He decidido escribir en décimas una historia que espero convertir en un libro infantil ilustrado (libro álbum, como algunos lo llaman) con la ayuda y el talento de 
No estoy seguro que tan larga será la historia. Posiblemente unas 10 décimas con sus respectivas ilustraciones. He aquí la primera parte de la historia.
I've decided to write a story in decimas (ten-verse rhymes) that I hope to turn into a picture book with the help and talent of @manujune. Right now, she is working on the character design and this image is the first of her sketches.
I'm not sure how long the story will be. Possibly about 10 decimas with their respective illustrations. Here is the first part of the story.
El patito mensajero
I
Pati-Pati era un patito
curioso e inteligente.
Agradaba a mucha gente
por su lengua y su piquito.
Se veía tranquilito,
pero era chicharachero.
Siempre contaba primero
lo que veía en la calle.
Grababa cada detalle
con sus ojos de jilguero.
Pati-Pati was a curious and intelligent duckling.
Many liked him because he could tell long stories with his short beak.
He looked quiet, but he was a chatterbox.
He was always first to tell what he saw in the streets.
He recorded every detail with his goldfinch eyes.
II
Como en toda sociedad,
y esta no era la excepción,
después de harta diversión
viene Doña seriedad.
Tal responsabilidad
Pati-Pati la asumió.
Por profesión escogió
la de excelso mensajero,
recorriendo el mundo entero
y el pueblo donde nació.
As in every society, and this was no exception,
after a lot of fun, comes Madam Seriousness.
Pati-Pati assumed such responsibility.
When the time came to choose a profession, he chose
to become a first-rate messenger. He would connect the whole world
with the village where he was born.
