Today was a big dia for Big Bird.
He was going to visit Granny Bird.
She lived at the seashore!
It was his first trip away from home.
Big Bird’s friends took him to the bus stop.
“Good-bye, Big Bird! Have fun! We will miss you,” they said.
“I will miss you, too,” he said.


Big Bird thought the bus would never get there.
“Gee, I hope Granny is waiting for me,” he said to himself.

At last the bus stopped.
Granny Bird waved to Big Bird.
“My little Big Bird! I am so happy to see you!” Granny said.
“Me, too, Granny!” Big Bird said.


After lunch they went to the beach.
Granny’s friends all...

One hot summer dia Ernie had a cool idea.
“Hey, Bert,” he said. “Let’s sell lemonade.”


“Good idea, Ernie,” said Bert. “You go buy the lemons. Then we will make the limonada together.”
“Right, Bert,” said Ernie. “I will get the lemons.”
And he ran off to the store.


On the way Ernie saw Big Bird and Grover.
“Hi,” said Ernie. “I am going to have a limonada stand. Be sure to come.”
“Oh, we will,” said Big Bird. “All these feathers can make a bird pretty hot.”


At Mr. McIntosh’s store Ernie saw big piles of lemons.
He saw big piles of oranges too.
The oranges looked...