A story from St Kitts

Sue the Bird

Far in the mountains in St. Kitts a little bird named Sue was flying late in the cold and windy night back to Cayon with her two eggs, but the wind was too heavy for her to fly in. So the little bird flew down in the dark forest and saw a tree with a hole in it. So Sue flew up and went in the hole to rest for the night.

The next day Sue woke up and saw a butterfly, a ladybug and a snail in front of her. "Who are you?" asked the snail. "I am Sue", replied the bird. "I'm Sandra the butterfly, Molly the Snail and Dolly the ladybug" said Sandra.  "How did you get here?" asked Molly. Sue told them what had happened to her the other night. They felt sorry for Sue. "We are going to help you" said the ladybug. "I am happy for your help" said Sue.

They went out of the hole and went on the ground. "Hey! Sue, can't you fly back to Cayon?" asked Dolly. "Yes" she answered. But when Sue flapped her wings she could not fly. They wondered why Sue could not fly; it was a mystery to them. They could not worry about that. They walked and walked until Molly was tired. Molly got back up and started walking. "Aren't you guys coming?" Sue was worried about her two eggs. "Don't worry" said Sandra. 

They went to a pelican named Ben for help. "What are we doing here?" said Sue. "We are here so Mr. Ben and you could fly back to Cayon." Mr. Ben was ready to go but Sue told him to wait, "are you guys coming or not?" They were so happy they went with her to Cayon. Sue went back to the tree where she left her nest. She was in time to see her two eggs hatched. Sue was so happy her friends from the forest told her that they were going to stay with her, and from that day on they lived happily ever after.