Both educational and fun, this short rhythmic text tells the story of a mother alligator's clever trick to save her children from a forest fire. 'Trouble coming, ' croaked the eagle. 'I can see it ' 'Trouble coming, ' growled the bob-cat, 'I can hear it ' 'Trouble coming, ' sniffed the otter, 'I can smell it ' There is panic in the swamp. A mother alligator raises her head above the water to see what all the fuss is about. A fork of lightning has started a great fire and all the animals are running away. But to their astonishment, the alligator runs in the opposite direction. She has a nest of eggs and must save her babies. When the babies hatch she leads them down under the water where they will stay submerged until the trouble is gone. A very vivid sense of danger builds in this exciting rhythmic text and keeps you in suspense until the rain falls and... 'trouble going... trouble going... trouble gon