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A fable about Seeing with wonder

Ida’s Muddy Morning

Starring Ida, the Iguanodon. When a grand plan dissolves into mud, Ida’s open delight helps the meadow rediscover play without pretending the mess is anything else.

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Ida the Iguanodon character art
Ida the Iguanodon character art

Meet

Ida

Iguanodon

Learns
Seeing with wonder
Grown-up value
Innocence
Fable
No. 28

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.

  1. A small trouble

    The meadow’s neat flower parade meets a muddy puddle, and a wagon wheel splashes mud across Ida’s white flower.

  2. A brave choice

    Everyone groans. Ida looks down at the upside-down sky in the puddle. “Would you like a wiggly parade?” she asks Tony.

  3. A happy turn

    The rows curve around puddles, and nobody stays clean. At bedtime Ida presses her flower flat, brown dot and all.

And the moral of the story

“Slow down and see the small wonders.”

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

For grown-ups · After the last page

Talk about it.

  1. 1What did Ida see when she looked down?
  2. 2What would you do in a wiggly parade?
  3. 3What little surprise could you find on a muddy day?

Up next · Fable No. 29 · Being kind

Karen’s Quiet Umbrella

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