Finn and the Great Big Sock
A giant has lost his sock, and it’s the size of a house! Can small Finn 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, Finn the mouse and Sam the squirrel felt the whole street wobble. ‘What is that?’ asked Sam. ‘It’s the giant,’ said Finn. ‘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 Finn and Sam 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 Finn, thinking hard.
Then Finn spotted something red and stripy near a hill. It was the sock! And it was being used already, because the sheep were having a picnic on it. ‘It’s a really good sock,’ said Sam.
Finn had an idea. ‘We can’t take the sock away from everyone,’ he 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 Finn and Sam 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 Finn was a good problem solver?
Finish stories to collect Finn as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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