your nests. Because you can't be nice to each other, you will help each other to build your nests. Do you understand?" questioned  King Purple bird. "yes, your Majesty, we will do as you say."  the two mommies birds agreed. The next few days were very pleasant. The nests were built and the eggs were laid.  The two mommies,  now  were very good friends.waiting for their eggs to hatch. All the baby birds came to hatch at once. Pecking their way out, their little mouths opened, crying for food, Mrs. Red bird, was the first to discover how strange her babies were.  Mrs. Blue  birds babies were also strange looking. Together they flew to the palace to talk with King Purple bird.  "King Purple bird, come quickly. Something is wrong with our babies."  the two mommies cried.

As soon as he saw them, he was incredible happy.  "My dear ladies,' he excitedly said, 'do you know what they are?  I have four heirs to my throne."  What!  exclaimed the two mommies, 'four heirs to your throne? what do you mean?"   The king explained, "Your babies are little purple birds." The two mommies couldn't believe it. How did that happen?  It was like magic.  You see, when you mix blue and red together you get purple. The secret of King Purple had been discovered. While building their nests, the two mommy bird's feathers mixed together and created purple baby birds..The trumpets were blown announcing the birth of the four heirs to King Purple bird. If you are ever out in the woods and you see a purple bird, now you will  know how he got his purple feathers.

Fluff's Beautiful Ears

Fluff was an adorable, white fluffy bunny, who lived with her mommy and daddy in the hollow of an old apple tree. Every day she would get up in the morning, and she would look into the mirror admiring her long, beautiful bunny ears.  Fluff took very good care of her very special ears.She always made sure they were clean, even if her face was dirty. The other little girl bunnies had beautiful long ears too, but Fluff's were extra long, until one morning when she looked into the mirror, she noticed that her ears were getting shorter and shorter. "Mommy," she cried 'my ears are getting shorter and shorter. What is the matter?"  Her older sister's ears were still growing.  How can this be? ' she questioned.  For some reason, only Fluff's ears had stopped growing.

Every morning, Fluff would look into the mirror to see if her ears were growing., but they weren't.
They were just getting shorter and shorter.  By now all the other bunnies were noticing Fluff's short ears. What was she going to do?  "I know,' she thought, 'I will stretch them out.'  So she took her paws and started to pull on her ears. It didn't work.  Her ears didn't change.  Her mommy had told her  'Fluff, if you don't eat your dinner, your ears will get even shorter."  Fluff  didn't want to listen or obey her mother.

As the weeks went by, that was exactly what started to happen. Mommy would prepare a meal for the whole family, but  Fluff would just sit there and not eat.  She only wanted to eat what she wanted to eat, not what her mommy said would help her ears to grow.  Because she didn't listen to her mommy or daddy her ears became shorter, and shorter and shorter.  All the other bunny ears, in the green forest, were growing faster and much prettier.than hers.  Fluff didn't like that.,  She wanted her long, beautiful ears back again.           

One night Fluff dreamed that her dinner plate was completely empty. Everyone else was eating, but she didn't want to. Then, a knock came to the door and Mommy answered it.  It was Hopper, Fluff's best friend. "Hi Hopper. What can I do for you? asked mommy.  "I am very hungry.  My mommy is sick and daddy can't cook.  Can I eat with you?" asked Hopper.  "Why, of course you can.  Fluffy doesn't like to eat any more, so you can eat her dinner." answered mommy.  "Thank you so much, because if I don't eat, my ears will get shorter and shorter, and will look like Fluff's ears."responded Hopper graciously. Fluff suddenly woke up from her dream.  "My ears, my ears, 'it's all my fault.  I don't want to eat and my ears will not grow.   I am going to start eating more than my sister. Fluff, quickly got up from bed, brushed her teeth and stubby ears, and raced down stairs to eat her breakfast.

