Peter was not a happy piglet!
He lived to write songs, and he liked to sing them. Oe morning, he woke up with a new song in his head and,
when he tried to sing it to his friends at breakfast, they all shunned him. Around the barnyard he trotted,
looking for someone to listen. But everyone it seemed was just too busy. Even his mother, who was having
a nap, put him off till later. His feelings hurt, Peter decided to run away and find someone who would
listen to his song. Along the way he stopped to rest, and began to sing:
"Oh, I'm a little pig,
oinky oinky oinky oink.
And I'm really not so big,
oinky oinky oinky oink,
But I like to sing a song,
oinky oinky oinky oink,
Do you want to sing along?
oinky oinky oinky OINK!"
"RRRibit," came the answer. Miracles of miracles, it was a frog names Francis John who, like Peter,
was a singer of songs. So was born, not only a duet, but a friendship in this tender tale by
first-time author, Carol P. Saul, charmingly illustrated by Diane deGroat. |
