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Bill In The Tree
(c) Robert Reeder, 2005

There once was a man named Bill.
Bill lived up in a tall, tall tree.
Bill would talk to the birds who lived in the trees.
"Tweet, tweet, tweet," he would say. Sometimes he would say "Caw, caw!"
The birds would bring him breakfast every day.
One day, a big windstorm came through the trees.
Bill’s tree swayed back and forth, back and forth.
Bill didn’t know what to do.
A wise old owl swooped down to talk to Bill.
He said, "Why don’t you climb down out of this tree?"
So Bill climbed down, out of the wind.

Next Bill dug a hole in the ground to live in.
His neighbors were the badgers, who also dug holes to live in.
Bill talked to the badgers, saying "Gukkk-edukk, gukkk-edukk!"
They would say "Gukk-edukk" back to him, and bring him lunch.
One day, a big rainstorm came, and flooded the holes.
Bill was up to his nose in water.
The wise old owl swooped down and said to Bill, "Bill, why don’t you climb out of that hole?"
So Bill climbed out.

Next Bill dove into a lake, to live on a floating log.
He was on good terms with the fish, who brought him dinner every night.
Bill talked to the fish, saying, "Glub, glug, glub."
The fish said to Bill, "Glub, glug!"
One day, the dam broke and the lake water drained into the river, taking all the fish.
Bill was left alone in the mud.
Bill saw the wise old owl swooping down, and he said, "I know, I’m getting out of the mud."
The owl said to Bill, "I was just going to suggest that!"
Then he said, "Bill, why don’t you use your legs and walk down that road to town?"
Bill got up and started walking.
Soon he was in town.
He met nice people.
He talked to them, and they talked to him.
They had dinner together.
Bill was happy.



The End.