Today we’ll be reading a story called Mr. Pebbles. It’s a tale about a cat and a fish, and how they became the best of friends!

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FULL TRANSCIPT:

Pssst! Over here!

Take my hand, I’ll take you to a Pretend Land!

Are you ready?

1 -2 -3, Wheeeeeeeeee!

Welcome to A Carefully Built Pretend. My name is Melissa, and I’m so glad you’re here!

Today we’ll be reading a story called Mr. Pebbles. It’s a tale about a cat and a fish, and how they became the best of friends!

Are you ready? Here we go!

Mr. Pebbles in his goldfish bowl

Doesn’t like to do what he’s told

He flips and flops about trying to see

A lovely cat named Miss Mallory

One day he flip and flopped until he

Flew right out of his tiny little sea!

Miss Mallory ran away from Mr. Pebbles

That rebel with the orange scales

And permanently puckered lips

That scare Miss Mallory out of her wits!

She meows “Go away you silly fish!”

And indeed, one day, he disappeared with a SWISH!

He had accidentally jumped in the toilet, you see

And off went Mr. Pebbles shouting “Wheeeee!”

For a few weeks we had peace at home,

Then one day we got a call on the phone

“I have a fish here” said the man on the line,

“He says that he’s yours, and he sure ain’t mine!

I’ll be glad to drive him, just give me your address”

At this our scaredy feline began to pace with distress

The kind man came by and dropped off the fish

And back in his bowl he went with a SWISH

Mr. Pebbles wasted no time at all

Trying to jump out to pay Miss Mallory a call

“Oh Mr. Pebbles” I said with a sigh,

“Miss Mallory is rather afraid of your eyes,

And also your mouth, and your scales, and fins,

In fact she’s afraid of everythin’”

“But please don’t be sad, don’t worry one bit!

I’ll be your friend; I think we’re a good fit!

Your orange scales match my orange hair,

That’s one thing that we have in common right there!”

Mr. Pebbles swam ‘round and gave it some thought

“A friend would be nice, and like it or not,

The lovely Miss Mallory wants nothing to do,

With me, but luckily, now there is you!”

And that is how Mr. Pebbles and I came to be

And soon our friendship included all 3

Miss Mallory got over her fears, you see!

Not right away, but eventually...

After the cat let go of her fears

She grew to hold Mr. Pebbles quite dear

The 3 of us laugh, and smile, and play

Each and every single day

And that, my dear, is the story I have

Of a friendship between me, a fish, and a cat

I’ve told the whole thing, and we’ve reached the end

Of how me, Mr. Pebbles, and Miss Mallory

Became the very best of friends.

Thank you for being here my friend, it’s so nice to spend a little bit of time with you!

I hope you enjoyed this story, and remember, it’s great to be friends with people and creatures that are different than you, you just have to make a little effort to find things you have in common.

Until next time, keep imagining, dreaming, and pretending, and I’ll be back very soon.

This podcast features original music by Cannelle and is brought to you by Things with Wings productions and Phaeton Starling Publishing. I’m Melissa Oliveri. Thank you for listening.

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