Happy and Blue 2

Marty didn’t know how it happened but he was tangled up in some roots and he was terrified.

Dig as he might it didn’t really help. In fact the more he dug the more tangled he became. So he did what any self respecting mole would do in such a situation. He started to cry.

His crying didn’t go unnoticed.

A little boy who was playing nearby heard the noise and went over to see what the problem was. Will the boy help Marty or squish him…>>>

Jimmy was mad. Really mad. Really, really mad. Because some girl he didn’t really like all that much was having a party and he wasn’t invited.

So, like any other 12 year old boy would do Jimmy decided to get revenge.

“I shall spoil her party” thought Jimmy. “She’ll never not invite me to her party again”
And then he laughed a maniacal laugh caused mostly because his voice was changing so some of the laugh was in a high pitched voice and the rest was in a deeper voice.

So he hopped on his bicycle and biked next door to his neighbors house. Is Jimmy successful. Find out..>>>

After a long Winter the birds began planning for their trip North. And like all the other birds Birt had lots of things to do before beginning his long journey.

First of all there was the question of what to do with his old home.

Most humans think that birds just abandon their old nests when they leave and then build new nests upon their return but those humans just don’t understand birds.

Birds, like humans, sell their old homes. Or if they are particularly nice, like Birt’s was, they rent them out to other animals until they return in the Fall. Find out why Bert”s face is hidden…>>>

Betty sat at the side of the road staring at the lettuce on the other side. Lettuce that someone had carelessly dropped from their sandwich only moments ago.

The lettuce looked so green. And tasty. Well, tasty if you are a bunny. Which of course Betty was. If you are human lettuce really isn’t all that tasty. It’s more of a garnish. To add colour and perhaps a bit of noise when you eat it.

But Betty was a bunny so human thoughts about the purpose of lettuce wasn’t really important to her. Eating tasty lettuce was. Like the piece of lettuce just waiting for her on the other side of the road.

The problem was that this particular road was full of cars and trucks that whizzed by her in an almost endless stream.

Every time that Betty tried to hop out onto the road a car or truck would honk their horn at her and she would have to hop back to the safety of the side she was already on. She would hop forward and hop backward. Over and over again. Until finally she just gave up and sat on the side of the road crying. Poor Betty’s story continues>>>

Folks said that if she hadn’t been so small she would have been tall. But Ruby didn’t really hang around with Alex Folks so she never heard the comment.

She often wondered about her height though. Which lends credence to ideas being everywhere and people just needing to be open to them I suppose.

Anyways, at only 4’7” Ruby was the shortest girl on the basketball team.
But what Ruby lacked in height she made up for in her uncanny ability to shoot baskets from anywhere on the floor.

She could even shoot baskets from in the stands but since that wasn’t allowed during a game she never demonstrated it. And she never demonstrated her skill at shooting a six gun either. Due mainly to the fact that she had no skill in that area.

Ruby could shoot baskets though. And she did so with regularity. Enough that she led the league in points during her high school years.

Aside from the Folks boy other people often wondered why someone of her height could do what those of a more normal height could not do. (more…)