200 Word Stories for Children
A bird flew into the Opera House
A bird flew into the Opera House
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to hear the orchestra rehearsing Strauss.
Out of the pit, on to their
toes,
sprung the string section using cellos as bows.
sprung the string section using cellos as bows.
Bows became arrows shot into
the air,
missing the poor bird’s feathers by a hair.
missing the poor bird’s feathers by a hair.
Up jumped flutes, oboes,
clarinets and a bassoon,
they blew and they blew until they did swoon.
they blew and they blew until they did swoon.
The sight of that failure
sent the brass section to their homes,
taking with them trumpets, tubas, a flugelhorn and trombones.
taking with them trumpets, tubas, a flugelhorn and trombones.
“We’re useless,” they
muttered, while their hands they did wring,
when in walked the cleaning girl, Melody, who they wouldn’t let sing.
when in walked the cleaning girl, Melody, who they wouldn’t let sing.
“Don’t be so foul, this in
no common fowl,”
“What you have spotted,” she trilled, “Is a spotted barn owl.”
“What you have spotted,” she trilled, “Is a spotted barn owl.”
She started to coo, she
started to hum,
sprung from her lips, a beautiful song was soon sung.
sprung from her lips, a beautiful song was soon sung.
Hoot, hoot, she sung, hoot,
hoot, hoot,
while bird song was added by a girl on the flute.
while bird song was added by a girl on the flute.
The orchestra soon realised
they had been wrong,
as they and the owl were won over by Melody’s song.
as they and the owl were won over by Melody’s song.
“Please join us,” they cried
to the owl and Melody,
“Please joins us and make an opera out of our symphony.”
“Please joins us and make an opera out of our symphony.”
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