🧙♀️✨ FRIDAY STORY TIME
05/29/2026
Friday Story Time
Iris and the Mechanic Who Wanted to Remove Everything
Iris y el mecánico que quería quitarlo todo
One rainy morning, a school bus rolled into the repair yard.
☔ Rain poured from the sky.
☔ Water dripped from the mirrors.
☔ Water dripped from the roof.
☔ Water dripped from places nobody knew water could drip from.
The mechanic looked at the leaking water pump and scratched his head.
He had been fixing buses for 27 years.
Twenty-seven years!
He looked at the engine.
Then he made his diagnosis.
“Hmmm…”
He paused dramatically.
“We need to remove everything.”
The bus gasped.
The toolbox gasped.
Even the rain seemed impressed.
The mechanic pointed at the engine.
“Remove the fan.”
Then he looked again.
“Remove the shroud.”
Then again.
“Maybe the belts.”
Then again.
“Possibly half the front of the bus.”
Just then…
✨ WHOOOOOOOSH! ✨
Across the stormy sky came a familiar flying vacuum.
It was Iris the Witty Old Witch™!
Behind her came the Flying Crew:
🐷 Rick the Pig
🐭 Ramón the Mouse
🐮 Cow
🐔 The Crazy Old Hen
The Flying Crew landed beside the bus.
“What seems to be the problem?” asked Iris.
The mechanic proudly pointed at the engine.
“This water pump is going to require removing half the bus.”
The Crazy Old Hen nearly fell over.
🐔 “BAAAAWK! Half the bus?!”
Cow blinked.
🐮 “Moo.”
Ramón adjusted his tiny glasses.
🐭 “That sounds expensive.”
Rick checked his reflection in a puddle.
🐷 “And messy.”
Iris climbed onto the bumper and looked at the engine.
She looked left.
She looked right.
She looked underneath.
Then she smiled.
“Oh.”
The mechanic crossed his arms.
“Oh what?”
Iris pointed her vacuum.
“The water pump is right there.”
Everyone stared.
The Crazy Old Hen stared.
Cow stared.
Ramón stared.
Rick stared so hard he forgot to admire himself.
The mechanic stared hardest of all.
For ten full seconds…
Nobody said a word.
Finally Ramón asked,
“So we don’t need to remove the fan?”
“No.”
“The shroud?”
“No.”
“The front of the bus?”
“No.”
“The entire transportation department?”
“No.”
Rick raised a hoof.
“What about Georgia?”
“No.”
The Crazy Old Hen laughed so hard she rolled into a puddle.
🐔 “BAAAAWK! We almost removed a whole state!”
Even the bus laughed.
The mechanic rubbed the back of his neck.
“Well… maybe I should have looked a little closer.”
Iris smiled.
“Experience is wonderful.”
Then she tapped the engine gently with her vacuum.
“But sometimes the smartest mechanic is the one who looks one more time before removing everything.”
The Flying Crew cheered.
The rain slowed.
The water pump was replaced.
The bus was repaired.
And from that day on, whenever anyone suggested removing half the bus…
The Crazy Old Hen would flap her wings and yell:
🐔 “BAAAAWK! Did anybody check if it’s right there first?!”
The End
✨ Moral of the story:
Sometimes wisdom comes from experience… and sometimes it comes from taking one extra look before taking everything apart. 🔧🚌💛🧙🏻♀️🐷🐭🐮🐔✨