Lily’s Secret Surprise
Pip the parrot repeats everything he hears, including the secret surprise party!
It was nearly Captain Elsa’s birthday, and Lily had a secret plan. ‘We’ll give the Captain a giant chocolate cake!’ she whispered. ‘But nobody must say a word.’ Pip the parrot nodded very seriously.
But Pip was a parrot, and parrots repeat everything. When Elsa walked by, Pip said, ‘SECRET! SECRET! A giant chocolate cake!’ Lily jumped up. ‘Er, nothing!’ she said. ‘It’s just Pip being silly.’
Elsa raised an eyebrow. ‘A secret?’ she said. ‘What secret?’ Pip opened his beak. Lily quickly stuffed a cracker in it. Pip said, ‘Mmph! Mmph!’ which was the nearest he could get.
All week, Lily had to guard the surprise. She hid it down in the hold. She kept Pip busy with crackers and games. Pip nearly told again three times. Once, Pip even began to sing the whole plan.
On the big day, Elsa stepped onto the deck, and everyone jumped up. ‘SURPRISE!’ they shouted. Elsa looked so astonished. And then Pip flapped up and squawked, ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY!’ before anyone else could.
Elsa laughed so much that her hat fell off. ‘I knew there was a secret,’ she said, ‘but I didn’t know it would be such a good one.’ Lily gave Elsa a giant chocolate cake, and Pip got the biggest cracker.
The little lesson
Keeping a surprise secret is hard, but the surprise is worth waiting for.
Let’s talk about it
- Have you ever kept a secret?
- What surprise would you plan for a friend?
Finish stories to collect Lily as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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