Hello everybody! Here I am, the librarian at our ________ school, and today I am sharing the really amazing and _______ tale of Mother’s Day, found in a _______ book I discovered under a _______ here in our library! Here goes…

FIRST: It was a day in springtime and a lad wanted to honor his _______ mother by finding _______ blossoms and then placing them in a ________ , decorated with ________s and ________s, and wrapping the whole _______ gift up with a _______ ribbon!

NEXT: This lad wanted to include something _______ to eat as a _______ Mother’s Day treat, and he spied a tree loaded with _________ fruit. He said “WOW, this is really _______!”

THEN: He heard a voice saying “Do not pick this fruit because it belongs to a wicked _______ who will cast a spell on you and spin you around in a _______ whirl that will cause your _______ to feel _______ and then fall right off your body!”

ALSO: The boy was worried that he would get in trouble for sneaking out of his home and being gone for such a long, _______ time!

AND: He saw that his _______ little dog had followed him! Suddenly, the dog saw a real, live _________, and he chased it over a hill and down the other side! The boy followed the dog and stopped and was amazed to find himself in a whole ________ land! He saw live ______s roaming over grass that was the color _______.

THEN: He heard a laugh and his mother’s voice! She said, “Wake up! We’re going to your grandmother’s house to surprise her and wish her a ________ Mother’s Day!

OK: Hey, kids, wasn’t that a _____ story? Here I am again, your school librarian! I know that your teachers supplied all of you with ________ things to make ________ Mother’s Day gifts! Everything came from the _______ store, “Hobbies are _______!” Now here’s the thing: Not everyone presently has a mother, but you can still pass along a _______ gift to someone who will like it and probably say “________!”

OR: Bring that gift to our library and I will make a trade with you and hand over a _______ gift in exchange. I have coupons for free admission to our local movie theater! Do you want to see the big hit film, “Famous _______’s Mother Day Adventure?” I also have coupons for “Secrets from King Tut’s _______ Mother!”

Whatever happens, I’m sending my best wishes to everyone! “Bye” for now!

Marilynn Anderson is the author of “KIDDY TALES ~~ THE INVISIBLE PET STORE ~~ Plus The Fancy Fantasy Teddy Bear, The Double-Whammy Frog Price, Poor Snail, and MORE ~~ All Stories from Places that ARE but Never Were, For Young Readers” priced at $1.99 and sold in eBook format at Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook.