Adventure Book:
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"Imagine a beautiful day..." said Grandma, "and you'd have one just like this."
“The sunshine, sounds and breezes makes me feel young again.”
Max picked a handful of Dragons-that-Snap and Mums-the-Word for Grandma. Then he looked at Flora his new cow critter and sighed, “she’s flat. I guess she needs a bit of that poly-fil® stuffing you brought Grandma. Then she’ll feel like enjoying this beautiful day too.”
“Well, I think you’re right, Max” said Grandma, and they took their stuffing tool and stuffed away until Flora looked just right. Then they closed her up.
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“When I was young...” said Grandma, “we would have made daisy chains for your hair, Max.”
“I would have looked very silly,” smiled Max.
“Well... silly-is-as-silly does,” sighed Grandma.
“I’m in a good mooood too,” said Flora, and she lumbered off into the grasses in the field.
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The animals in the farmyard stretched and yawned.
“I feel lazy, hazy,” oinked Pickles the pig, and he found himself an especially sunny spot and plopped down in it.
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“I feel like a trot in the field,” neighed Winifred the horse, and off she went, sporting her new shoes.
“I feel like a splash in the pond,” quacked Arbuckle duck, but, there was none, so he headed for Max’s plastic pool.
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Flora found a field covered with wild
flowers.
"Now, what does one do with these?" she said with a smile. "Why, eat them of course."
And with that, she created a lovely salad and sprinkled it with Nasturtiums. She used a bit of nectar for dressing, and tossed it in a pail that was handy.
"Delicious!" munched Flora.
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“Oops! What is this in the flower bed? I do believe it is a hat!” said Flora. “This is rather a plain hat. I think it would be vastly improved with some decoration.”
So she gathered some Forget-Me-Nevers and some Bell-Ringers, and fit them about the brim.
Then she found the other animals.
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“What a lovely hat,” remarked Winifred.
“Quite glamorous!” said Pickles.
“Really fetching,” observed Arbuckle duck.
So Flora modeled the hat for her friends (who were suitably impressed).
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“Imagine, Max, we could make daisy chains for them all,” said Grandma. As the animals watched, she taught Max how.
“I do admire those chains,” moo’d Flora.
All the animals admired them very much indeed.
“Let’s have a parade!” they shouted.
And they did.
Then, they paraded upon a letter.
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“What is this?” asked Arbuckle duck.
All the animals crowded around. “Flora, read it please,” they said in chorus.
So Flora put on her glasses and read:
INVITATION TO
A SUNSET FARMYARD PICNIC
FROM
THE COWS OF THE HERD
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“A sunset picnic! Hurray!” exclaimed the animals.
“I shall wear my very best shoes and my most attractive blanket,” neighed Winifred.
“I shall take a bath,” oinked Pickles.
“I shall come adorned with flowers and everyone will admire my hat,” moo’d Flora.
“And I shall come just as I am,” quacked Arbuckle duck.
And of course, they did.
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“What will you wear, my dear Max?” asked Grandma.
“My new plaid shirt— and you, ma’am?”
“You shall see,” teased Grandma.
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| Written and illustrated by elinor peace bailey |
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