A long time ago there was a VERY big,
GIANT, FAT frog called TIDDALICK who lived in the COUNTRY in outback
Australia. One day Tiddalick woke up very HOT and thirsty.
He was
grumpy and in ILL HUMOUR because he wanted some water. So, he drank
up all the WATER from the OCEANS in the world.
The land turned
into a desert because there was no water left. ROCKS and SAND covered
the ground. The animals thought they were DOOMED because they thought
they might never have water again.
They had to be EXTRA brave.
They would certainly never need an UMBRELLA. All the animals begged
Tiddalick to let all the water go. But Tiddalick said “No”. So the animals got together to try to
think of a plan.
There was a BANDICOOT, a KANGAROO and
her JOEY, a LIZARD, a QUOKKA and other animals.
They thought if
they could start MAKING Tiddalick laugh, he might let go of the
water. YES, they had a plan!
Each animal tried to make him laugh
but couldn’t.
There was
one animal that made Tiddalick laugh. It was an EEL called NABUNUM
that did ACROBATICS, ZIG ZAGS and PIROUETTES on his tummy and then
fell off and twisted into a knot.
Everybody thought it was so funny,
they started to laugh.
Even Tiddalick laughed and guess what?
He let go of all the water and the animals never went thirsty again.