Friday, June 25, 2010

The Diggie-Dum Bird

Deep in the forest, there once could be heard, the beautiful song of a Diggie-Dum bird.
His song rose above all the other birds’ notes, compared to the Diggie, the rest sung like goats!
Fairies and animals gathered around to dance to the song that was sweetest in sound.
One day said the Diggie-Dum bird, “That’s enough!” and he sat for a week with his feathers a-fluff.
A tiny young fairy climbed up on his wing, and said, “Dearest Diggie-Dum, why won’t you sing?”
“My song is the BEST, so I hear them all say. I’ll not sing again ‘til the King comes my way!”
The Diggie stopped singing, for none but the King. For all of the fairies, t’was quite a sad thing.
The rest of the birds in the forest felt bad. They didn’t like seeing the fairies so sad!
They gathered together and made up plan. “We’re not the Diggie, but we’ll do what we can!”
The birds of the forest sang out day and night, to help them get through the Diggie-Dum plight.
Soon the fairies and animals danced all around, but the Diggie-Dum STILL would not make a sound!
The birds in the forest sang out with delight! They practiced and practiced with all of their might.
The songs of the forest were played all day long – ‘til ...
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