95 Why Flies Buzz Retold by Rosie McCormick Illustrated by Gail McIntosh
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97 One bright, sunny day, a man and his wife went into the jungle to gather food. When they reached a coconut tree, the man took out his knife. The man climbed up the tree to cut down some delicious coconuts.
98 As the man reached for a coconut, a black fy fitted around his face. He tried to swat the fy, and dropped his knife. “Watch out, Wife!” he cried.
99 The angry crocodile’s tail went—swack! swack! swack! The wife jumped out of the way. As she jumped, she kicked a crocodile that was sleeping beneath the tree.
100 The bird soared to a branch in a tree and landed right next to a monkey. The monkey was peeling a juicy mango. Nearby, a jungle bird was looking for bugs to eat. As the crocodile’s tail came down, the bird squawked— scree! scree! scree!
101 The monkey, startled by the bird, dropped his mango. It fell on the head of a hippo—splat! splat! splat!
102 As he did, he trampled on a bushfowl’s nest. The nest was full of eggs. The hippo thought he was being attacked by hunters. He tried to escape—stomp! stomp! stomp!
103 She did not awaken the sun with her familiar call—kark! kark! kark! So the sky remained dark for several days. “My eggs are all broken!” wailed the bushfowl. She began to cry—sob! sob! sob! And there she stayed, beside her nest, for many days and nights.
104 The lion gathered all the animals together to fnd out what had happened. The jungle animals were worried. They went to talk to the wise lion.
105 The last to speak was the man. He said, “Wise Lion, I dropped my knife because a black fy was annoying me. ” Everyone blamed each other.
106 “Have you nothing else to say?” asked the lion. The fy ignored the lion and continued saying “buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” “Aha!” said the lion. “Then it is the black fy’s fault!” said the lion. But the black fy answered back. “Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” said the fy.
107 The fy tried to speak, but all he could say was, “Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” To this day, fies all around the world can only say, “Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” The lion was angry with the fy and decided to punish him. “Black Fly!” he bellowed. “Since you refuse to answer, I shall take away your power to talk. ”
108 The bushfowl was satisfed. The fy that had caused all the trouble had been punished. And so she agreed to once again call the sun to begin the day.
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111 The Three Little Pigs Retold by Rosie McCormick Illustrated by Gail McIntosh
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113 Once upon a time, there were three little pigs. They lived with their mother. One day, Mama Pig said, “You are all grown now. It is time for you to go out into the world and live on your own. ”
114 The First Little Pig decided to build a house made out of straw. Before long, he was fnished. He had time to relax in the shade. The pigs said good-bye and went on their way.
115 The Second Little Pig built a house made out of sticks. He worked hard, but he still had time to relax in the shade.
116 It took him a long time to fnish building his house. He did not have time to rest in the shade. The Third Little Pig decided to build a house made out of bricks. He worked very, very hard.
117 Soon after, a big, bad wolf came along. He saw the First Little Pig napping in the shade. ‘That little pig would make a tasty bite to eat,’ thought the Big Bad Wolf to himself.
118 The little pig saw the wolf coming and ran inside his straw house. The wolf said, “Little pig, little pig, let me come in.” The little pig replied, “Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. ”
119 “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down,” said the Big Bad Wolf. And that is what he did! As the straw blew everywhere, the First Little Pig ran away.
120 The Big Bad Wolf soon came across the Second Little Pig home made of sticks. The Big Bad Wolf knocked on the door and asked to come in. “Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin,” said the Second Little Pig. “Then I’ll huff, and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down,” replied the wolf.
121 The two little pigs ran to their brother’s brick house. Right behind them was the wolf! Once again the wolf asked to come inside. “Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin,” replied the Third Little Pig. The wolf did not give up. He climbed up onto the roof. He jumped down the chimney.
122 And he fell right into a pot of water that was heating on the fre. That water was so hot that the wolf jumped out and ran away. The Three Little Pigs lived happily ever after.
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