The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda and Squirrel

The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda and Squirrel — page 1
The Moon Night falls and the birds go quiet Panda is lying outside her den in the mountains Squirrel comes down from the nearby tree and settles beside her Together they look at the moon I wish I could pluck it out of the sky Panda says Why Squirrel asks To play with The moon is a ball Don’t you see Can you play with a ball Squirrel asks The children in the village at the foot of the mountain play with them all the time Panda says Is that fun Squirrel asks The children always seem to be laughing and singing when they throw the ball to each other Ah Squirrel sighs Then it must be fun I wish we were laughing and singing now She stares up at the moon for a while Shall I pluck the moon out of the sky for you Panda she suddenly asks Would you Panda can’t believe her luck 4