Finding Moe’s Sock
A giant has lost his sock, and it’s the size of a house! Can small Tara find it?
Every morning, the giant Moe woke up in a good mood. But one morning, Moe woke up in a very bad mood. ‘My sock!’ he roared. ‘My left sock is MISSING!’
The ground shook. The birds flew off. In the village below, Tara the duck and Sana the rabbit felt the whole street wobble. ‘What is that?’ asked Sana. ‘It’s the giant,’ said Tara. ‘I think he needs help.’
They climbed up the hill and shouted as loudly as they could. ‘GIANT Moe! What does your sock look like?’ The giant bent down. It was like looking up at a mountain. ‘It’s red and stripy,’ he sniffled. ‘And very, very big.’
So Tara and Sana set off to look for a red, stripy sock the size of a house. They looked in the barn. No sock. They looked under the bridge. No sock. ‘Hmm,’ said Tara, thinking hard.
Then Tara spotted something red and stripy near the village square. It was the sock! And it was being used already, because the villagers were using it as a tent. ‘It’s a really good sock,’ said Sana.
Tara had an idea. ‘We can’t take the sock away from everyone,’ she said. ‘But the giant can have the next one we make!’ The villagers knitted day and night, and soon had a brand-new giant-sized sock.
The giant was so happy that he picked up Tara and Sana and gave them a ride on his shoulders. ‘Thank you, little ones!’ he said. And the old sock stayed where it was, and everybody was snug.
The little lesson
Big problems can have small solutions, if you use your brain.
Let’s talk about it
- What was the funniest place the sock turned up?
- Why do you think Tara was a good problem solver?
Finish stories to collect Tara as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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