Catbaloo tells a charming backstory tale of Old Mrs. Moody

—from a time before they became neighborhood friends.

When the walnuts began to fall from ten tall trees in Old Mrs. Moody's yard, she announced to the chickens: "It's time to pick the walnuts!"

Her chickens twirled with excitement. They loved walnut season—the things they would make with the nuts—was the reason. They’d make walnut pot pie, walnut fricassee soup, and walnut chip ice cream with walnutty goop!

But the squirrels living nearby needed the walnuts too! If they didn't gather and store them, they'd have nothing to eat in the cold days of winter.

And that is how a wild and hilarious battle for walnuts began.

But Old Mrs. Moody stepped in to stop it. She helped them all discover something wonderful:

If they could learn to share, there would be walnuts aplenty for everyone—with plenty of walnuts to spare!

Come listen, laugh, and be happy as Old Mrs. Moody plays a lively tune on her fiddle to celebrate the newfound friendship between the chickens and squirrels.

She makes them a most spectacular feast of walnutty treats. And it's dinner and dancing ... on the table!

Incredible things can happen when you make the needs of others as important as you make your own.

/sb

Phillippians 2:4

"Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too."

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