CONFUSION IN THE FARM

ILLUSTRATED BYNICOLE ROSSI

WRITTEN BYFLAVIO COLOMBINI

A LITTLE RATSMELLED CHEESE,AND WANTED THAT.

BUT WHEN HE BIT IT,HE NOTICED...

HE WAS ON A MOUSETRAP!

PLAFT!!!

AND HE RAN AWAY FROM THAT PLACE.

BUT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

SQUEACK! SQUEAK!

HE DODGED AND ESCAPED,

THE CLUMSY RATSTEPPED ONTHE TAIL OF A CAT THAT GOT SCARED

AND SCREAMED:

MEOW! MEOW!

THEN THE CATRAN AFTER THE RAT.

SUDDENLY THEY BUMPEDINTO A DOGTHAT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

WOOF! WOOF!

AND THEY RAN AWAY

THE DOG AFTER THE CAT

AND THE CAT AFTER THE RAT.

THEY PASSED BY A ROOSTERTHAT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

THEY ALMOSTRAN OVER A CHICKTHAT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

PEEP! PEEP!

THEY PASSED BY A PIGTHAT GOT SCARED

AND SCREAMED:

OINK! OINK!

THEY CROSSED BY THE PAWSOF A COWTHAT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

MOO! MOO!

AND THEY RANRIGHT BEHIND A HORSETHAT GOT SCARED AND SCREAMED:

NEIGH! NEIGH!

AND KICKED IN A WAYTHAT ALMOST HIT THEM.

THAT GOT SCARED AND SCREAMED:

OUCH!AND HE WENT AFTER THEM TO HELP THEM OUT.

THEY DASHED BY A BOY,

THEY ALMOST STRUCK, A LITTLE DUCKTHAT GOT SCARED AND SCREAMED:

QUACK! QUACK!

ON THEIR WAY,THEY PASSED BY A RABBITTHAT GOT SCAREDAND DIDN’T SCREAM,

BUT HE THUMPED AWAY.

THAT GOT SCAREDAND SCREAMED:

BAA! BAA!

THEN THEY LEAPEDCLOSE TO A SHEEP,

THEY TRIED TO CLIMB A TREE,BUT BUMPEDINTO BEESTHAT GOT SCARED AND SCREAMED:

BUZZ! BUZZ!

THEN THE BOY AND THE DOG,THE CAT AND THE RAT,FLEW AWAY LIKE A JET

WHILE THE ANGRY BEESTRIED TO STING THEIR KNEES.

THE RATMANAGED TO HIDE AWAY.

THE CATMANAGED TO SLIP AWAY.

AND THE BOYWAS ABLE TODIVE AWAY TO SAFETY.

THE DOGMANAGED TOSLIDE AWAY.

BUT THE FARMER,SEEKING A CONCLUSION TO THAT CONFUSION,

BUT INSTEADOF STOPPINGAND BEING QUIET...

RAISED HIS GUN AND SHOT

BOOM!TO MAKE EVERYONE STOP.

EVERYONE GOT SCARED AND SCREAMED:

MEOW! MEOW!

BAA! BAA!QUACK! QUACK!

OINK! OINK!

NEIGH! NEIGH!

BUZZ! BUZZ!

SQUEAK!SQUEAK!

WOOF!

WOOF!

MOO! MOO!OUCH!

PEEP! PEEP!

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

Writer: Flávio Colombini Illustrator: Nicole Rossi

I live in Brazil, and I love to write and create stories, characters and poems. I wrote many books in Portuguese for children and young adults. This is one of my three books translated into English. The other ones are “Where Does Joy Come from?” and “The Great Mission”.If you want to know these other books, please visit my website and click on the English icon on the botton of the first page: www.flaviocolombini.com

I draw since I first learned to hold a crayon when I was a child, and I never stopped since. I have a degree in Graphic Design and I’m in love with comic books and animated films. I like to listen to rock’n roll, to drink coffee on rainy days, to have a good conversation and to tap dance when I’m in a good humour. I share my drawings in a blog called Oil and Water: nmrossi.blogspot.com.br

WHAT HAPPENS WHENTHE DOG RUNS AFTER THE CATAND THE CAT AFTER THE RAT?