The Yellow Duck goes to the SA Children's Museum

"I'm bored," sighed Toad.

"There's nothing to do," Ms. Fish whined. "It's raining outside and we can't go anywhere. My new shoes will get dry!"

Toad stared at her like she was nuts. "You mean, they'll get wet."

Ms. Fish made a face at him. "No, dummy, they'll get dry. Since I live in water, my shoes get ruined when they dry. Duh!"

"Don't be rude!" Toad snapped back.

"You don't be rude!" she shouted.

"Guys, guys, come on!" the Yellow Duck said. "Stop arguing. We'll find something to do. We just have to think first."

The three sat silently, thinking to themselves.

"I know!" the Yellow Duck cried. "Let's go to the Children's museum!"

"Yea!" Ms. Fish and Toad cried. "Let's go, let's go!"

"Wait a minute," Ms. Fish thought aloud. "We can't go today. We'll miss storytime! Miss Tiffany's storytime is on Wednesday!"

"We'll just go back!" the Yellow Duck cried. Ms. Fish was so excited she jumped out of her bowl.

The three friends put on their rain boots and asked Toad's mom to drive them to the museum. After they got to the museum, they were so excited they didn't know where to go first. Everywhere they looked, there were cool things. A large trolley was in the front window. Toad hopped over and set behind the steering wheel.

"All aboard!" he cried. The Yellow Duck and Ms. Fish quickly scrambled aboard. Miss Fish's bowl was placed on one of the seats, and she swam around in circles.

"This is so exciting!" she cried.

After they had all had turns driving, they ran upstairs to investigate. There, they saw a giant plane that just begged to be flown. The Yellow Duck hopped in the pilot's seat and put on the special pilots hat.

"I'm going to be in first class," Ms. Fish said, relaxing in one of the first seats. "I'm the first mate," Toad said, sitting next to the Yellow Duck.

"Silly, only ships have first mates," Ms. Fish said haughtily, rolling her eyes.

"They do not," Toad argued. "I'm the first mate on this plane, so be quiet."

"Well!" Ms. Fish stuck her nose in the air. "I see how you treat passengers!"

After they played in the plane, they were stuck. There were so many exciting exhibits, they didn't know where to turn.

"Let's be in a bubble!" Miss Fish said.

"A bubble?" the Yellow Duck asked.

"Yea!" Ms. Fish said. "They have this exhibit where you stand on a circle and someone else pull a rope, and suddenly you're in a bubble!"

"I want to be in a bubble!" Toad yelled, hopping away.

"Wait for us!" Ms. Fish yelled. "Pull me!" She pointed haughtily at the Yellow Duck.

"Say please," the Yellow Duck reprimanded.

"Please!" she yelled.

The three friends had tons of fun in the museum. They had bubbles made and played in the Tot Spot. They pretended to use an ATM card and fixed a pretend snack in the Kids Cafe. Toad's favorite part was when he drove the front end loader. He really liked wearing the hard hat.

At the end of the afternoon, the three friends wearily returned to the pond.

"That was a lot of fun!" Ms. Fish said.

"A blast!" Toad said.

"I think I need a nap," said the Yellow Duck, looking sleepy.

"Me too," the other friends said.

After their fun day at the Children's museum, the three friends curled up around the pond for a nice long nap.