Music Discovery – Blackbird and Company

Charlie caused a racket when he knocked over the tower of blocks.
When Buddy accidently stepped on his donkey’s tail, the animal made a loud bray.
Mother knew the children would moan when she told them to eat their vegetables.
After a long day of school and baseball practice Jeremy was exhausted.
The Duchess though the Queen’s tea party was quite elegant.

The donkey has become too old to carry heavy sacks of grain on his back.
The donkey decides to go to Bremen to join a ban of street musicians.
The dog is too old and stiff and can’t hunt anymore.
The cat’s eyes are failing and its teeth are no longer sharp.
The rooster is not as young as he used to be.
Bremen-Town was impossible to reach in one day.
When the rooster perched in the tree he saw a bright light glittering through the trees.
When going to the house the dog had hopes of finding a few bones and the cat longed for a saucer ofmilk.
After looking inside the house, the four friends quickly thought of a way to get rid of the robbers.
After being scared by the animals, the robbers ran screaming into the forest, fearing a pack of demons had attacked them.
The frightened robber says an old judge crouches up on the roof who yells, “Catch the crook, do!”
The animals decide it would be a shame to leave such a comfortable house.

When the father came in from his work in the fields, the whole family sat down to eat supper.
Dorothy thought the taste of lima beans was horrible.
The chair made a screech as Jamie slid it across the floor.
Derek knew he would need to practice the piano well if he wanted to play the new piece.
The whole audience was silent and listened to Dana sing her song.

Mole spent his days digging tunnels.
Mole saw a man on television playing a violin.
After nearly three weeks Mole’s violin arrived.
The first time Mole played the violin it made a horrible screeching sound.
Before a month went by Mole could play an entire scale.
Mole learned to put the notes together in a simple song.
As Mole dug tunnels he hummed the music he would play at night.
Mole wondered what it would be like to play his music for people.
Mole imagined himself playing before a huge audience.
Mole imagined his music could reach into people’s hearts and melt away their anger and sadness.
Maybe Mole’s music could even change the world!
When Mole went to sleep he dreamed beautiful, peaceful dreams.

Though there were no cookies left, Danny ate the last tidbits in the jar.
Mr. Jones peered through the binoculars at the falcon in the tree.
Barbara loved to listen to the melodious wind chimes outside her window.
The squirrel lingered in the shade of the tree because it did not want to go back into the hot sun.
Mrs. Johnson solemnly placed her hand over her heart as she led the students in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Geraldine had never heard music before.
Geraldine wanted to take the enormous piece of cheese to her secret hideout in the barn.
Where Geraldine had been gnawing at the cheese she saw the shapes of two enormous cheese ears.
Geraldine gnawed and gnawed at the cheese until she finally uncovered the entire mouse.
Geraldine realized the flute was actually the tip of the mouse’s tail.
Geraldine listened to the music all through the night until the first glow of dawn filtered through the dusty windowpanes.
When Geraldine met her friends on the street they were desperate because there was no more food.
While trying to play her tail like a flute, Geraldine’s friends laughed until their hungry little tummies hurt.
When the tune came to an end, Gregory whispered, “If this is music, Geraldine, you are right. We cannot eat that cheese.”
Geraldine said, “Now we CAN eat the cheese. Because… now the music is in me.”
While Geraldine whistled the gayest of tunes, her friends ate cheese to their tummies’ content.

Sometimes Little Pig didn’t like being called little.
Little Pig’s brothers and sisters found Grandpa’s old marching band instruments.
Little Pig searched for an instrument to play.
The drum was too big for Little Pig to play.
His sister Margie played the drum.
The trombone was too big for Little Pig to play.
His brother played the trombone.
The trumpet was too big for Little Pig to play.
His sister Sally played the trumpet.
When Little Pig sees the tuba he said, “Aw, forget it!”
Little Pig feels sad that he was too little to join the band.
But when Little Pig discovers the band needs a leader, he gives a signal and off they marched!

Mrs. Johnson invited her guests to sit in the parlor.
The scrawny stick bug walked back and forth across the tree branch.
While Tom’s little sister was learning to walk, she would waddle around the house as she held his hand.
The princess held up the splendid diamond necklace for everyone to see.
It is polite to doff a hat or hood when entering a classroom.

Mr. Schutt let Edward build a duck house up on the roof of the hotel.
Mr. Schutt gave Edward a splendid uniform with two rows of brass buttons and a grand cap.
Edward Pembroke served as Duckmaster of the Peabody Hotel for over fifty years.