A fable about Getting used to change

The Yellow Cup

Starring Adrian, the Abrosaurus. When Adrian’s favorite blue cup cracks, the yellow replacement feels all wrong until he makes space for missing the old and using the new.

Ages 3–6
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See how the story goes Meet Adrian

No. 09

Meet

Adrian

Abrosaurus

Learns: Getting used to change
Grown-up value: Acceptance
Fable: No. 09

How the story goes

One small trouble. Three turns.

A peek for grown-ups, so you know where the story is headed before you turn the first page.

A small trouble
Adrian’s blue cup with the white dot cracks. Tony brings a yellow one. “It is too yellow,” Adrian says.
A brave choice
He sets the old cup safely on a shelf, then pours a little sip into the yellow one.
A happy turn
In a sunbeam it becomes the sun cup. Adrian still misses blue, so he adds a tiny white dot to make it his.

And the moral of the story

“You can miss the old and still make room for the new.”

Say it together at the last page. It’s short on purpose.

For grown-ups · After the last page

Talk about it.

1What would you say to Adrian when his cup cracked?
2Why do you think Adrian kept the old cup on a shelf?
3Have you ever missed an old favorite thing? What helped?

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