How The Cockroach Lost Its Voice (Children’s Story)

One day Uncle Cockroach took his young nephew, Colin, on an expedition to the top of the freezer door. It was the highest and most distant area of the refrigerator. Few cockroaches had ever been there.

The first part of the journey, up the back of the refrigerator, was the most difficult. With Uncle Cockroach in the lead, they scrambled over coiled wires strung across their path and carefully picked their way through a maze of dangerous holes and slots. No cockroach who had fallen into one of these was ever seen again.

When, at last, they reached the top of the refrigerator, it was easy going. The surface was flat and covered with a comfortable layer of antique