Lindy’s Happy Ending

Table of Contents

• Lindy’s Nest
• Lindy’s Ducky Ideas
• Duck Disaster
• Dear Parents

Lindy’s Nest

Lindy is grinning because Miss Sparks’s eyeglasses are glittering. Miss Sparks is announcing they have a special visitor joining them that day: Ranger Bell. Ranger Bell will be bringing some duck eggs they’ll all take care of, and in twenty-eight days, they will hatch. Then, the class will have ducklings. The children “Ooohhh” and “Aaahhh.” The ducklings will live in the nature corner of the classroom. When they get bigger Ranger Bell will come back and take them back to the Nature Center.

Lindy raises her hand. Maybe they can get some rocks and a tree stump, with hay to spread around for the ducklings. Miss Sparks holds up her hand. They should prepare for the eggs and ducklings, but they shouldn’t get too ahead of themselves! Miss Sparks puts a list of ideas together of ways they can prepare:

1. Dust the bookshelves
2. Sweep the floor.
3. Wash the cupboards.
4. Straighten the desks and chairs.

Lindy and Avery take the task of dusting the bookshelves. Lindy suggests they work to remove all the books off of every shelf. It’ll be fun! Avery shrugs, and they begin to pull the books off the shelves. Lindy dusts some of the shelves, and begins to put the books back. But she sighs… putting the books back isn’t as fun as pulling them off.

Lindy looks around her. The books look like a little nest. Lindy continues to add more books to her nest. When Spencer walks by, Lindy quacks, just like a duckling in a nest. Spencer laughs and quacks, too.

Then, it’s time for lunch. Lindy gets up and walks away with Spencer. Avery calls after her that they’re not finished. So Avery puts all the books back by herself.

After lunch, Ranger Bell comes by. She brings the eggs in an incubator. Miss Sparks explains if Ranger Bell agrees they cared well for the eggs and ducklings, they’ll all go on a field trip. They’ll get to see the ducklings at the Nature Center once they’re brought back there.