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The Boy With The Tail
© Robert The Guitar Guy
Once upon a time there was
a boy with a tail named Billy. Billy’s
best friend was Princess Sun, and together they loved to dance in the forest
with the animals. Billy danced so
much with the animals that he grew a tail to show them how much he loved them.
All the animals thought that Billy’s tail was beautiful and Billy liked
to wag it high and proud.
There came a time when
Billy had to go to school like every other girl and boy.
On the first day that
Billy came to school wagging his tail high and proud. The other children looked at him and said:
“Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You
have a tail. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
You have a tail.”
Billy was surprised.
He had never been teased about his tail before.
That afternoon, he met
Princess Sun and told her, “I’m the boy with the tail and all the people
pick on me.” (song)
Princess Sun told him,
“If they do it again, tell them: ‘You’re
just talking to something you see. It
ain’t me!”
The next morning Billy
came to school wagging his tail. The
children said: “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
You have a tail. Nah, nah,
nah, nah, nah. You have a tail.”
But this time he was
ready. He said:
“You’re just talking to something you see.
It ain’t me! It
ain’t me! It ain’t me! You’re
just talking to something you see. It
ain’t me!” (song)
Do you think that stopped
the children from teasing Billy?
They just said:
“Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You
have a tail. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
You have a tail.”
Now Billy was really mad.
He said: “From now on, nobody is ever going to see my tail again!
I’m never going to show it to anybody.
I’m going to keep it hidden and I will never wag my tail again!
How many days do you think
Billy kept his tail hidden in his clothes?
Count with me.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ten
days.
After ten days he told
Princess Sun: “I never wag my
tail anymore. And no one calls me
names. But I don’t feel the same.
I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
And if anybody laughs, I don’t care!
I don’t care!” (song)
“Okay,” said Princess
Sun. “Do you have the courage
to wag your tail at school?”
“I don’t know,” said
Billy. “But I’m going to
try.”
The next day, Billy came
to school with his tail wagging high.
The children said:
“Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You
have a tail. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
You have a tail.”
And Billy said:
“I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
I’m gonna wag my tail in the air.
And if anybody laughs, I don’t care!
I don’t care! I don’t care!” (song)
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Princess Sun
Robert The Guitar Guy
Once upon a time a long
time ago, the Sun was looking down from his place in the sky, through the
clouds, through the treetops into the forest.
In the middle of all the animals, he saw something dancing.
Was it a wily coyote? Was it
a howling wolf? Was it a laughing
hyena? No, it was a little princess
dancing in the forest. She was the
most wonderful dancer the Sun had ever seen.
The Sun fell in love with her and followed her everywhere she went from
his place in the sky. The people in
the kingdom called her Princess Sun.
Princess Sun had a father
and he was the king. He would
say: “Princess Sun, do the
dishes. Princess Sun, wash the
floors. Princess Sun, do the
laundry. Princess Sun, do some
more!” And when Princess Sun went
down to the forest to dance with the animals, the King would come down to the
edge of the forest and say: “Princess
Sun, come home this instant!”
Usually Princess Sun would
listen to her father, but this time, she raised her finger and said:
“No, no, no, no. No, I don’t want to go.
Can’t you see I’m busy!”
And she was busy, because
when Princess Sun played in the forest, she didn’t just talk to the people in
the forest. Who did she talk with?
And when Princess Sun played in the forest, she didn’t just talk to the
people and the animals. Who did she talk with? And
the Sun talked back to her. What
did I say? (The Sun talked back to
her.) What was that?
Everywhere Princess Sun
went that summer, who followed her? And
that made the summer very hot. When
it’s very hot and there is no rain, what happens to the plants?
The farmers who grow the plants were very angry.
They said: “King, King,
our plants are dying. King, King,
our plants are dying. Is there
anything that you can do? Anything
that you can do?”
The King said:
“Of course there is something I can do.
I am the King. I am the King. I
give the orders. And people
jump!”
“Everybody sit before
the King!
“Okay,” said the King.
“There is a problem in the kingdom.
The plants are dying. Do you
know what the plants need to grow? And
where does the water come from? And
where does the rain come from? And
who is the king of the sky (that big yellow circle in the sky)?
And who is greater, me or the Sun? Who
is greater, me or the Sun? I’ll
show you. I’m going to tell the
Sun what to do.
“Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun.
I’m telling you. Sun, Sun, Sun, Sun. I’m
telling you. Make it rain.
Make it rain. I’m telling you. Make
it rain. Make it rain.
I’m telling you!”
Do you think the Sun
listened to the King? And how do
you think the King felt?
The King said:
“Mr. Sun, I don’t think you know who I am!
I am the king. I am
the king. I give the orders.
And you better listen to me!
Do you think the Sun
listened to the King? And how do
you think the King felt?
The King started crying
and he saw all the people looking at him. And
he cried some more. And all the
people looked at him. He felt
embarrassed, and he ran to the castle and hid in the basement, which is called
the dungeon. The King only let one
person in the whole world visit him in the dungeon, and that was Princess Sun.
When Princess Sun visited
the King in the dungeon, she said: “Daddy,
when I play in the forest I don’t just talk to the people in the forest, I
talk to the animals. And when
I play in the forest, I don’t just talk to the people and the animals, I talk
to the Sun. And the Sun talks
back to me.”
“What did you say?”
growled the King.
“The Sun talks back to
me.”
“What did you say?”
bellowed the King.
“The Sun talks back to
me.”
“How could that be?”
asked the King. “I am a great
King and the Sun doesn’t talk to me. You
are just a little princess. How
could the Sun talk to you if it never talks to me?”
“Maybe you aren’t
listening,” said the Princess.
That night, in her
bedroom, Princess Sun could not see the Sun.
But she said: “Sun, the
farmers need some water. Would
you please ask the clouds to make it rain?”
“Of course I will,”
said the Sun. “You are my dear
Princess. I love you so much.
I would do anything for you. But
would you do one little thing for me? Tomorrow
morning, when I rise in the sky, would you do a rain dance with all the people
in the kingdom?”
And Princess Sun said:
“Yes.”
The next morning, The
Princess got up and stretched, and said, “Ahhhhhhhhh!”
Then she got dressed.
And ate her breakfast. And
brushed her teeth. Then she went
out on the castle lawn and started to dance.
She started to dance!
She was moving and a-grooving, feeling and a-reeling, rocking and
a-rolling, slipping and a-sliding. Dance!
She started to dance!
And everyone in the
kingdom was dancing with her.
“It’ll never work,”
said the King. “It’ll never
work. You better stop dancing.
‘Cause it’ll never work.”
“Yes it will!” said
the people.
“No it won’t.
I am the King and I say no more dancing in my kingdom!”
And the people started to
dance.
They started to dance!
They were moving and a-grooving, feeling and a-reeling, rocking and
a-rolling, slipping and a-sliding. Dance!
They started to dance!
“It’ll never work,”
said the King. “It’ll never
work. You better stop dancing.
‘Cause it’ll never work.”
“Yes it will!” said
the people.
“No it won’t.
I am the King and I am making a law.
No more dancing in my kingdom for ever and ever!”
And the people started to
dance.
They started to dance!
They were moving and a-grooving, feeling and a-reeling, rocking and
a-rolling, slipping and a-sliding. Dance!
They started to dance!
Down came the rain!
The people stretched out their hands to catch it.
They stuck out their tongues to drink it.
They said, “Ah-yah-yah-yah-yah!”
Then the Sun reached down
his big golden hand, and took the hand of the Princess.
He brought her way up into the sky and the Princess became the Moon.
The Sun and The Moon lived happily ever after watching over the kingdom.