High above the meadows lived Freddie the Falcon, famous for his speed,but not his memory.
“Freddie, you fly like lightning,” the owls would say, “but you forget things faster than you fly!”
One bright morning, Freddie received a very important mission. The wise old owl, Professor Hoot, flapped up to him and said,
“Deliver this warning to the rabbits: the river is rising!”
Freddie saluted. “Warning to the… uh… the rabbits about… something wet! Got it!”
A Silly Start to the Flight
Freddie zoomed off so quickly that he startled the squirrels, sent feathers flying from the pigeons, and even blew the porcupine’s quills backward.
“Slow down, feather-rocket!” the animals shouted.
But Freddie couldn’t slow down; he was on his fastest flight ever. Or so he thought.
Halfway to the rabbits, he forgot who the warning was for.
“Was it the foxes? Or maybe the frogs?” Freddie scratched his feathery head midair. He landed in a pond to ask the frogs.
The frogs croaked, “Not us! But thanks for the splashdown!”
The Falcon Goes Faster
Determined to fix his mistake, Freddie took off again, flapping harder than ever. His wings sliced the air, his tail feathers wobbled, and he zoomed so fast that the clouds spun like cotton candy.
He zipped past bees who yelled, “Hey, feather blur, slow down!”
He startled goats on a hill who tumbled into a silly heap.
Finally, he crash-landed into a rabbit burrow with a big POOF of dust.
“The river! The river!” Freddie shouted. “It’s rising, hop to higher ground!”
The rabbits blinked, twitched their noses, and quickly hopped away, safe from the flood.
The Lesson in the Wind
When the waters finally calmed, the rabbits threw a little celebration. “Three cheers for Freddie the Falcon!” they shouted.
Freddie puffed up his feathers proudly, then tripped over his own talons. Everyone laughed.
The wise owl chuckled, “You may forget things, Freddie, but you never forget your friends. And that’s why your fastest flight saved the day.”
From then on, Freddie was still fast, still silly, and still a little forgetful, the forest animals always trusted his wings.
The End !
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