There was a Mummy who had two little girls, Pam and Jil. But they were quite poor and one evening they had no food in the house for dinner before going to bed.
Pam and Jil felt even hungrier knowing that there was no food so Mummy decided to look everywhere again in case she had missed something. She looked all through the cupboards and drawers in the kitchen but there was nothing there, not even a forgotten crust.
So they all went into the village but the shops were closed. Mummy had a few coins to buy some bread but the bread shop was closed too. There was nothing there for them.
As they went back towards their cottage, they searched the hedges for berries that they could eat but it was late and all the berries had been picked or the birds had eaten them. There was nothing left. Pam and Jil got even hungrier.
When they came to a farm down the lane, a duck looked at them through the bars of the gate.
“Quack,” she asked, “Why are you all so sad? Can I help? Quack.”
Pam explained that they had no food and would have to go to bed hungry.
“Oh, No!” said the Duck, waggling her tail, “I’ll lay an egg for you. Quack-quack.”
And she did. It was a beautiful big blue-green egg and it was still warm when Pam picked it up. She snuggled it in her hands and didn’t feel so hungry at all.
But Mummy and Jil were still sad. They knew that one egg wouldn’t go very far between the three of them that night.
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Pam and Jil felt even hungrier knowing that there was no food so Mummy decided to look everywhere again in case she had missed something. She looked all through the cupboards and drawers in the kitchen but there was nothing there, not even a forgotten crust.
So they all went into the village but the shops were closed. Mummy had a few coins to buy some bread but the bread shop was closed too. There was nothing there for them.
As they went back towards their cottage, they searched the hedges for berries that they could eat but it was late and all the berries had been picked or the birds had eaten them. There was nothing left. Pam and Jil got even hungrier.
When they came to a farm down the lane, a duck looked at them through the bars of the gate.
“Quack,” she asked, “Why are you all so sad? Can I help? Quack.”
Pam explained that they had no food and would have to go to bed hungry.
“Oh, No!” said the Duck, waggling her tail, “I’ll lay an egg for you. Quack-quack.”
And she did. It was a beautiful big blue-green egg and it was still warm when Pam picked it up. She snuggled it in her hands and didn’t feel so hungry at all.
But Mummy and Jil were still sad. They knew that one egg wouldn’t go very far between the three of them that night.
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