Queen Neena and the Lovely Heart Parade

Queen Neena and the Lovely Heart Parade

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Patches the Story Dog

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A cheerful castle with round windows and a big wooden door sits atop soft rolling hills dotted with red and pink heart-shaped flowers, glowing warmly under a bright sunrise with cotton-candy pink and gold clouds. In the background, a bright sunny sky with swirling cotton-candy clouds in pink and gold

Good morning, little kingdom! The sun is up. The sky is pink and gold. Today is Valentine's Day! Do you know what that means? It is a day to show love — big love, small love, love for everyone!

Queen Neena, a curious and adventurous queen, stands in the doorway of her cheerful castle with round windows and a big wooden door, stretching her arms wide with a joyful smile. In the background, soft rolling hills dotted with red and pink heart-shaped flowers

Queen Neena opens her big wooden door. She stretches her arms wide. "Happy Valentine's Day!" she says. "I want to make cards for everyone I love. Cards for Mama! Cards for Papa! Cards for my friends!"

Cluckster, a rambunctious white chicken with bright eyes and a red comb, flaps his wings excitedly as he hops up a soft green rolling hill toward the cheerful castle with round windows and a big wooden door. In the background, the cheerful castle with round windows sitting on the hilltop

"Bawk bawk bawk!" Here comes Cluckster! He flaps his wings. He hops up the hill. "Can I help? Can I help?" he clucks. "Yes!" says Queen Neena. "Let's make cards together!"

A big red paper heart with sparkly stickers on it, next to sheets of red and pink paper, a small pot of glue, and a scattering of sparkly star and heart stickers on a wooden table. In the background, a cozy room inside the castle with warm golden light

Queen Neena gets her red paper. She gets her pink paper. She gets her glue and her sparkly stickers. Snip, snip, snip! She cuts a big heart. "This one is for Mama," she says. "I love Mama!"

Cluckster, a rambunctious white chicken with bright eyes and a red comb, stands on the wooden table beside a pink paper heart, beak open wide as he sings happily. In the background, scraps of pink and red paper scattered around a cozy room

Snip, snip, snip! Another heart. This one is pink. "This one is for Papa," says Queen Neena. "I love Papa!" Cluckster sings, "Love, love, love! We love Papa! Bawk!" What a silly song!

Queen Neena, a curious and adventurous queen, carefully places a sparkly sticker onto a red paper heart card, surrounded by a pile of finished red and pink heart cards with sparkly stickers on the wooden table. In the background, a cozy room inside the castle with warm golden light

Snip, snip, snip! More hearts! A red one for a friend. A pink one for a friend. Queen Neena makes card after card. She puts sparkly stickers on each one. "One more to go!" she says.

A wooden table with only tiny scraps of red and pink paper, an empty glue pot, and a few remaining sparkly stickers — no full sheets of paper left. In the background, a cozy room inside the castle with soft shadows

Oh no! Queen Neena looks down. The red paper is gone. The pink paper is gone too! "Cluckster!" she says. "We have no more paper! How can I make the last card?" Queen Neena feels sad.

Cluckster, a rambunctious white chicken with bright eyes and a red comb, stands tall with his wings spread wide and his beak open, singing his little song with musical notes floating around him. In the background, warm golden light streaming through a round window

Cluckster flaps his wings. He tips his head. Then he sings a little song: "Love is not just in a card, bawk bawk bawk! Love is in a hug. Love is in a kind word. Love is in a song!" Can you sing along?

Queen Neena, a curious and adventurous queen, clasps her hands together with a bright smile on her face, eyes sparkling with a new idea. In the background, the pile of finished red and pink heart cards with sparkly stickers on the wooden table

Queen Neena smiles. "You are right, Cluckster! I can give a hug. I can say kind words. I can share a song. There are so many ways to say I love you!" She feels happy again.

Queen Neena, a curious and adventurous queen, holds out a pink paper heart card with sparkly stickers while giving a big warm hug, her eyes squeezed shut with joy. In the background, soft rolling hills dotted with red and pink heart-shaped flowers under a bright sunny sky

Out they go! Queen Neena gives Mama a card AND a big hug. She gives Papa a card AND says, "I love you, Papa!" Papa smiles so wide. Hugs feel warm. Kind words feel good. Can you say "I love you" too?

Cluckster, a rambunctious white chicken with bright eyes and a red comb, sings with his beak wide open and wings flapping, with musical notes floating in the air, standing on a soft green rolling hill dotted with red and pink heart-shaped flowers. In the background, the cheerful castle with round windows and a big wooden door on a distant hilltop

They walk through the kingdom. Card, hug, card, hug! And for the last friend — no card, but Cluckster sings his silly love song, and Queen Neena gives the biggest hug of all. Their friend laughs and laughs. Love is everywhere!

A soft pink and orange sunset glows over the little kingdom of soft rolling hills dotted with red and pink heart-shaped flowers, with the cheerful castle with round windows and a big wooden door silhouetted warmly against the sky. In the background, cotton-candy clouds glowing in soft pink and orange sunset light

The sun sets soft and pink. Queen Neena holds Cluckster close. "Today was so full of love," she whispers. "And tomorrow, we can show love all over again." Cluckster clucks softly. "Bawk… bawk… love." Goodnight, little kingdom. Goodnight, little one.

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