Pip’s Three-Step Secret — Under the warm reed roof, Pip tapped one webbed foot in the mud. Read the full story →
Under the warm reed roof, Pip tapped one webbed foot in the mud. He had made a secret challenge: three waddles past the tall grass to sniff the bell-flower before the clouds covered the sun. Squish, wobble, squish—off he went.
The grass tickled his sides, and a beetle buzzed so close that Pip dropped one downy feather. “Shh, I’m on a mission,” he whispered. At the flower, he breathed in its honey smell, but the pond sounded far away.
Then the reeds rustled his old lullaby: hush-hush, home-home. Pip carried the tune back instead of the flower. Next time you spot his shy little face, can you keep Pip’s three-step secret?