Barred Owlets: Out on a Limb

Ollie and Jerry looked out from the cozy owl box. Their Barred Owlet sister, Tinkie, was already out on a limb.

"How did she get out there?" they asked each other.

Jerry decided he would find out later. He hunkered down and took a nap.

Ollie, however, was just so curious. He had to find out.

"Tinkie, how on earth did you get out there?" Ollie finally asked.

"Well..." replied Tinkie, thinking back with a bit of trepidation. "It was like this:"

"I put my left foot in..."

"I pulled my left foot out..."

"I put my left foot in..."

"And I shook it all about."

"I did the Hokie Pokie and I turned myself around."

"That's what it's all about!"

Ollie thought about this for a minute. Looking down, he finally asked:

"So...how are you going to get back in?"

THAT, as it turns out, was almost as hard...

But, Tinkie made it!

The end.

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This blog was photographed and written by Susanne Swing Thompson. Thank you for reading it. Like my children's book, Learning to Fly, the story "wrote itself" as I edited the photos.

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