00:00On a sunny morning by a little farm pond, a mother duck was teaching her four ducklings to swim.
00:05The smallest one, a fluffy yellow duckling named Pip, was the bravest of them all.
00:11But Pip was also very curious.
00:13While the others practiced paddling, he wandered off to explore the tall grass beside the stream.
00:19Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in.
00:21Rain began to fall, pitter-patter, and the little stream grew fast and wild, rushing toward a dark drainage pipe.
00:29Oh no! The rushing water swept Tiny Pip right into the pipe!
00:33He tumbled through the dark until the water dropped him inside a cold concrete culvert.
00:37He was trapped.
00:39Branches and leaves had washed in too, blocking the way out.
00:42Cold and frightened, Pip chirped as loud as he could.
00:45Cheep, cheep! Somebody help me!
00:47Nearby, a kind boy named Arlo was fishing at the stream bank.
00:51He stopped and listened.
00:52A tiny cry?
00:53He set down his fishing rod and followed the sound.
00:56The chirps led him to the dark culvert.
00:59Arlo knelt down in the mud and peered inside.
01:02Behind a tangle of branches, two frightened little eyes looked back at him.
01:07Hold on, little buddy, he whispered.
01:09With both hands, he pulled the wet branches away, one by one, until the path was clear.
01:13Then Arlo slowly lowered his little green fishing net into the culvert, right beside the trembling duckling.
01:20With one brave hop, Pip jumped into the net.
01:24Arlo lifted him up into the sunlight, laughing with joy.
01:27You did it, Pip! You are safe now!
01:29He wrapped Pip in a soft, warm towel and gently dried his fluffy feathers.
01:34Then he hurried to the pond, where Mother Duck was quacking with worry.
01:38Arlo knelt at the water's edge and set Pip down.
01:42Mother Duck rushed over, and the whole family swam around him, quacking with joy.
01:46And from that day on, whenever Arlo came to fish, Pip swam right up to say hello.
01:52Because even the smallest duckling deserves a hero, and kindness always finds its way home.
02:18Or in a while, you really spoke to her in yourfrance.
02:19What a waste of supper.
