
THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID
THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID - BY - ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE TALE OF KIDDIE KATYDID
I. A GREAT SECRET
II. THE WARNING
III. MR. NIGHTHAWK
IV. A WHINING CALLER
V. SOLOMON OWL'S CRY
VI. FREDDIE FIREFLY'S DISCOVERY
In the quiet farmland of Pleasant Valley, the night is alive with the chatter of crickets, frogs, and a particularly loud katydid named Kiddie. Every evening the katydids repeat a mysterious refrain—“Katy did, Katy did”—a secret that only their noisy clan seems to know. While the other creatures settle into their own melodies, Kiddie stakes out a tree near Farmer Green’s house, turning the darkness into his personal stage.
Johnnie Green, who tries to sleep beneath the eaves, grows increasingly exasperated by Kiddie’s endless chorus, even shouting for quiet as the chant persists. Yet the katydids consider the night theirs, and the mystery of Katy remains unspoken by the quieter members of the family. Listeners are invited to join this whimsical, moonlit world where each creature’s voice contributes to a gentle, slightly mischievous symphony.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (78K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Joe Longo, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-02-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1877–1949
Best remembered for lively children's stories filled with talking animals, this American writer turned bits of natural history into gentle adventures young readers could easily follow. He produced more than forty books, and many of them are still widely read in digital editions today.
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