Time for a Bite (3+ syllables)
Adapted from "It's a Catching Day" by Dian Sukma Kuswardhani and Gilang Ayyoubi Hartanto. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
It is time for a lesson. It's time for the little toman to learn how to hunt his dinner.
The big toman fish shows him how to hide and wait. They must be silent and still.
He tries to hide and wait next to a big stone.
He is already in trouble. It's not a rock. It's an animal! The grumpy turtle moves off and scares the tiny prey.
Little toman fish does his best to catch them. They have a head start. As a final try, he dashes out for them, but soon they are gone.
What will he do if he is unable to catch his own dinner?
But look! An idle dragonfly hangs in the middle of a branch. It could be an easier catch.
He leaps up to snatch it. In his struggle, the little fish does not see someone is watching from afar.
Just what the little fish doesn't need... ...another animal after his prey.
The dragonfly is clever and the kingfisher struggles to catch him too.
The dragonfly is able to hide in the roots of a marsh tree.
So the kingfisher gives up and dives for a school of tiny fish instead.
His angle is all off. He misses all the tiny fishes and grabs a leaf by mistake.
Now the tiny fishes see they are in trouble. They dash away from the kingfisher and head right towards the little toman fish.
The school is trapped in the middle. If they swim back up, the kingfisher is there. If they swim down, the little toman fish is ready to snatch them.
What a lesson! It's a lesson in team work. And now it's time for a bite.