The Root Children

Story and photos

This story is suitable for older children (3-6) and is

 typically told in the beginning of spring. It is a variation that I made from

the classic book "The Story of the Root Children".

Under the ground deep in the earth, among the roots of the trees, the little root children were sleeping all winter long. They felt nothing of the biting wind, the cold frost or the stinging hail storms. They slept peacefully in their warm burros. The root children were dreaming of the sun shine and spring flowers until one day Mother Earth came along to gently wake them up. “Wake up children, wake up. There is lots of work to be done, spring is coming and I have brought you scissors, needles and cloth, wake up. As soon as you are ready I will open the doors of the ground.” The children yawned and stretched, then they jumped up merrily. “Yay spring is coming!” Mother Earth had lots of material of lots of different colours for the children so each can make their own special spring creation. The leaf child chose different green coloured cloths, the flower child chose lots of bright coloured cloths and the incest child chose dark coloured cloth. They sat down and started sewing, cutting and pressing so that everything fitted just right.

The insect child finished first, “Lots of worms, grasshoppers, bees and butterflies, Each with their own purpose on this earth.” She said. The leaf child finished second, his leaves large and bright. “This would protect all the trees and give shade to the animals” he said. Lastly the flower child finished, her flowers as bright as the sun. “These flowers will make the world look beautiful and give food to the insects.” The flower child said.

Up above the warm sun has been shining on the earth. The trees were ready to grow some leaves, the flowers were ready to bloom and the insects were ready to hatch. At last it was really spring time, mother earth opened her door and each child walked up with their creations into the sun shine. They got to work and it didn’t take them long to finish. When their work was done the children played all spring long.

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