Kai's Quick Q Quest
by
Patches the Story Dog
for your Preschooler
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Kai loves the beach! He loves the warm sand. He loves the big blue waves. Today, the sun is bright and the water goes splash, splash, splash.
What is that? Something bouncy hops along the sand. It is a letter! It is the letter Q! Q is quick. Q is quirky. And Q is bouncing away! "Wait!" says Kai. "Come back, Q!"
Kai runs after Q. His feet go pat-pat-pat on the warm sand. Q bounces fast! Q bounces high! "You are so quick!" Kai laughs. Can you say "quick"? Kw-kw-kw-ick!
Q bounces up a sandy dune. Kai climbs up too. And look! Soft, squishy quilts are flapping in the salty breeze! A red quilt. A blue quilt. A yellow quilt. So many quilts!
Kai touches a quilt. It is soft and warm. It smells like the salty sea. "Quilt!" says Kai. "Quilt starts with Q!" Can you say it? Kw-kw-kw-ilt!
Q bounces on down the trail. Kai follows. He hears a sound. "Kw-kw-kw!" What is that? "Kw-kw-kw!" There it is again! It sounds just like the letter Q!
It is a family of quails! A mama quail, a papa quail, and three tiny baby quails. They bob their little heads. "Kw-kw-kw!" they call. "Quail!" says Kai. "Quail starts with Q too!"
"Kw-kw-kw!" say the quails. "Kw-kw-kw!" says Kai. They all say it together! Kw-kw-kw! Can you say it too? Kw-kw-kw! That is the sound Q makes!
Q bounces ahead one more time. It bounces right up to a big, sparkly seashell castle! The castle shines pink and white in the sun. Kai peeks inside. Somebody giggles! Tee-hee-hee!
It is a queen! A silly, giggling queen with a sparkly crown. "Hello, Kai!" she says. "I am the Queen of Q! And Q always says kw-kw-kw—just like the waves!" The waves go kw-oosh, kw-oosh, kw-oosh!
The queen wraps Kai in a cozy quilt. It is warm and soft and smells sweet, like seashells and sunshine. The quails snuggle close. The letter Q curls up too. Everyone is cozy.
The sun goes down. The sky turns pink and orange. Everything is quiet. "Quiet," whispers Kai. "Quiet starts with Q too." Kw-kw-kw-iet. Shhh. Goodnight, Q.