Katy is always happy. She loves to jump from leaf to leaf and
maybe take a bite from time to time.
That’s what Katydids do.
Katy
lives in the big woods with mama and daddy Katydid. Life is always sunshine and raindrops, warm and bright and
dewy sweet.
In the evenings,
when the stars come out, Mama, Daddy and Little Katydid perch on their favorite
leaf. There they sing their song
of happiness and freedom, the freedom that all Katydids know.
But one evening
with the stars shining brightly, little Katy noticed that Daddy’s song was not
the same as before.
“Daddy,” Katy
asked, “Why aren’t you singing high and sweet like before?”
Katy saw tears
fall from Mama’s eyes. She knew
that something was very wrong.
“Little Katy,” Daddy said with a sad face, “I must go
away for awhile and talk to the walking sticks, who are trying to eat our
leaves. We must make them go back
to their own leaves.”
Daddy continued, “We
must protect our leaves so that we always have plenty to eat and a special
place to sing our song.”
“But Daddy,” Katy
cried, “Mama and I will miss you.
Who will tuck me in at night and read to me?”
Daddy felt warm
tears roll down his face as he softly said, “Little Katy, Mama will always be
here to do all the things for you until I return home again.”
“And always
remember, Little Katydid,” said Daddy, “as the sun goes down and you press your
tiny wings together, wherever I am, I will hear your song.”
“I will sing my
song back to you, and in your heart you will hear it. Before you know it, I will be back home. Then we will be free again to hop and
sing together. That’s what
Katydids do.”
Copyright 2004
Debbie Aycock Williams
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