For
                                                                                                                        A long time,
                                                                                                             The folded umbrella just,
                                                                                                        Lay on a shelf, gathering dust.
                                                                                                It was forgotten - and quite out of sight.
                                                                                      For months, the umbrella did not even see daylight.
                                                                               But the umbrella did not grumble, or utter a single moan,
                                                                           It sat patiently, waiting, in a large,  dark  cupboard on its own.
                                                                       Then, one day, as it lay napping, the lonely umbrella heard a sound;
                                                                    The umbrella was so excited that its little heart began to race and pound
                                                               As it heard the pitter-patter of raindrops falling upon a nearby window pane
                                                               It clapped and shouted, "Hooray! Hooray! The monsoons are here once again!"
                                                                                                                       The umbrella was
                                                                                                                         As happy as can
                                                                                                                               be. It said
                                                                                                                                     "Now,
                                                                                                                                        my
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                                                                                                                                         w
                                                                                                                                         n
                                                                                                                                         e
                                                                                                                                         r
                                                                                                                                         s
                                                                                                                                        will
                                                                                                                                            surely                me!
                                                                                                                                                  remember

                                        the top.  Then I laugh and shout,

                                right to                                            and stretch

                            I get                                                             my hands

                       till                                                                           out. I am

                    step,                                                                              ready for the

                  by                                                                                         ride. Whee!

               step                                                                                              How I slip,

            up,                                                                                                        And slide,

         up,                                                                                                                and glide,

      up,                                                                                                                       till I get to

    up,                                                                                                                             the bottom

  climb                                                                                                                                of the SLIDE!
I

                         Little
                   sparrow looked
                in through the window pane.
                 I am feeling hungry again!
                  Do you have any scraps to share
                   with me? There's so much food in
                    your kitchen, I can see. It will take only a moment
                    of your time you know, To toss me some crumbs before you go!
                        Oh, gosh! I'm so glad that I was able to make you
                              Notice me!  It's so hard to fly around on
                                   An empty belly!  Cheep! Cheep!
                                       Here's a little song for you.
                                            It's my way of
                                                   Saying
                                                     T
                                                     h
                                                     a
                                                     n
                                                     k
                                                   You!

                                                                                                  Oh
                                                                                       dear Mr.
                                                                                Moon, why
                                                                       do you shine
                                                                  only during
                                                            the dark night?
                                                      What do you do
                                                  When you are
                                             out of our sight?
                                        Do you just nap,
                                     Play with stars,
                                Or fly to planets
                              In galaxies afar?
                          Are you afraid of
                       The dark night sky?
                      Do you like to be
                     Alone, up so high?
                    Do you talk to the
                    Clouds so white,
                    Or birds winging
                      Along in flight?
                        Sometimes you
                          Are round, and
                            Look like a ball.
                              But sometimes,
                                  You're so skinny,
                                          It's so hard to
                                              See you at all!
                                                 Are you playing
                                                     Hide and seek with
                                                              Me? Is that why,
                                                                 Mr. Moon, you are
                                                                         Sometimes, just
                                                                                  So very hard
                                                                                                  to see?

                                                                         It
                                                                     soars.
                                                                 Suddenly,
                                                             Up so very high.
                                                       Reaching for the fleecy
                                                  White clouds dotting the sky.
                                             It flies past the rooftops and trees,
                                             As it frolics so gaily with the breeze.
                                                 A little bird asks the paper kite,
                                                     "I'm curious about your flight.
                                                          Why do you rush so?
                                                             Don't you know,
                                                                 It's better,
                                                                     To take
                                                                         It
                                                                            slow?"
                                                                                   The
                                                                                       kite replied,
                                                                                                        "I can't do that,
                                                                                                                               dear chap.
                                                                                                                                              Because,you see,
                                                                                                                                                                        I don't know,
                                                                                                                                                                                           when my
                                                                                                                                                                                                         string
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 will snap!"

                                                                                  The
                                                                                  little boat
                                                                  was        excited to go
                                                              out to       sea for the first
                                                           time.          "Push me!" He cried
                                                      To the             gentle sea. "Then, your
                                                  frothy                 white waves I will climb."
                                             "Wait                       patiently," said the sea, "for
                                         the                              wind to come by. "Without his help,

                                                   I just can't push you, my dear, No matter
                                                     how hard my frothy white waves try!
                                                        When the wind arrives, you'll have
                                                              Such fun - he'll push you over
                                                                  My waves - one by one!