One day Penguin saw his friend Lizard at Bounce Mania and Penguin said, “Do you want to ice skate with me?”

Lizard said, “I’m not sure, but do you want to bounce on one of the play areas with me?”

“I’m not sure either”, Penguin replied.

So their friends told them how to and they tried, but they couldn’t do it. Their friends tried not to laugh, but Penguin and Lizard laughed at themselves.

So they told each other, “We are already good at something, and that is OK”.

One day in a little house Dog and Cat sat on a chair. But Cat was bragging about her jumping. Dog did not like it, so he challenged her to a jumping contest.

Cat said, “Yes”.

The day of the contest Cat and Dog were ready. Cat went first. She jumped five feet, but dog jumped six feet. Dog won!

After the contest all of Cat's friends started to cheer for Dog and she felt bad. She said, “You are a good jumper too. Let’s jump some more just for fun”.

One day at school, Rabbit and Mouse had a problem. Rabbit did not know about Martin Luther King Jr. day, and Mouse did not know about Valentine’s Day.

They were embarrassed that they didn’t know.

“I know who Martin Luther King Jr. is”, said Mouse. “I will tell you.” “And I know what Valentine’s Day is. I’ll tell you”, said Rabbit.

So they told each other and now they both know.

Once on a beautiful summer afternoon there was a turtle that wanted to have a snake party! First he had to invite all of the snakes, so he did.

Turtle came up to a snake named Meany. Meany was Turtle's worst enemy. Meany slithered away very quickly.

Turtle didn't want to be Meany's worst enemy so Turtle went home. Later that day Turtle called Meany and said, "When you slithered away I was going to invite you to a snake party, so come to 10 Turtle Road and we will have the biggest party ever!."

"OK Turtle! I'll meet you there!", Meany responded.

They apologized and had the best party ever. They were friends for the rest of their lives!

Dragon was playing with his friend Lion. They both had really bad stage fright. It was their families' year to be in the big Chinese New Year parade.

Four families each year get a chance to be in the parade. Dragon had to show all the animals how he breathes fire. Lion had to roar. Dragon and Lion were not ready. They thought they could pretend to be sick, but, their families knew they were faking.

It was two days before the parade. Dragon had to practice fire blowing. Lion practiced roaring all day. On the big day they were so scared that they were shaking.

After the parade, they thought that going on stage hadn't been that bad after all.

Once there was a country bear and a city fox. Bear wanted to see what the city looked like. Fox wanted to see all of the trees and grass.

So the friends decided to switch places. Fox did not like the country because the hay pricked him. Bear missed the trees and grass. They decided to switch again.

Fox and Bear learned to be willing to try new things that are safe, but it is OK to be themselves.

When Bubbles the cat tried the tricks that his owner told him to do, he earned treats.

One day Bubbles gave up. He did not get a treat. Later, he pushed himself so hard that he knew what to do.

He did the trick. He got cat treats. Bubbles learned the lesson to never give up.