A Pet Reader

Chapter 106: Where the Stream Runs Blue

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Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

Where the Stream Runs Blue

Over in the meadow,

Where the stream runs blue,

Lived an old mother fish

And her little fishes two.

“Swim,” said the mother;

“We swim,” said the two—

So they swam and they leaped

Where the stream runs blue.

Olive A. Wadsworth