This folk tale is about cooperation. We think you will like this story too.

An old man planted a turnip seed. The turnip grew big and sweet. It grew very big! The turnip was enormous!

The old man thought he just had to pull on the leaves to get it out. He tried to pick his turnip but it didn't come up.

He quickly called his wife.

The old woman was in the living room with her cat, dog, and bird.

The old man pulled the turnip leaves and the old woman pulled him. But they couldn't pull it up.

The old woman called her granddaughter.The granddaughter was reading in a tree.

The old man, the old woman, and the granddaughter tried but could not pull the turnip up.

The granddaughter called the black dog.The dog was on the couch.

The old man, his wife, granddaughter, and the dog could not pull the turnip out.

The dog called the cat in the flower garden. Everyone pulled and the cat held on to the dog's tail. The turnip did not move. They all fell splat!

The cat called the mouse. The mouse was in his mouse hole. It had a little doorway.

They all worked together and the turnip popped out -ZABOOM!

They were so eXcited!

Then they went to the kitchen with the turnip and ate it up.