From then now, there was never an empty plate in front of  Fluff.  In fact, Fluff, began to eat twice as much food as her older sister.  She had discovered an important lesson.  If she didn't  eat, she would never have beautiful, long floppy ears again.  Within a very short time Fluff's ears once again grew to be the longest, floppiest, bunny ears in the whole green forest.  Fluff was often asked how she grew back her beautiful ears. She would politely answer..."I just had to decide to eat and believe the God, who creates little bunnies, tells my mommy what was good for me.."  Fluff shook her beautiful long, floppy ears and hopped down the bunny trail to find Hopper, her best friend.  When  Hopper saw fluff, she was so excited.. "Why Fluff, your ears are beautiful again..  Let's go and show all the bunnies in the green forest your beautiful, long floppy ears."  So that is the story of Fluff, the little bunny who wouldn't eat.  I am so happy that all my little friends eat their Dinners.                                         

Herman's Long Beautiful Tail

Herman was a little field mouse, who lived next door to Freddi and Harry down in the green meadow. When they went out to play together in the green meadow, they were always on their guard for the  BIG BLACK CAT. They never knew where or when he would show up. Freddie and Harry,  wore whistles around their necks, just  in case they got in trouble.  If ever there was a problem, all they had to do was to blow their whistles loud and long. Herman was too proud to wear a whistle.  He thought he could take care of himself.

The father of  Freddie and Harry was the police chief of the green meadow police department, and for years he had kept the green meadow safe from any invasion. In fact, Freddie, Harry, and Herman had to attend all the safety classes before they were allowed to play in the meadow.

Herman was about to learn a very hard lesson. You see, Herman, had the longest tail of all the mice in the whole green forest and he thought he was better than anyone else. He thought his tail made him the fastest runner in the green meadow. Why, sometimes he thought that he was flying.

One afternoon while the boys were out in the meadow playing, the BIG BLACK CAT was lurking in the tall meadow grass, keeping an eye on the boys.  Freddie saw him crouched down watching them, waiting to make his first move. He quickly reached for his whistle and started to blow it loud and long.to warn all the mice in  the meadow.  Herman laughed.  He didn't believe Freddie. Because he didn't see the BIG BLACK CAT,  he ignored the warning and continued to play. Freddi and Harry tried to convince Herman that he had better leave, but Herman wouldn't listen. So, Freddi and Harry obeyed their instruction and left for home.

THE BIG BLACK cat was delighted that Herman didn't listen.  Now he had his chance to corner Herman for himself.  Herman wasn't paying much attention, when suddenly he saw the BIG BLACK CAT spring up out of the tall meadow grass and run toward him.. Immediately, Herman started to run for his house. Just before he reached his home,The BIG BLACK CAT caught Herman by his tail and bit it completely off.  Herman kept running. He didn't even know what had happened. He ran into his house, up stairs and hid under his bed.  Herman was so scared, he was shaking all over. "Why didn't I listen?" he cried to himself. Then he noticed that his tail was gone. "What happened to my long beautiful tail? cried Herman. He was so proud of his long beautiful tail, but it wasn't long any more!

His mother was calling him for supper. " Herman, please come down for supper." she asked politely.  Herman ignored her. Finally, his mother came up stairs looking for Herman.  "I saw you running into the house. Don't you try to hide from me", his mother said.  Herman moving under his bed gave him away.  His mother knew that he was under the bed. "Herman', she said, 'why are you hiding under the bed?"  Slowly, Herman, crawled out from under his bed and faced his mother. "What ever happened to your tail, Herman?" exclaimed his mother.  She was shocked.  Herman was embarrassed to even go down for dinner. "Mother, why can't I eat in my bedroom tonight?" asked Herman hopefully. "No Herman, you have a lot of explaining to do for your father. Now you dry your tears and come down now," answered mother sharply.

At the dinner table that night Herman didn't eat very much.  He wasn't very hungry. It was hard to sit in his chair without his long tail. He missed curling it up under him to sit closer to the table.  His father's expression was very grave.  "How many times, Herman, have you been warned about the dangers in the green meadow? Because you disobeyed, you will have to go to bed early and stay out of green meadow until you have attend the safety classes again." his father told him. Herman agreed that he was wrong and asked forgiveness from his mother and father, but there was still one BIG question. "Daddy' he asked,'do you think my tail will ever grow again?"

