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The story
of
Farmer Jack
Jack
lives on a farm
not very far from the sea.
He
can not see the
sea, but just beyond his farm there is a brook.
It
is called Tange
Brook.
There
is a very nice
bridge across the brook.
Looking
at the
bridge
Jack can feel the sea.
He
knows that when
he
sends a bottle message from this nice bridge,
it
will end up in
New
York, Sidney or The Galapagos Islands.
That
makes Jack feel very happy.
He
loves the sea.
This
is Farmer Jack.
You
can recognize
his
big red Wellington boots.
He calls them his wellies.
Jack
often works in
dirty places and he must therefore wear rubber boots.
Not
many people have
red boots.
Jack
has.
Can
you guess why?
Jack
loves red,
yellow, green and blue.
He
loves caps and
Wellingtons.
Today
it is his
birthday and he has gotten four presents,
one
in a red parcel,
one
in a yellow
parcel,
one
in a green
parcel and
one
in a blue
parcel.
In
each parcel he found a cap and rubber boots.
You
can see Jack is
trying the cap and the rubber boots on for size.
Margaret
is one of
farmer Jack's two cows.
Usually
cows stand
in
a stable eating.
Margaret
has
finished
eating.
Farmer
Jack's stable
does not look like an ordinary stable.
It
looks like a
ballet theater.
Margaret
is dancing
ballet.
As
she is not very
good at singing,
she
is dancing
ballet.
Happy
cows do not
sing.
They
dance.
Margaret's
sister is
a ballerina, too.
Nicolas
is very
enthusiastic about ballet.
He
is an eager
spectator.
His
ballet shoes
have
disappeared.
Nicolas's
baby
brother loves ballet, too.
He
wants to join in.
He
is watching
carefully.
Soon
he knows some
of
the difficult steps.
He
grunted - he was
satisfied.
This
rooster
is
called August Blue.
Jack's
three
roosters
are from Lisbon.
They
crow loudly in
Portuguese.
This
rooster is
called August Green.
And
this rooster is called August Rainbow.
He
has the most
beautiful voice.
Try
to imagine how
this Portuguese choir sings.
The
lazy green dog
enjoys the dancing and singing.
He
is smiling.
And
his tail is
pointing right into the sky.
The
lazy red dog
enjoys the dancing and singing too.
The
lazy blue dog
also enjoys the dancing and singing.
Of
course,
the lazy yellow
dog enjoys the dancing and singing.
Even
if it gets dark
outside the performance continues.
But....
A
new sound is added
to the choir.
The
lazy yellow dog
starts snoring.
And
the yellow cat
is
listening, watching and purring.
She
purrs with joy.
The
red cat
purrs.
The
green cat purrs too.
And
the blue cat is
purring loudly as well.
Farmer
Jack had just
written a letter and sent a bottle message from the nice bridge
just
as he heard
something from the stable.
He
listened
carefully.
He
became so happy.
He
wanted to
join
the party.
Jack
put on his
green
party cap.
His
blue party shirt.
His
green party tie.
His
red party pants.
And
most important
his green party boots.
The
party got better
and better.
The
cows danced
ballet.
And
Jack danced
ballet.
The
pigs grunted.
And
Jack grunted.
The
Portuguese
roosters crowed.
And
Jack crowed.
The
lazy dogs snored.
And
Jack made snoring
noices.
The
cats purred.
And
Jack purred.
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