I am SO SORRY for how long it took to post this. The words just weren't coming for a bit, and I was focusing much more on some of my other stories. I'll be making up for it now ;P
I DO NOT OWN PHINEAS AND FERB. ANY CHARACTER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE IS PROBABLY MINE
The platypus awoke suddenly; it took him a minute to remember where he was. He was buried in his mother's soft fur, and, for the first time, he felt the ground underneath him. It was fuzzy and green, like his mother-well, his mom's fur was a more of a mixture of blue and green- but it was rough and coarse, and not as comfortable.
The platypus looked around his new world. He saw tall, brown things with green at the top. Above the green was something that was huge and blue and white. The platypus looked to his right, past his mother, and saw something else big and blue, but it was darker, and the platypus could see the other end.
The platypus looked at the ground again, and picked at the long, green strands. One strand came up off the ground, startling the platypus, and something brown appeared underneath. The platypus hesitantly stuck his beak in the brown thing. It tickled his beak, causing him to sneeze.
The tiny sound must have alerted his mother, because she looked down at him, smiling. "Hello, sleepyhead."
Another platypus that was about the same color as his mom walked over. "Is he awake?"
"He's awake, Penda," the platypus's mother replied. The platypus stared at "Penda" in confusion. "That's your father," his mother murmured as "Penda" walked over.
Penda sat down next to the platypus and the platypus's mother. "What should we name him, Rhina?"
That must be Mom's name. The platypus looked at his parents expectantly, waiting to hear his name.
"I want his name to start with a P, like yours," Rhina replied.
The platypus's father stared at Rhina, a look of exasperation visible. "Really?"
Rhina shrugged. "It's fitting; you two are the males of the family."
Penda smiled and rolled his eyes. "Fine."
Rhina turned back to her son. "What about...Perry?"
"I think that's the perfect name," Penda smiled.
Perry. So that's my name now, the platypus blinked. I like it.
Perry stood up and stretched. He was surprised; the air was colder the further he got from his mom.
A shrill sound rang throughout the tall, brown things, but it didn't hurt Perry. It sounded pretty.
Penda patted Perry gently. Hs turned back to Rhina. "I've got to do something real quick."
Perry's father turned and climbed up one of the tall, brown things. Perry was amazed; it seemed impossible.
Perry crawled away from his mother and over to the big, blue thing. He hesitantly touched it with his finger. Perry immediately pulled his finger back. It felt like the light blue thing above him had melted and fallen to the ground.
Rhina walked up behind him. "That's called 'water.'"
"It feels weird." Perry looked up at the big blue thing above him. "Is that water, too?"
"Sort of, yeah," Rhina replied.
Perry put two and two together. "And they're both blue."
"Well, yes, but not everything that's blue is made of water."
Perry stared at his mother in confusion. I thought I figured it out.
"'Blue' is a color," Rhina explained, sitting down. "That's the color water is, but other things are blue, too."
"Like what?"
"Well..." Rhina began, looking around. "...Like... That flower." She pointed at another blue thing that was sticking up out of the ground.
Perry walked to it and felt it.
"Does it feel the same?" Rhina asked.
Perry shook his head. "It's harder than the water, but it's softer than it, too." He shot his mother a confused glance. "How?"
"The word you're looking for is 'solid,' sweetheart," Rhina explained. "The flower feels softer than the water, but it's more solid, also."
Penda climbed back down the tall brown thing and walked over to his mate and son. "What'd I miss?"
"I was just explaining 'water' and the color 'blue' to Perry," Rhina smiled.
"Well, how about we help him understand a bit more?"
(...)
By the end of the day, Perry had discovered what the tall brown things were, what the green stuff on the ground was, what the brown stuff that had made him sneeze was, what the big ball of light in the big blue thing was called, what the name of the big blue thing above him was, and a lot more.
The sun fell behind the trees. "What happened to the sun?" Perry asked worriedly.
"It went to sleep," Rhina explained. "You'll see it again tomorrow."
"You need to do the same," Penda said.
Perry sighed and pressed up against his mother, burying himself in her fur. Everything in front of him turned black, and Perry fell asleep.
Sorry if this chapter was short. I literally wrote half of this in less than an hour ;P ;P