The Unluckiest Leprechaun

0:00Okay, our friends. So it is Saint Patrick's Day. Today we're going to do a bit of a silly story. Let your imaginations run wild today, friends, because today we are going to be reading about a leprechaun. And this particular leprechaun is the unluckiest leprechaun. It was written by Alistair Heim and illustrated by Pablo Pino. And it is read today by Mommy. And say it again. But do. What does that mean? Oh, a machine. Oh, I see. You must be. Wow, I believe you're shooting peas. Is that why you're dressed all in green today because you're a pea shooter?

1:03That's what he is, friends. Mommy and her green pea shooter who is dressed all in green so he will not get pinched on Saint Patrick's Day. Are you ready? Let's go. Once upon Saint Patrick's day, this sun came up at dawn. The birds began to sing. And so did every leprechaun. They sang their teeny tiny tunes and danced a jig or twenty. Saint Patrick's Day was here and with it, rainbows by the plenty. Yes, all the leprechauns were there except for one named Clover who overslept and got in there when the sing-along was over. Of all the luck, said Clover, who had missed his chance to sing. But being one time for anything was really not his thing. And in the picture we can see him, they had a big sing-along. It was gorgeous. There was confetti,

2:08and then he shows up in its all over. As luck would have it, Clover had no luck at all. You see, no matter what he tried to do, it turned out horribly. Of all the luck, he says. And we can see what he's tried to do. He's tried to bake a cake. He's tried to ice it. It did not turn out well. In fact, it fell. And he was standing by when a poor kid went by on his tricycle and splattered him with mud. And he just has the worst of luck, doesn't he? In fact, of the pot, everyone pulled four leaf clovers except for him. This is a three-leaf Clover. What would happen if he pulled a 13-leaf Clover? That would be a surprise, I think. I don't think I've ever heard of a 13-leaf Clover. They're certainly Clovers are unlucky. Because they're 13, yeah. 13 is a spooky mysterious.

3:10That's what they say, right? Yeah. My luck is out there, Clover said. It has to be, I know it. I'm off to find my rainbow and the treasure right below it. And so he has made himself a little napsack. And he has set off. He's leaving the leprechaun village. He hiked and hiked all morning then he slid on down a cliff. And that's when Clover noticed someone giving him a sniff. Hello there, puppy. Clover said and gave the dog a cuddle. And that's when he saw it, Clover's rainbow floating in a puddle. We do see the puppy dog. And it's a very cute puppy dog. I would, I kind of feel like that. Maybe his luck is turning up then because now he's got a friend. And then he sees his rainbow. I don't know, what do you think? He jumped right in, excited, splashing water

4:14everywhere, then searched the giant puddle. But the treasure wasn't there. Where is it? Clover shouted. He had come up empty handed. And that's when Clover noticed where all the water had landed. And in the picture we can see there are a bunch of kids who'd been playing right there as well. And because he jumped in and started splashing, guess what he did? He splashed all those kids. And now they're all standing there covered in water, looking at him like, hey dude, that wasn't very nice. Oh, no, no, no, no, said Clover as he ran away to hide. He found the nearest trash can closed the lid and he didn't side of all the luck. He says, Yeah, if you're going to hide some place, do you want to hide in a trash can? No, I don't think so either. A jingly, jangly sound began to ring from somewhere near.

5:25He rose up on his tippy toes and perched his ear to hear. A bell was ringing loudly and was coming from a store and that's when he saw it. Clover's rainbow painted on the door. I'm coming. Clover shouted as he raced across the street. The door swung open suddenly and knocked him off his feet. Yeah, this is a bookstore with a rainbow painted on it. A reading rainbow, ah, is he what I did there? Reading rainbow. I've all the luck said Clover as he sailed through the air. He crashed into a garden, sending flowers everywhere. Oh, no, no, no, no, said Clover. I'm sorry, everyone. He ran away embarrassed by the damage he had done and he did disrupt their garden and were almost ruined, whatever Clover searched to find his rainbow there that day, it disappeared or broken to

6:29or flew the other way of all the luck. He says, and we can see he thought he saw a rainbow, but it was a popsicle and the kid looks at him like, dude, you messed up my popsicle. And then he thought he saw a rainbow on a skateboard, but the skateboard, no, was it cracked. Oh man, he even thought he saw a rainbow in the balloons, but then the bird just zoomed in and snatched up all of his balloons and took off. Man, he's having a really rotten day, isn't he? The puppy followed Clover as he turned around to leave. Me too. But you know the only good thing is that he has this puppy, right? He's kind of stuck with him the whole day, so at least he hasn't been alone. The puppy followed Clover as he turned around to leave. Today had been unlucky or then Clover could believe, I guess I'll just go home, he said, good luck is not for me. And then he saw

7:34a giant rainbow stuck up in a tree. I found my rainbow Clover cheered and held the kite up high. I can already tell you what's going to happen, because he's a very small leprechaun and this is a very large kite. And if he's holding it up high, what is he going to catch? Wind. Exactly at a moment when a gusty breeze blew by. I won't let go! He shouted, but the wind grew even stronger and Clover didn't have the strength to hold on any longer. Of all the luxe at Clover as he then began to fall. I really am unlucky, the unluckiest of all. And there, all caked in mud, the little leprechaun felt sad. Today had been the saddest day he'd ever had. But then from out of nowhere came a sudden rumbling sound. A crowd appeared

8:40and lifted Clover right up off the ground. We found him! Someone shouted as they carried him away. Oh no, no, no, no! Tried Clover, then he heard aloud, hooray! The crowd had taken Clover to a party in the square and everyone that Clover thought was mad at him was there. Uh-oh. I'm sorry that I splashed you all and drawn to your flowers too. My luck is offered! Clover said, no matter what I do. We disagree. A woman said, we're lucky that you're here. You've truly made St. Patrick's Day our best day of the year. Then Clover looked around and saw there were rainbows all around. With flowers he had ruined and in puddles on the ground, in ice-cream cones, in big balloons and lots of other ways. The most he'd ever seen in all his rainbow-searching days. And then the little leprechaun whose luck had never

9:44come was thrilled to see quite luckily, perhaps he just found some. Of all the luck, he says as he runs with his puppy dog friend and a new kite that looks a lot like a rainbow. And I'm going to say maybe because you know when you see a leprechaun that's supposed to be good luck, right? He made everyone else's day pretty magical just by him being who he was. Right? And I think he also did find magic. He found a friend. And sometimes it takes us a minute to realize that we have one. But what a wonderful ending to this story. And with it we will say Happy St. Patrick's Day. The end.