Ringo Rabbit is Afraid No More
Bedtime Stories with Rajesh Rajoo | Season 1 | Episode 8
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Little Ringo Rabbit loved chasing after things.
He loved
running after rolling pebbles. And leaves flying in the wind.
He loved
chasing after butterflies and bugs...
He simply
loved it when he ran after things. Ooooh yes. He just had to keep running.
But Daddy
and Mommy Rabbit did not like Ringo running around so much.
He'd always
came back worried with the noises he'd heard.
He'd be very
quiet for a while afterwards...
And then
along would come a butterfly or bug and Ringo would be running around again.
One day, he
found Linda, the shiny red ladybug, right outside his house.
His house
was called The Burrow, and it was underground.
Just outside
his house was a big patch of tall grass.
The ladybug
was sitting on a blade of grass, enjoying the sunshine.
"Oh,
hello Linda," said Ringo. He was happy that he'd found someone to run
after.
"Can I
chase after you for a bit?" he asked Linda.
"Oh
yes," said the ladybug laughing.
"But
you can't catch meeeee," she said as she flew away laughing even more.
Ringo ran
after her happily.
At first, he
did not run so fast. But as Linda flew further away, he started running faster.
This was so
much fun. Faster and faster, he went, following Linda Ladybug.
Suddenly, he
heard a long, loud noise and stopped chasing immediately.
He looked
around and realised he was far from home.
When Linda
looked back, she did not see Ringo.
So, she came
searching and saw him looking worried, even a little scared.
"What's
wrong Ringo?" asked Linda. "Am I too fast for you..."
"No,"
said Ringo "but what's that noise? Think I should run back home..."
"What?"
asked Linda "That's Elsa Elephant, playing in her backyard..."
"Are
you scared of an elephant trumpeting?"
"Mmmm,
that's a funny noise, a bit scary too don't you think?" asked Ringo.
"No,"
said Linda. "That's the noise baby Elsa makes when she plays in her backyard..."
"Come and
look...," she flew over a bush, looked back and called Ringo again.
Ringo Rabbit
waited a bit and then followed Linda.
What do you
think he saw next?
A baby
elephant rolling in the mud outside her home and trumpeting happily.
It was such
a happy sight. It made Ringo Rabbit happy and he ran after Linda Ladybug again.
"Do you
want to go home now?" asked Linda. “You can chase after me till your
door…”
"Yes,"
said Ringo. As he turned to run back home behind Linda, he heard another loud
noise.
And he was
worried again.
But Linda
told him not to worry and showed him a baby giraffe with her mother.
Little Gia
Giraffe was running around her mother’s legs and snorting happily. Mamma
Giraffe was snorting back too…
Ringo was happy
again.
"But
why are you so scared when you hear noises Ringo?" asked Linda.
"I don't know...," said Ringo chasing after her.
As he was
nearing his home, he heard yet another loud noise.
Oh-oh! It came
from the pond every day... and it always worried him like now… what could it
be?
"That’s
little Hazel Hippo," said Linda. "Her mother is giving her a bath,
come and look..."
Ringo came
out from hiding slowly and looked where Linda pointed.
What did he
see there? The cutest baby hippo in the world splashing happily in the water
and snorting loudly.
So that was
the noise he used to hear every day and be scared of…? He was scared of a baby hippo?
The cutest
baby hippo in the world? Naaaah! How could he…
That was so
silly!
Ringo ran home
happily, saying bye to Linda.
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