The Thirsty Pigeon

Once upon a sunny, sunny, super-sunny day, a pigeon was flapping her wings through the big blue sky. "Oh man, it's so hot, I feel like I'm flying over a barbecue! I'm so thirsty I could drink a pond!"

So she squints her little pigeon eyes and starts scanning the ground below. Fields of flowers, trees, kids playing—but wait! What's that over there? "Ooh, a glass of water, my dream come true!" she squawks excitedly, thinking it's her lucky day.

But ah, what she sees isn't a thirst-quenching glass of water. Nope, it's a tricky painting on a sign that looks so real you'd want to dive right into it. And that's exactly what she decides to do!

"Time for a pigeon pit stop! Here comes the Thirst-Buster 3000!" She lines up her descent and makes airplane noises. "Vroom, vroom! Prepare for landing!"

SWOOSH! CRASH! KAPOW! She smacks right into the sign like a cartoon character hitting a wall. "Oof! Double oof! That was NOT the splashy landing I was dreaming of! Talk about 3D art!"

She tries to flap her wing, but oh no, it's all wonky. It's broken. "Aw, pickles and peanut butter! Now how am I gonna do my fancy sky dances?"

Just then, a boy who's been watching the whole flappy fiasco walks over, a big, goofy grin on his face. "Hee-hee, looks like you're having a flap-tastrophe, huh? More like a flap-disaster!"

The boy reaches down and gently cradles the pigeon in his hands. "No worries, Feathered Friend. We're gonna get you fixed up, OK?"

So there she is, the pigeon who was once the queen of the sky, now hanging out in the royal court of the boy's hands—all because she got a bit too excited about a painting that looked like water. "Well, on the bright side," she thinks, "at least I made a new friend. And hey, maybe he knows where to find real water. Like, the kind you can actually drink!"

And that's how they became the best, unexpected buddies—one pigeon, one boy, and one super-duper tricky sign that fooled everyone but taught them a lot.

In the sky so clear and blue,
Lived a pigeon, not a few.
But one bird felt thirsty, oh so much,
Dreaming of water's cooling touch.

She saw a sign, "Ah, what a sight!"
A glass of water in the light.
She dove right down, quick as a whip,
Hoping to take a nice, cool sip.

Crash! Bang! Oh, what a sound,
The poor bird hit the sign and tumbled to the ground.
Her wing was hurt, she couldn't soar,
A simple mistake, but oh, so much more.

A caring boy saw her fall,
He couldn't just watch, not at all!
He picked her up, oh so grand,
Holding her gently in his hand.

Now the pigeon learned that day,
Not all you see is real, okay?
And though her wing was sore and spry,
She was thankful for the boy, under the sky.