Cocomelon!
Hey, JJ.
Wanna hear a story?
Yes, I do!
Can I please help tell it, too?
Yes, listen close.
Let's imagine and rhyme.
It's Cocomelon Storytime!
Look, Daddy!
Up in the tree!
What is it, JJ?
What do you see?
A hint.
It goes tweet, tweet.
Is it a bird?
Yes.
See it standing on the branch next to its nest?
I think it's about to fly.
I think you might be right.
This reminds me of a story called Rock-A-Bye Baby Bird.
There once was a baby sparrow who lived in a cozy little nest with her papa at the top of a tree.
Baby Bird was getting bigger and learning a lot.
But there was one thing she had not done.
Fly!
That's right.
She hadn't leaped off the branch, flapped her little wings and soared through the air to take her first flight.
At least, not yet.
One night, the wind was gently blowing as Papa Sparrow rocked Baby to sleep.
He sang, Rock-a-bye, baby, on the treetop.
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.
Just then, Baby perked up with a worried question.
Uh, Papa, what if the bough does break and my cradle does fall?
Well, then you will leap and take flight.
Your body has everything you need to fly.
You will know just what to do when you give it a try.
And I'll be right there if anything goes wrong.
The next day, Baby went out to the end of the branch with a hop, hop, hop.
But then she saw a ladybug and stopped, stopped, stopped.
The red ladybug flew past with its little wings beating, so fast they went.
The ladybug said Hey birdie, you can fly.
Why don't you give it a try?
Baby quickly shook her head no and hopped away.
Later that night, she chirped to Papa Sparrow.
Papa, are you sure I can fly?
I am still afraid to try.
I don't have fast wings that buzz like that red ladybug does.
Papa sang so she'd feel better.
Rock-a-bye, baby, your body's just right.
When the time comes, you'll leap and take flight.
The next day, Baby Bird went to the end of the branch again with a hop, hop, hop.
And she was just about to spread her wings when she saw an eagle and stop, stop, stopped.
The eagle flew past Baby Bird with its long feathers soaring so smooth they went whoosh.
The eagle said, Hey Birdie, you can fly.
Why don't you give it a try?
But again, Baby shook her head no and hopped away.
That night, at bedtime, she chirped, Papa, are you sure I can fly?
I'm still really afraid to try.
I don't have long, whooshing feathers.
So again Papa sang, so she'd feel better.
Rock-a-bye, baby, your body's just right.
When the time comes, you'll leap and take flight.
It's true.
You don't have red wings that buzz or long feathers that whoosh.
Everyone's bodies are different, but yours is perfect, just as it is.
You'll be able to fly as soon as you try, and you'll know when you are ready.
Baby Bird smiled and gave her papa a big hug.
And you know what?
What?
That big hug showed Baby Bird just how strong her wings were.
So the next day she hop, hop, hopped to the end of the branch.
Hop, hop, hop.
Then Baby closed her eyes, gave herself a big hug and sang, I have all I need.
My body's just right.
Now the time's come to leap and take flight.
Baby Sparrow opened her eyes, took a deep breath, spread her wings wide.
And You can do it, Baby Sparrow.
She leaped off the branch with all her might.
And with a flap, flap, flap of her stalks, With strong wings, Baby Sparrow took flight.
Yay!
Papa Bird cheered proudly from their nest and Baby Bird called out to him as she soared across the sky.
Hey, Papa!
I can fly!
All she had to do was try.
It's like her papa sang in the song.
Exactly, JJ.
And Baby Bird flew all day long.
The end.
We heard a story.
Yes, it's true.
And I helped tell it, too.
We listened, imagined, and made some rhymes for Cocomelon Storytime.
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