| Audio | Visual |
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| The Little Rooster: An American Folk Tale Adapted by Starfall. Illustrated by Michael Ramirez. |
A rooster crows at the moon. The moon wears earmuffs, and looks like it's trying to sleep. |
| Once there was a farmer who had a little rooster. At night, he put it in the hen yard. | The farmer wears pajamas, slippers, and a night cap. He tosses the rooster into the hen yard. A cow and chicken coop are in the background. |
| "I am so tired!" he told the rooster. "Let me sleep late tomorrow morning." The little rooster woke up with the sun. He jumped out of the yard and ran to the house. He flapped his wings and cried, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" |
The rooster crows outside the farmer's window. He wakes up with a frown. |
| The farmer woke up and yelled, "Go away!" The rooster ran back to the yard. The farmer said, "Now that I am up, I will plant my garden." |
The farmer's mouth is open wide. He points back to the hen yard. The rooster looks frightened and turns away. Another image shows the farmer clearing weeds with a shovel. |
| That night the farmer put the little rooster into a pigpen. "I am so tired!" he told the rooster. "Let me sleep late tomorrow morning." The little rooster woke up with the sun. He jumped out of the pigpen. He ran to the house. He flapped his wings and cried, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" |
The pigs are still asleep as the rooster runs out of the pigpen. |
| The farmer woke up and yelled, "Go away!" The rooster ran back to the pen. The farmer said, "Now that I am up, I will weed my garden." |
The farmer covers his ears as the rooster crows. After the farmer is up, he pulls weeds from his strawberry patch. |
| That night, he put the little rooster into the barn. "I am so tired!" he told the rooster. "Let me sleep late tomorrow morning." The little rooster woke up with the sun. He jumped out of the barn. He ran to the house. He flapped his wings and cried, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" |
The rooster runs from the barn. The sun is just starting to rise. |
| The farmer woke up, picked up the little rooster, and gave it away. That night the farmer told himself, "I will sleep late tomorrow morning." The farmer did sleep late the next morning, and the next, and the next. |
The farmer smiles and shakes hands with another farmer. The other farmer holds the rooster. The rooster smiles. The next page shows the farmer in bed, fast asleep. |
| He became very lazy without the little rooster to wake him. Now his garden is full of weeds! | The farmer is still in bed. Dandelions, thistles, and other weeds fill his garden. |
| The end! | The rooster smiles with his new owner. They stand in a field without any weeds in it. |