“Why don’t you join our family? We have a large succah, and you’re more than welcome”

Your kids will love this dramatized version of the Jolly Solly series, read by Nechama B. 

They can follow along with the video, or the printout, and color the picture too!

Click on the images to download the printable versions of the story and color-in picture

There had been strong winds the night before. Efraim Faigelbaum had woken up from the creaks and bangs outside. But everybody was still asleep. So he turned over and went back to sleep.

The next morning, though, there was the sound of loud yelling. It was from Mr. Krankowitz’s garden.

“My succah! It’s collapsed! What a calamity!”

Fishel and Faivish ran to the window. They saw that their own succah had been knocked too.

They ran to tell their father. Mr. Friedman hurried out to the garden. He examined the damage.

“Is it badly damaged?” asked Fishel.

“It is,” their father said.

“What are we going to do?” asked Faivish.

“No idea,” said Mr. Friedman.

Fishel and Faivish stared at each other in dismay. They heard exclamations of distress from Mr. Faigelbaum. It looked like the gale had damaged lots of succahs.

Their father insisted they leave for cheder on time, though they wanted to help with disaster recovery. He firmly escorted them to the sidewalk to wait for the school van. As they waited reluctantly, they caught sight of Moishy Morris across the street.

“Hey! Did your succah get damaged last night?”

“No,” said Moishy in surprise. “I saw it this morning and it looked fine. Why?”

“Ours is all smashed up!” said Fishel dramatically.

“Yeah! Ruined,” echoed Faivish.