The Moo-sical Mystery at Maple Farm

Maple Farm wasn’t just any farm—it was the funniest farm in the county, where the animals liked to sing more than sleep.

Every morning, Farmer Dotty was greeted with a rooster that crowed opera, sheep that bleated jazz, and a donkey who insisted on beatboxing during breakfast.

But one bright Monday morning, the music stopped. Not a single animal made a peep. No honking geese, no yodeling goats—just silence.

Farmer Dotty scratched her head and said, “Something’s funny—but not in the usual way!”

She grabbed her detective hat and a magnifying glass (actually, it was her reading glasses, but they’d do) and began her search. First, she visited Clarabelle the cow, who usually sang country songs into a tin can microphone.

“Not in the moo-d today,” Clarabelle whispered sadly. “Someone stole the Songbook!”

“The Songbook?” Farmer Dotty gasped. That old, tattered book had every animal’s favorite songs and lyrics.

Dotty visited every corner of the barnyard. The ducks looked confused. The pigs were practicing ballet to no music at all. Even the chickens were out of rhythm.

Finally, she found a trail of glitter leading to the carrot patch. There, under a wobbly scarecrow, was a curious little bunny named Bingo, sitting on the Songbook.

“I just wanted to learn the words,” Bingo said, twitching his nose. “I didn’t mean to stop the music!”

Farmer Dotty smiled. “Then let’s fix that!” She gathered all the animals, and with Bingo as the new page-turner, they held the silliest, loudest, most toe-tapping barn concert Maple Farm had ever seen.

From then on, the Songbook stayed on the barn stage for all to share—and Bingo became the farm’s official backup dancer.

Lesson: Sharing brings the music back—and everyone has a part to play.