Morning everyone, welcome back to Stockport Libraries Storytime. Today's story is called What the Ladybird heard. It's by Julia Donaldson and Lydia monks. Once upon a farm lived a fat red hen, a duck in a pond and a goose in a pen, a woolly sheep a hairy dog. A handsome horse and a dainty dog, a cat that miaowed and a cat that purred. a fine prize cow and a ladybird. the cow said "Moo!" and the hen said "Cluck!" "Hiss!" said the goose, and "Quack!" said the duck. "Neigh!" said the horse , "Oink!" said the hog. "Baa!" said the sheep and "Woof!" said the dog. One cat miaowed while the other one purred... the Ladybird said Never a word. But the ladybird saw and the ladybird heard. She saw two men in a big black van. With a map and a key and cunning plan. she heard them whisper, "This is how we're going to steal the fine prize cow". Open the gates at dead of night, passed the horse and then turn right around the duck pond past the hog. (Be careful not to wake the dog) left past the sheep, then straight ahead and through the door of the prize cow's shed!" And the little spotty Ladybird, (who never before had said a word,) told the animals, "This is how two thieves are planning to steal the cow: They'll open the gates at dead of night, past the horse and then turn right round the duck pond past the hog, (being careful not to wake the dog) left past the sheep, then straight ahead and in through the door of the prize. Cow's shed!" and the cow said "Moo!" and the hen said "Cluck!" "Hiss!" said the goose and "Quack!" said the duck "Neigh!" said the horse. and "Oink!" said the hog, "Baa!" said the sheep and "Woof!" said the dog. on both. The cat's begun to Miaow ." We can't let them steal the fine prize cow" But the ladybird had a good idea, and she whispered it into each animals ear. the dead of night. The two bad man (Hefty Hugh and lanky Len) opened the gate while the farmers slept and tiptoe into the farm they crept. Then the goose said "Neigh!" with all her might and len said, "That's the horse - turn right" and the dainty dog began to QUACK. "The duck" said Hugh "we're on the right track." "Oink!" said the cats. "There goes the hog! Be careful not to wake the dog" "BAA BAA BAA" Said the fat red hen. "The sheep! We're nearly there," said len. Then the duck on the pond said "MOO MOO MOO!" "Two more steps to go," said Hugh. And they both stepped into the duck pond. SPLOSH! And the farmer woke and said "Golly Gosh!" And he called the cops and they came - NEE NAH! and they threw the thieves in their panda car. Then the cow said "MOO!" and the hen said "CLUCK!" "Hiss!" said the goose and "Quack!" said the duck. "Neigh!" said the horse. "OINK!" said the hog, "BAA!" said the sheep. "WOOF!" said the dog. and the farmer cheered and both cats purred. But the ladybird said Never a word. So for our first song today, so we could have one of our little bug buddies. We can sing incey wincey spider, if your ready get your spiders ready. Incey wincey spider climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain, and incey wincey spider climbed up the spout again. And for our last song, I thought we could do Old MacDonald had a farm. So if you're ready, old macdonald had a farm. E i e i o And on that farm had a cow. e i e i o with a moo moo here and a moo moo there, hear a moo there a moo everywhere a moo moo. Old MacDonald had a farm e i e i o. and on that farm He had a Chicken E i e i o with a cluck cluck here and a cluck cluck there . here a cluck there a cluck, everywhere a cluck cluck old MacDonald had a farm. E i e i o On that farm, he had a duck. E i e i o. With a quack quack here and a quack quack there, here a quack, there a quack everywhere a quack quack! old McDonald had a farm e i e i o. and on that farm he had a Sheep e i e i o with a baa baa ere and a baa baa there, here a baa there a baa everywhere a baa baa old MacDonald had a farm. E I E I O Well, thank you for joining us again. We'll see you soon bye.