“Hey Tommy, Phil, you won’t believe what Chuck and I found last night!” Danny exclaimed.
Tommy and Phil were eating their favorite breakfast, Reptar Cereal. Chuckie didn’t really like the cereal very much, so he ate a bowl of Dummi Bear O’s.
Tommy finished chewing his last bite, and swallowed. “You guys went aploring without us?” he asked, sadly.
“It really wasn’t apposed to be an adventure.” Chuckie answered.
“Yeah.” Danny said, nodding in agreement. “It was supposed to be more of a potty break.”
“What’s this about potty breaks?” Sam asked, as she and Lil entered the cabin.
“Chuckie and Danny founded something really cool last night.” Phil explained.
“What is it?” Lil asked her brother.
“We don’t know that yet!”
“Well, what is it Danny?” Tommy asked eagerly.
Danny smiled and walked over to his bunk bed. “You’ll see!” he answered. He slowly ducked, reached under his bed, and pulled out a sleeping baby owl with a bandage rapped around its right leg.
“An owl!” Tommy exclaimed.
“Oh, it sooo cute!” Sam cried, happily.
Danny nodded. “We found it in the woods last night. Its leg was injured and it really didn’t look like it was doing so well, so we brought him back here, and bandaged him up.”
“Is it a boy or a girl?” Phil asked.
“We don’t know that yet neither!” Chuckie answered.
“Here,” Sam said, pulling a tiny book out of her left skirt pocket, “let me check!”
Danny looked at Sam strangely. “Why do you have that with you?” he asked.
Sam smiled. “It’s just a little wildlife book. You know, for just in case we needed it.”
While Sam flipped through the pages of her book, A Guide to Wildlife by David Smith, the baby owl slowly opened its eyes. It flew up on Danny’s left shoulder and gave a cheerful hoot.
Tommy smiled. “He says thank you Danny and Chuckie!”
Danny glanced at his playmate. “Since when do you speak owl?”
“I don’t! I just have a way with amimnals!” Tommy giggled when the baby owl flew onto his right shoulder.
“Did you find the page Sam?” Lil asked.
“Yes.” she answered. “Now I just need to see from its appearance if it’s a boy or a girl owl.” Sam compared the baby owl to the pictures of male and female owls in the book. Finally, after a few minutes, Sam put the wildlife book back in her left skirt pocket. “This is definitely a boy owl!”
“Cool!” Danny exclaimed. “Now, what should we name him?”
They all thought in silence for a moment. What would be a good name for their new friend?
“What about James?” Phil asked.
Danny frowned. “No. James doesn’t sound like the right name for a baby owl.”
“How about Bob?” Chuckie suggested.
“No.” Sam said, shaking her head. “That name is too common.”
“Wait a minute!” Lil cried. “How about Hannah?”
“Lillian!” Phil said, rolling his eyes. “That’s a girl’s name!”
“Oh. Right.”
“Come on you guys!” Danny cried. “Think about it! What is the one perfect name for this owl?”
They all thought in silence for a few more minutes, until Tommy exclaimed, “I gots it! Let’s names him Steve!”
“Why?” Danny asked.
“Because,” Tommy answered, glancing at the owl on his left shoulder, “he looks like a Steve!”
“Hmm.” Danny thought, putting his thumb and index finger under his chin. “Steve. It’s not a dumb name. And it isn’t as common as the other names we thought of.” Danny put his hand back down, satisfied. “I like it! What about you guys?”
Chuckie nodded. “I can remember that name!”
“Yeah!” Phil and Lil cheered.
Tommy glanced at Sam. “C’mon, Sam! What do you think? Don’t you think Steve’s a good name?”
Everyone was looking at Sam now, anxious to hear what she had to say. Finally, after a few minutes of eager anticipation, Sam spoke. “It’s fine by me! After all, Danny and Chuckie were the ones who found the owl, so they should be the ones who get to name him.”
“Alright!” Danny exclaimed. “Steve, welcome to our cabin!”
Steve gave another cheerful hoot, and flew back to rest on Danny’s left shoulder. The babies cheered along with their new friend.
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