One warm day,
from a tiny egg,
a little cricketwas born.
Welcome! Chirpeda big cricket,
rubbing his wingstogether.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Good morning!Whizzed a locust,
spinning throughthe air.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Hello! whispered apraying mantis,
scraping its hugefront legs together.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Good day!crunched a worm,
munching its wayout of an apple.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Hi! bubbled aspittlebug,
slurping in a seaof froth.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Goodafternoon!screeched a cicada,
clinging to abranch of a tree.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
How areyou!hummed a bumblebee,
flying fromflower to flower.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Goodevening!whirred a dragonfly,
gliding above thewater.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
Good night!buzzedthe mosquitoes,
dancing among thestars.
The littlecricket wanted to answer,
so he rubbed hiswings together.
But nothinghappened. Not a sound.
A luna mothsailed quietly through the night.
And the cricketenjoyed the stillness.
As the luna mothdisappeared silently into the distance,
the cricket sawanother cricket.
She,too,was avery quiet cricket.
Then he rubbedhis wings together one more time.
And this time...
...he chirped themost beautiful sound that she had ever heard.