Boys and girls, what do you think?  Did Herman's tail ever grow again? Do you think he learned his lesson? Do you think he will wear a whistle now with Freddi and Harry to warn others about the dangers in the green meadows?

The Big Black Cat

Early in the morning when  everyone had left the house, the last one out was the BIG BLACK CAT. Slowly he made his way down into the meadow where he waited for the field mice to come out to play. Now, down in the meadow lived a happy little family of field mice. Freddie was the oldest, Harry his brother and little Harriet, the younger sister.

One morning when Freddie and Harry were still sleeping, little Harriet woke up, dressed herself and went out into the back yard to swing.  She was never allow to go outside alone without her brothers to protect her.  But, this morning she just wanted to do what she wanted to do. When the BIG BLACK CAT  saw her on the swing all alone,  s-l-o-w-l-y he moved through the tall meadow grass without her knowing it, he pounced on her and caught her in his teeth.  Little Harriet began to scream. "Help, help Help!  Her cry woke up the boys sleeping. " Harriet is in trouble'. explained Freddie.  ' It is THE BIG BLACK CAT.  He has captured our sister and carried her off to his cage."  The boys knew immediately what they had to do.  "We will make a trap,"said Freddie.  The two boys went to the garage, found two shovels and started digging a BIG, BIG hole.  When they finished, they covered the hole with branches for a disguise.  "I know' said Harry, ' we can dance around the hole and let the BIG BLACK CAT see us, make him hungry and he will want to eat us too!"  So the two brothers finished the trap and started to dance around the hole, singing songs.  "Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, everything is going my way"

The BIG BLACK CAT saw the two little mice dancing and thought to himself, 'Can you believe this day?  Another delicious meal coming up!."  So, s-l-o-w-l-y THE BIG BLACK CAT moved through the tall meadow grass.  The mice kept singing, just waiting for their big catch.  Without warning the BIG BLACK CAT jumped out from the tall  grass and landed right on the branches. Down, down, down fell the BIG BLACK CAT into the big hole.  He was mad, really, really mad. The BIG BLACK CAT cried out "Meow,meow, let me out, let me out" The little brothers were so excited.  They danced even harder, singing "WE GOT BIG BLACK CAT, WE GOT THE BIG BLACK CAT."

While the BIG BLACK CAT was trying to get out of an impossible situation, the two little mice ran up the backyard to rescue their little sister Harriet from the cage. Harriet quickly jumped onto Freddie's back and together they ran as fast as he could back to their meadow home. Freddie was very upset with Harriet and told her to go to her bedroom and wait for her mother to talk with her.  Harriet obeyed .  She knew that she was in BIG trouble. Mommy made her stay in her room for the rest of the day until daddy came home from working at the cheese factory.  Then, they both agreed that Harriet would have to go to bed without any dinner or stories before bedtime that night.  How sad it was for Harriet, but she had to learn to obey.

Later that same afternoon, when Bobby came home from school, he was looking for the BIG BLACK CAT, but he couldn't found him anywhere. Then he heard him crying "Meow, meow, let we out, let me out!" At first Bobby didn't actually know where he was. He went out into the backyard and then he heard, "Meow, Meow, let me out, let me out." The BIG BLACK CAT was trapped in a deep hole.  Bobby lifted the BIG BLACK CAT out of the trap.  Holding him firmly in his arms, Bobby scolded the BIG BLACK CAT. "You got just what you deserved.  I have told you a hundred times not to bother the little field mice. You have your cat food. Now you go into the house and stay there."

But, do you think the BIG BLACK CAT ever learned his lesson?  Early the next morning after everyone had left the house, the last one out was the BIG BLACK CAT. Where do you think he headed?  You are right. He headed right down for the meadow where he sat, waiting for the field mice to come out and play.
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