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

u have any id

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?