Every St. Patrick's Day, the neighboring towns of Tralee and Tralah have a contest to see which town decorates best for the holiday. Tralah always wins. One year, Tralee has a winning strategy: painting the whole town green. When a little man with ointed ears and bells on his boots arrives in Tralah to ask for help with his cows, they tell him they're too busy. He asks the people of Tralee the same thing. They agree to help him, knowing that they will likely lose the contest yet again. When they wake up on St. Patrick's Day, their whole town has been magically painted green and they win the contest for the first time. After that, they no longer compete with the town of Tralah, but celebrate St. Patrick's Day for the joy of it.

I enjoy the friendly competition in the story and the more important message in the end, everyone working together is rewarded
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*Sensory-what will the town look like?

The town's people of Tralee knew that this St. Patrick's Day was going to be different because for the first year they were going to win the golden shamrock trophy and their rival town, Tralah, would lose. Little Fiona Riley had the winning idea of painting the town green. So, just as the town was working hard painting the day before St. Patty's Day, a leprechaun asks for help saving his cows. The town of Tralee gladly helps but does not have enough time to finish painting. Will they win? ( )