Nico’s Apple Drum — Every day, Nico tapped a curled leaf—pat-pat, pat-pat—to start the orchard band. Beetles clicked, grasshoppers scraped, and the grass smelled sharp and sunny. Read the full story →
Every day, Nico tapped a curled leaf—pat-pat, pat-pat—to start the orchard band. Beetles clicked, grasshoppers scraped, and the grass smelled sharp and sunny. But one day, the leaf only made a sad flop. A big wind had filled it with mud.
Because of that, Nico hurried down the path to find a new drum. Because of that, he bumped a bitten apple and heard, thump-a-rum! Inside the bite hole sat three shiny apple seeds, rattling like tiny bells. “Everybody, listen!” Nico called. He rolled the apple with all his feet, and the orchard burst into music too big to keep quiet. If you spot that apple, can you imagine the seeds going thump-a-rum again?
