Big Fish and Little Fish (3+ syllables)
Adapted from "Gundu Fish and Kutti Fish" by Hemalatha Kanagalingam and R. Surendran. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Big Fish and Little Fish are swimming happily in the sea. Suddenly, they hear a big noise from above. 'What was that?' Little Fish says. 'Sounds scary,' says Big Fish.
With an enormous splash, a net comes down from above! Big Fish is stuck, but Little Fish is small and gets out. 'Help me!' Big Fish shouts.
Little Fish tries to bite the net to free Big Fish, but the net is too strong. 'I need somebody who can get here quickly and has sharp teeth,' says Little Fish. 'Go then, hurry!' says Big Fish.
Little Fish swims far and wide to find a new friend to help Big Fish. He swims here, there, and everywhere, all over the ocean.
Little Fish finds a big sea turtle. She is eating seaweed on top of a rock. 'Excuse me,' Little Fish says politely, 'can you help my friend? He is trapped in a big fishing net.'
'I'm sorry, Little Fish, but I can not help your friend,' says the sea turtle. 'I swim too slow in the water, and by the time I get to the net, it might be too late.' 'Thank you anyway,' Little Fish says, and swims away quickly to find someone else.
Little Fish swims deeper in the sea and finds a big blue whale and her calf. 'Excuse me,' Little Fish says politely, 'can you help my friend? He is trapped in a big fishing net.'
'I'm sorry, Little Fish, but my teeth are not sharp at all,' says the blue whale. 'I have a lot of teeth, but I would not be able to cut the net in time.' 'That's okay,' says Little Fish, 'I will need to find somebody else.'
Little Fish finds an odd fish he has never seen before. He has a big sword for a nose! 'Excuse me,' Little Fish says politely, 'please help my friend. He is trapped in a big fishing net.'
'Hello, Little Fish. I'm Sword Fish, and my mother can help you!' Sword Fish takes Little Fish to his mother. She is enormous, fast, and has lots of strong, sharp teeth. 'I will help you, Little Fish,' she says. 'Take me to the net, and I will get your friend out!'
Little Fish leads them to Big Fish in the net. 'Hold on, friend!' says Little Fish, 'I found some help for you!' Sword Fish and his mother cut the net away from Big Fish in no time at all. 'I'm free!' shouts Big Fish happily, 'free again!'
Little Fish and Big Fish were free to play again in the ocean. Now they have a new friend, Sword Fish, and they swim everywhere together, happy and safe.