What can it be? (Barney Story).

"Today is a special day," Barney said to BJ and Baby Bop.
"I have a fun surprise for you!"
"I love surprises," said BJ.
"Me too!" Baby Bop giggled.

"I'll see if my surprise is ready," Barney said
as he hurried away.
"I wonder what it can be?" BJ whispered to his sister.

Suddenly, there was a very loud noise that sounded like this:
OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH-PAH!
"What was that?" asked Baby Bop.
"I don't know," said BJ, "but it sure has a very loud voice."

"Maybe it's an animal with a really big mouth," said BJ.
Baby Bop said, "What can it be?"

BJ and Baby Bop went looking for the animal with the very loud voice.
"Here are some muddy footprints," said a helpful chipmunk.

"This animal must have great big feet," said BJ.
Baby Bop said, "What can it be?"

BJ and Baby Bop followed the footprints to a row of bushes.
"Look!" called Baby Bop. "The animal jumped right over!"

"Maybe the animal had very long legs," said BJ.
Baby Bop said, "What can it be?"

Just then BJ and Baby Bop heard the sound again.
OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH-PAH!
A friendly turtle called to them.
"I saw something with big ears," she said.

"The animal has big ears," said BJ.
Baby Bop said, "What can it be?"

As BJ and Baby Bop hurried along, a deer called.
"I saw something with a big shiny horn," he said.

"Wow!" said BJ. "A big shiny horn!"
Baby Bop said, "What can it be?"

BJ and Baby Bop were in such a rush that they bumped into Barney!
They told him all about the strange animal.
"That animal is part of my surprise," laughed Barney.
"And here he is now!"

"It's my friend Jack Rabbit!" said Barney.
"He has big feet. He hopped over the bushes.
He has big ears.
And he has a horn called a tuba that makes music like this:
OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH, OOM-PAH-PAH!"

"My surprise has music and friends.
What can it be?" asked Barney.
"It's a party!" laughed Baby Bop.
And she was right!

Wolf and Dog (Story).

Wolf and Dog


A dog slipped off his leash one day and went for a walk in the woods. After a time, he met a wolf.

The dog said to the wolf, "Brother wolf, you look so thin! How can you be happy when you are so thin? You should come live with me and my master. I eat everyday and I never want for food."

The wolf thought for a moment and replied, "Yes, you are right. Why should I be out here in the wild hunting for small bites of food when someone else will give it to me? And you are so well fed. Very well, I will come to live with you."



"Good," said the dog, "then follow me."

As they trotted off to the dog's home, the wolf noticed a patch around the dog's neck where the fur had been worn off.

"Brother Dog, " asked the wolf, "why do you have that patch around your neck where there is no fur?"

The dog slowed down, stopped and turned to the wolf with sadness in his eyes.

"That is where they place the leather leash around my neck. They do this so they can control me and keep me in my place." replied the dog, sadly.

"Never!" said the wolf as he began to trot back into the forest. "I would rather be starving and free than to be fat and a slave."

The Hiccup Mouse. ( Story )

Once there was a little mouse named Lucy. She lived in the meadow with her mother and father, and her little brother Harvey. She and Harvey got along very well. They played in the fields, went swimming in the summer, climbed trees, and even had tea parties together.
Lucy thought that Harvey was just about the most perfect brother she could have, except for one thing…her had a way of sneaking up on her when she just wasn't expecting it. Why only this morning he had startled her so badly that she had spilled her juice all over the table. Mother had been upset and so had she. In fact, she had been so upset it had given her hiccups and now she couldn't get rid of them!

She had tried drinking water, and holding her breath but the Hiccups just wouldn't go away. No matter how hard she tried to get rid of them every few seconds a giant HIC-CUP would burst out of her little self. Maybe my friends will know what to do, she thought.

First she went to Skunk's house. "Hello -HIC- Skunk" she said. "Hello. How are you today?" Skunk replied. "I'm -HIC- fine" said Lucy "but -HIC- I have -HIC- the hiccups -HIC- and I can't get -HIC- rid of them!" " I noticed" said Skunk "Perhaps if you stand on your head the Hiccups will fall out" she suggested. "That's what I always do and it works great for me. Toodle Loo!" and she dashed off without another word.

So Lucy stood on her head and waited for a very long time. It was very difficult because with every Hiccup she would lose her balance and have to start all over again. While she was doing this Frog hopped up.

"What are you doing Lucy?" he asked. Lucy started to tell him but suddenly a really huge Hiccup came out, and Frog said "Oh my, it seems standing on your head has given you the Hiccups. You should try hopping on one foot while patting your tummy" he offered helpfully. "Thank -HIC- you" she said, but when she looked up test.bmp (466678 bytes)Frog had already hopped off towards the pond.


Hopping on one foot and patting her tummy sounded silly to Lucy but the Hiccups were getting worse and she was willing to try anything if it would make them go away. But no matter how hard she hopped and patted, the Hiccups wouldn't go away.

"Oh no!" she said as she began to walk home. "Perhaps I will have Hiccups for the rest of my life. I will be known as the Hiccup Mouse. Maybe I will never be able to go into the library again, the Librarian will surely tell me I am too noisy to be there! And I can forget about ever playing Hide-n-Seek, because everyone will find me!" By now, she was so busy feeling miserable that she hardly noticed where she was going.

Just then Harvey jumped out of the berry bushes beside the path holding a large, juicy berry. "Lucy look what I found!" he exclaimed. But Lucy was tired of being surprised by her little brother and she'd had enough. "Harvey, how many times have I told you not to…" she started to say. Then she stopped and a huge smile spread across her face.

She realized that her Hiccups were gone! Harvey had surprised her so much that the Hiccups had disappeared. "Oh, Harvey" she said and then she threw her arms around him and gave him a gigantic hug. "Thank you! You cured me of those horrible Hiccups!" she cried. Then she and Harvey went off to share that delicious berry.test.bmp (466678 bytes)