By Hardie Gramatky
Copyright 1939
Little Toot is a silly, nervous little tugboat – scared of
the wild seas outside the channel. He
prefers to have fun where the waters are calm, blowing smoke rings and gliding
in figure eights. Eventually, the other
little tugboats making fun of his frivolous ways force him to look inside
himself and discover the desire to prove his worth and make a mark on the
world. But when he tries to help, they
don’t believe he has changed and push him out of the way.
Lost in despair, Little Toot drifts away, not noticing that
the skies are growing stormy and dark.
Suddenly, out in the wild ocean waves, Little Toot notices an ocean
liner in big trouble. Why, he can prove his usefulness by making smoke signals to call for the big tugboats to help! Help does come, but all those big tugboats are unable to force their way out to the stormy seas. Little Toot is the only one who can save
the day. Sure, he is scared. But he braves the wind and waves and rushes
out to attempt to save that giant ocean liner.
And guess what? He did it!
That silly little cute tugboat rose to the occasion and
became a hero!
It is so easy, isn’t it, to stay where the waters are
calm. It can be tempting to sit back and
let others take charge. Like Little
Toot, it is only when we force ourselves to brave the stormy seas that we gain
the confidence to take charge and save the day!
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