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At first light, a small red fox gathered berries beneath the hazel trees. Then the forest gave a great boom, and every berry jumped in its leaves.
The Drum That Sounded Bigger Than the Thing InsideA hungry animal fears a booming drum until he looks closer and finds emptiness, learning that noise is not the same as danger.
1. At first light, a small red fox gathered berries beneath the hazel trees. Then the forest gave a great boom, and every berry jumped in its leaves.
2. The sound came again—BOOM! The fox ducked behind a fern. It sounded large enough to fill the whole forest.
3. The fox could have gone home, but the berries near the drum were the plumpest ones. Hunger pulled one way. Curiosity pulled the other.
4. Step by step, the fox crept nearer. A berry rolled against the drum and stopped. The fox held its breath.
5. Nothing sprang out. The fox touched the drum. Its skin was stretched tight, like a pond before rain.
6. A twig slipped from a branch and tapped the skin. BOOM! The fox sprang back, then stared at the twig.
7. The fox looked underneath. There was no beast, no giant, and no hidden mouth. There was only an empty hollow space.
8. The fox picked up a stick and tapped the drum once. The forest answered with a boom, but the hollow inside stayed hollow.
9. The fox filled the basket and started home. Behind it, the drum boomed whenever the wind nudged the twig.
10. The sound was still bigger than the thing inside. But now the fox knew: inside the booming drum was nothing at all.
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