Love Wranglers: Calamity Kate and Cluckster
by
Patches the Story Dog
A story about Love
for your Baby
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Good morning, sunny ranch! The sky is big and blue. The grass is soft and green. Little flowers wave hello. What a happy day!
This is Cluckster! Cluckster is a little white chicken. Cluckster loves to sing. "Bawk-bawk-bawk!" Can you sing too?
Calamity Kate is busy, busy, busy! She rides a big brown horse. Clip-clop, clip-clop! She goes fast. She goes slow. So much to do!
Kate feeds the horses. She sweeps the barn. She fixes the fence. Busy, busy, busy! She does not stop.
Cluckster walks up to Kate. "Bawk-bawk?" But Kate is too busy. "Not now, Cluckster!" she says. Poor little Cluckster walks away.
Cluckster sits alone by the fence. No more singing. No more "bawk-bawk-bawk." Cluckster feels sad. Cluckster feels lonely. Where is my friend?
Kate stops. She listens. It is quiet. Too quiet! Where is the singing? Where is "bawk-bawk-bawk"? Something is missing.
Kate finds Cluckster by the fence, all alone. "Are you sad?" Kate asks softly. Cluckster looks up. Sometimes a friend just needs you to stop and ask.
"I am sorry, Cluckster," Kate says. "I was too busy. I forgot to say — I love you!" She gives Cluckster a big, soft hug. Hugs help!
Cluckster fluffs up big and happy! "Bawk-bawk-BAWK!" The singing is back! Kind words and hugs make friends feel loved. Love grows bigger when you share it!
Now Kate and Cluckster do everything together. They ride. They sing. They sit in the flowers. Kate says, "You are my best friend." Spending time together is how love grows.
The sun paints the sky pink and gold. Tomorrow there will be more horses to ride, more chores to do. But Kate knows now — the best thing on the ranch is love. And there is always, always enough to share.