Huddle Tuddle The Cat In The Fuddle

Huddle Tuddle The Cat

 hey diddle diddle the cat in the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon,

the little dog laughed to see such fun and the dish ran away with the spoon.

 One day, in Anonymous Farm,which was located in the flourishing plains

of nowhere in particular, Huddle Tuddle the cat was on his way to see his wife, who had had her first litter of kittens last night, when buttercup,the cow who was in one of the paddocks beside the cat's house, leaned over the fence and said to the cat, 

“You know there's a full moon tonight, Huddle Tuddle?” 

“Yes. Why?” 

“Well... er...nothing really. It's just I always feel very over excited and energetic when there's a full moon. Do you think you would mind coming down here this evening?” 

“Nnno. Why?” 
“Because I'm going to jump over the moon!” 

“Really?” 

“Yes. I'd like you to invite all the farm animals possible to come and watch me, and I'd also like you to play Fuddle for me.” 

“Alright.” and the cat ran off to his wife.

 Fuddle was a violin which had been given to him by the fairies when he was a kitten and which he had named, to rhyme with his own name. It was a very special violin and was just the right size. If it had been an ordinary violin, he couldn't have played it even if it had been the right size, but because Fuddle was a magic violin he could play anything on it. His favorite song was “Hey diddle diddle” and he was going to play that tonight.

 There were three kittens. Huddle Tuddle spent a long time counting them over and over again until his wife, Tabitha, told him that he must have better things to do than poking his kittens and getting them cold. She was right, he did have better things to do. He went to the farm-house and

called to the dog, Max, from the fence, 

“You are invited to the cow-paddock this evening to see madame Buttercup jump over the moon!”

Max just laughed and told Huddle Tuddle to go catch a mouse and stop bothering him. Next was the hen-house, which Huddle Tuddle didn't go near if he could possibly help it because of Robert the rooster. Today he wasn't in sight, but when Huddle Tuddle had invited one of the hens, he saw Robert around the corner and ran for it. In the course of the day, Huddle Tuddle invited the sheep, the doves, the mice, the rabbits, the magic dish and spoon,(accidentally), and he tried to invite the farmer and his wife, but they couldn't understand him.

 That evening, almost all heads on the farm were turned toward the cow-paddock. The dog and the dish and spoon watched through the fence. Everyone held their breaths as a cloud moved from the face of the moon and silver beams of light shone down into the paddock where the cow was waiting. Huddle Tuddle started playing on Fuddle. The cow crouched down and jumped. Everyone was gazing up at her as she vanished into the sky.

Then Max began to laugh. Huddle Tuddle was annoyed, he had arranged this specially and made sure everything was perfect and now Max was spoiling it all. The dish and the spoon noticed him and started running away, because the dog had sworn that the next time he found them loose he would eat them up.

Max stopped laughing and ran after them. He was just about to chomp them into little bits when the 

 cow came down and landed right on top of him. The dish and the spoon escaped into the house and all the animals except Huddle Tuddle returned to their respective resting places. 
 Huddle Tuddle stopped playing and leaned over the fence to ask the cow, 
“Did you really get over the moon?” 
"Well,no. But don't tell anyone.” 
“I won't” 
 and he went to bed.

THE END

Huddle Tuddle the cat in the fuddle the cow has been to the moon,

she landed right on top of the dog who was eating the dish and the spoon.

Renée Hope Anderson