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One warm day, from a tiny egg, a little cricket was born.
Welcome!Chirped a big cricket, rubbing his wings together.
Thelittle cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
Butnothing happened. Not a sound.
Good morning! Whizzed a locust, spinning through the air.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scrapingits huge front legs together.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Good day! crunched a worm, munching its wayout of an apple.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Hi! bubbled a spittlebug, slurping in a sea offroth.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Good afternoon! screeched a cicada, clinging to a branch of a tree.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
How are you! hummed a bumblebee, flying from flower to flower.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Good evening! whirred a dragonfly, gliding above the water.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Good night! buzzed the mosquitoes, dancing amongthe stars.
The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together.
But nothing happened. Not a sound.
A luna moth sailed quietly through the night.
And the cricket enjoyed the stillness.
As the luna moth disappeared silently into thedistance, the cricket saw another cricket.
She,too, was a very quiet cricket.
Then he rubbed his wings together one more time.
And this time...
...he chirped the most beautiful sound that she had ever heard.
