I was never afraid of anything when we lived in the city, but now we live on a farm.

At night when the lights go out, I get scared,

because I can hear

a nightmare in the attic

right above my head.

It doesn't seem to bother Mom and Dad.

They say it's probably mice.

But it sounds too big to be mice.

I decided to lasso that nightmare and bring it down to show them.

I'd just be brave and sneak quietly into the attic with my lasso ready.

It wasn't there.
But I noticed a bunch of toys I though were lost lying in a pile behind some boxes.

Something weird was going on for sure.
Then I heard it creeping up the stairs....

Shhh, little penguins. Now don't make a peep, and Grand Nanny Penguin will tell you a tale of long, long ago.


Once there lived a little penguin just like you. Just like you, except Little Penguin didn't listen to his Grand Nanny's tales.
One morning, at the break of dawn, he snuck off by himself to find some fun in the snowy, polar world.


Up one hill and down another, he soon left all his friends behind.
"Look at me!" Little Penguin cried. "I'm sliding on my tummy far, far away from home!"


Now everyone knows a little penguin can get lost far, far away from home.


But he didn't.
Right away, Little Penguin...

ELIZABETH and LARRY were old friends. Elizabeth was sixty-two, and Larry was pushing forty.


Elizabeth met Larry for the first time many years ago. He was delivered to her by mistake with the box of oranges she ordered from Florida.

Elizabeth decided to keep Larry, and she gave him a room above the garage. She put the oranges in the refrigerator.


Larry loved his new home. His only complaint had to do with the size of the pool.

Every day Elizabeth and Larry went walking. Larry was always drawn to the zoo. He was fascinated by the unusual exhibits.


On sunny days they went to the beach. Larry taught...

There is nobody quite like our Aunt Ippy. Aunt Ippy gives us the biggest hugs.
Aunt Ippy bakes the best batch of chocolate chip cookies. Aunt Ippy can fix anything.

Aunt Ippy never throws anything away. She uses things over and over again.
She has built a raft out of plastic milk jugs. Her car runs on old cooking oil.
She has created tower of two hundred toilet paper tubes. Don't even look in her garage.
Aunt Ippy calls this "Waste Management."

When she finally finds something she can't use for anything else, she puts it into her museum.
People come from near and far to visit Aunt Ippy's Museum of...