Watercolor Story Illustration - Nanhi Chidiya

Nanhi Chidiya - Small little Bird....

This is a story of a little bird, a dainty-darling, cute little thing,
even a strong wind can blow her away, but whose courage was as big as she was small....

A story me n my first grader wrote for her class's "show and tell".

One day a dense forest caught fire...

All the animals were running scared, looking for shelters to save their life...

Perched on a tall tree our little bird was observing all this...it got in her head that she should do something to stop the fire before it spreads and destroys their home & their beautiful jungle...

She flew to the jungle's stream, collected as much water as she can in her little beak,
flew to the where the fire was and poured it on a small plant which had just caught fire...

It didn't made much difference, but she kept at it relentlessly.
Flying back and forth between the river and corner of the jungle where the fire was ragging.

Seeing her effort, many animals stopped running. Some were impressed, thinking they should also pitch in, but most off them thought of her as a fool and started laughing at her.

She felt hurt and said to them....
I know I'm small and alone can't stop the fire. But I'll not give up. I'll try my best.
But if we all get together, we definitely can, not only stop the fire from spreading and destroying our homes but our beautiful jungle too.

Everyone loves their home, so they got together to try. Elephants brought water in their trunks and sprayed on fire, so did the birds. Dogs and cats even the small animals like mice helped by digging the ground and throwing the mud on fire.  Encouraging and helping each other.

And that's how they not only saved their homes but their beautiful jungle too.
And in the process they all learnt few very important lessons....

1. We should NOT GIVE UP, for the fear of  failure.

2. We should keep TRYING, till we SUCCEED. 

3. We should do our BEST.

4. Unity is STRENGTH.

So,

What do you say....How do you like my my little one's story....
Do let me know .....your feedback means a lot....

Cheers
Shilpi

Watercolor Poem Illustration - I know an old lady who swallowed a fly

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly 

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.

How absurd to swallow a bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly.

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cat.

Imagine that! she swallowed a cat!

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a dog.

Oh what a hog to swallow a dog.

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a cow.

I don't know how she swallowed a cow.

She swallowed the cow to catch the dog.

She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.

She swallowed the cat to catch the bird.

She swallowed the bird to catch the spider.

That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.

She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.

I don't know why she swallowed a fly. 

Perhaps she'll die.

I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.

She died, of course!