Hey, Cody.
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!
Do you hear that frog, Cody?
Yeah, it's over there on that lily pad.
Ribbit, ribbit.
It jumped onto the next lily pad.
Frog, that's where Dragonfly was sitting.
You have to share.
You just reminded me of a story told in Australia by the Uali people.
I did?
How?
Because it's about a frog, Ribbit, who needs to learn to share.
Ribbit, I want to hear the story, please, Daddy.
You listen too, frog.
Okay, it's called Tiddalick the Frog.
Now out on the edge of the desert, in the hot Australian sun, Tiddalick was a frog.
Ribbit, ribbit.
And you could certainly say that he loved water so much he would drink it all day.
Tiddalik slurped up all the water in the pond, but he wanted more.
Suddenly, he heard a bird called a kookaburra chirping, and he gave Tiddalik an idea.
Tiddalik went to kookaburra's watering hole and flopped down by a gum tree.
So when kookaburra asked, What's wrong?
Tiddalick the Frog said, I'm thirsty.
But he just slurped up a whole pond.
You're right, Cody.
Tiddalick wasn't telling the truth.
He wasn't really thirsty.
He just wanted all the water to himself.
Since Kookaburra didn't know that, Kookaburra was happy to help.
But when Tiddalick drank all the water, he let out a yelp.
I'm thirsty, too.
And you didn't leave any water for me.
Hey, Tiddalick, that's too much.
You have to be fair.
But Tiddalick said, Ribbit, ribbit, I don't care.
Tiddalick needs to share.
Mm-hmm.
Tiddalick was full of water, so he had a smile on his face.
But when he hopped to Kangaroo's Creek, he asked, You got any water to drink in this place?
He's going to drink even more water?
What if someone else wants some?
I know.
Kangaroo was happy to help, but when Tiddalick drank all the water, she let out a yelp.
I wanted some water, too!
See?
You're right, Cody.
Kangaroo said, Hey, Tiddalick, that's too much.
You have to be fair.
But Tiddalick said, Ribbit, ribbit, I don't care.
Tiddalick must be full now.
He was full.
And he wasn't thinking about who else might be thirsty too.
Like who?
Well, there was an eel.
That's a long fish that looks kind of like a snake.
The eel was lying in the mud where the creek used to be.
She said, Who would drink all this water?
Oh me, oh my.
I can't live in this creek that's all dry.
The outback sun was getting hotter and hotter.
The plants started wilting.
They need water.
Yes.
Everyone in the Outback agreed this wasn't fair, but Tiddalick said, I don't care.
Kookaburra and Kangaroo watched Tiddalick shout, and that's when they saw some water come out.
They need to get Tiddalick to open his mouth so all the water can come out.
Exactly, Cody.
How do you think they did that?
Did they ask him a question so he'd start talking or start singing a song, so Tiddalick would sing along?
Those are great guesses, Cody.
But the animals thought the best way to get Tiddalick to open his mouth was to make him laugh.
Oh.
That's a good idea.
Kangaroo stuck her head in her pouch, then pulled it out and said in a silly voice peek-a-boo, I see you.
Did Tiddalick laugh?
No.
Kookaburra tried to tell a joke.
He said, knock, knock.
Did Tiddalick ask who's there?
No, he turned his back to Kookaburra.
He just didn't care.
Suddenly, the eel stood up on the dry creek bed and started spinning from her tail to her head.
She made silly faces and did a little wiggle.
What did Tiddalick do?
Well, he started to giggle.
Yes!
Eel rolled like a rock.
Eel stretched like a boomerang and Tiddalick the Frog, well, he laughed as he sank.
Ribbit, ribbit, ha, ha, ha.
Ribbit, ribbit, he, he, he.
The water poured out of his mouth like a wave in the sea.
The water flowed back into the creek and the watering hole until they were both full again.
Were the plants and animals happy?
Yes, they were so happy.
Tiddalik watched the plants perk up and saw the other animals start to smile again.
And you know what?
What?
It made Tiddalik smile too.
He realized he did care.
Seeing them happy made him happy to share.
Did Tiddalik tell everyone he was sorry for not sharing before?
He did.
And as soon as the animals could tell he cared and drank the water he finally shared.
They all wanted to be his friend.
Yay, the end.
We heard a story.
Yes, it's true, and i helped tell it too.
We listened, imagined and made some rhymes for coco melon story time, a spotify original podcast.