Dear Robynn,
One day Cricket, the rat, received a letter in the mail. It was marked confidential and for Cricket’s eyes only. Cricket read the letter and tore it up into little pieces. “What was that about?” Jelly wanted to know.
No matter how much Jelly wanted to see it, Cricket would not let her.
“I have a surprise for you and I have to go out for a while to get it.” Cricket said “You will just have to wait.” and would not tell Jelly why.
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Cricket left Jelly and went off by herself. She had to travel very far to get where she was going. First she had to climb up a tall stack of boxes.
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Then she had to scale a narrow ledge.
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Then she had to climb down, down, down, many rickety shelves.
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Finally Cricket reached her destination and a large gray rat met her. His name was Jack O’Rat and he wore a large black hat on his head with a feather sticking out. Jack was a craftsman of fine instruments and he took Cricket to a piano and guitar set he had crafted specific for Cricket’s request. “All ready for pickup, just as my letter promised.” He said to Cricket.
Cricket inspected the instruments, very pleased, and then carried them back home to Jelly.
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“Look what I have for us Jelly!” Cricket said when she returned. Jelly inspected the instruments and she was very please. “Thank you, Cricket” she said. This a wonderful gift.
And Cricket was pleased that Jelly liked her surprise.
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