The Reluctant Gosling

(Five minutes after the hearing of the cuckoo we came across the Goose family.)

Mummy Goose and
Daddy Goose, with their five children,
Gosling One,
Gosling Two,
Gosling Three,
Gosling Four and
Gosling Five,
decided to go for a swim.


But Gosling Five couldn't get into the water. The drop from the bank was a bit too steep, and she didn't really want to leave the nice grass and buttercups.


Gosling One,
Gosling Two,
Gosling Three and
Gosling Four
loved it in the water, and raced Mummy Goose to the other side of the canal.


But where is our sister? they asked.


Here she is. Daddy Goose has helped her into the water.


Now Gosling Five can join
Gosling Four,
Gosling Three,
Gosling Two and
Gosling One
in their line.


We like swimming in a line, say the Goslings. Oh, look! Is that someone we can play with?


No, that's a duck. Now, you see that field of buttercups over to the right? We're going to swim back over there and dry our feet.


And so
Mummy Goose,
Daddy Goose,
Gosling One,
Gosling Two,
Gosling Three,
Gosling Four and
Gosling Five
paddled back to their bank.


Goodbye, Mummy Goose.
Goodbye, Daddy Goose.
Goodbye, Gosling One.
Goodbye, Gosling Two.
Goodbye, Gosling Three.
Goodbye, Gosling Four.
Goodbye, Gosling Five.

Goodbye.