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The Flying Piglet Story
Once there was a beautiful butterfly
gliding along, Enjoying the sweet flowers and humming a song. Spring was here
& everything was
in bloom, As she enjoyed the
first time being out of her cocoon. Her wings stretched, catching the air,
Finally able to flutter
without a care. From flower to flower she danced,
Unknowing that nearby there was a baby piglet that she had entranced.
The baby
piglet watched and watched the beautiful butterfly from his pen fence, Wondering
what it was like to flutter, soar, hum and dance. He jumped and jumped, but no
matter what, He always landed, with a loud thud, on his piglet butt. The piglet
let out a whimper and down his cheek ran a tear, And by this time the butterfly
had come near. She heard his sobs and his snorts, So she decided to see why he
was so out of sorts.
The butterfly made her way, dancing about, And landed on
the little piglet’s snout. “Dear Piglet why such a sad face?” “Spring is here,
the skies are blue and flowers are in bloom all over the place.” “I’m sad”, said
the piglet, “because I am stuck here on the ground”,
“As I watch you fly, so
effortlessly, all around.” “I’ve tried and tried ever so hard”, “To jump high,
so I too can fly around this barnyard.” “I want to sniff the flowers and feel
the air”, “And fly around without a care.” “But no matter how high I jump”, “I
don’t ever fly.
I just end up hitting the ground ,hard, on my rump.” “Now my
rump hurts and I want to cry”, “As I fear I won’t ever soar in the sky.”
The
butterfly kindly replied, “Oh darling little piglet, don’t your fret”, “Your
dream of wanting to fly isn’t over quite yet.” The piglet sat and wiped away the
tear, As the butterfly gave him a kiss on the snout, whispering, “Little piglet,
don’t you fear.” As she flew away, she hatched a plan. “Maybe the garden fairy
can help me, she thought, “in fact, I KNOW she can!.” And after making a pot of
daffodil tea, The butterfly set off, to make a visit to the garden fairy. With
soft words exchanged on the petal of a flower, The butterfly convinced the
garden fairy to help the piglet with her power. As the piglet snoozed later that
night, The garden
fairy appeared, gliding across the moonlight. With a wave of
her wand, it was done, The results to be seen in the morning sun. When the
piglet awoke with a stretch and a yawn, He felt like something was different on
this dawn. As he stood up to read
the sky and see the weather, To his surprise,
on the ground beside him, landed a feather. He became curious, and when he glanced back, The darling little piglet almost had a heart attack.
On his back,
sat a pair of beautiful wings, He laughed and giggled, and thought “Well of all
the things!” “I hoped and dreamed to be
able to fly”, “NOW I CAN! Let’s give
these a try!” He ran outside snorting and squealing with joy, With the
excitement of a child,
with a brand new toy. He climbed to the top of the fence,
jumped and closed his eyes tight, And when he opened them, alas, he was in full
flight ! He grinned from ear to ear, giggling away, As he flew over the barnyard
and bales of hay. He could smell the flowers
and feel the air, And just like the
butterfly, he soared, without a care. As the piglet enjoyed his first flight,
The butterfly and garden fairy watched from the soft dawn’s light. They laughed
& smiled at a job done well, “Look at him fly”, the butterfly said. “He’s
doing swell!” “I guess with a bit of hope
& fairy dust, dreams can come true!”
The garden fairy giggled & replied “Why yes, yes they do.” |
- Click on Bernie
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