Get Down, Rocky!

Annie Besant

“Who let that goat out?” Ramesh, the coconut seller shouted.
Rocky had done it AGAIN!

“Rocky! Get down from there,” Rose yelled.
“ Baaaaaa ! Silly humans,”
Rocky bleated.
How could they expect him to jump down from the roof of a church? He wasn’t supergoat!

“How did he get up there?” asked Appa.
“He was trying to eat that hen,” Rose said.

“Rooster, not hen,” Amma corrected her.
“But that’s not even a real rooster,” said Appa.

“Can we just get Rocky down, please?” Rose begged.
“I have an idea!” said Jaya, the banana-leaf seller.

BUT Rocky wanted to eat the banana leaves.
“I have a better idea!” said Mani, the shopkeeper.

BUT Rocky wanted to eat the boxes.
“I have a better idea,” said Peter, the carpenter.

“BE CAREFUL, ROCKY!” shouted Rose.

WHOOSH!
Rocky slid down the ramp.

“Don’t try to eat that rooster again!” Rose giggled.
But what did Amma, Appa, the coconut seller, the banana-leaf seller, the shopkeeper and the carpenter say?

“Don’t let Rocky out again!”