Ribtickler #7

Freshly hatched from an egg in a meadow, Cheerie Chick emerges into a world full of delightful—and often confusing—discoveries, eager to learn what he can do like the other animals around him. From attempting to peck like a worm-eating bird, to wading like a duck, to hopping like a grasshopper, our plucky little hero keeps finding out he's got his own way of doing things. With each mishap and lesson from the creatures he meets, Cheerie gets one step closer to understanding just what kind of bird he's meant to be.

Old Ranny spins a tall tale about how the cowboy's iconic ten-gallon hat came to be, tracing its evolution from the beaver-fur hats city folk brought west through a series of practical refinements by a determined hat maker. As the story unfolds, we learn how this versatile hat served cowboys in ways far beyond protection from sun and rain—and what unexpected feuding erupted when felt replaced beaver fur in the design. It's a rollicking frontier history lesson that proves even a simple hat can become legend when shaped by necessity, creativity, and a little bit of Western grit.