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THE LADYBUG'S BALL
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"Come take
up your hats, and away let us haste
To the Ladybug's
Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast!
The trumpeter
Gadfly has summoned the crew,
And the
revelers are now only waiting for YOU!
Here comes
the Beetle, so big and so black,
Who carries
the Ant, his friend, on his back.
And there
is the Gnat and the DragonFly too,
Even the
Butterflies, yellow and blue!
The sly little
DoorMouse crept out of his hole,
And led
to the feast his blind brother, the Mole.
Next came
the Snail, his horns peeping out,
Greeted
by Inchworm, and BumbleBee's shout!
The Grasshopper
jumped in like a spring,
(Very long
was his leg, though short was his wing).
He played
several tunes, then leaped out of sight,
Then chirped
his own praise, from a distance, all night!
Then as evening
gave-way to the shadows of night,
Their watchman,
the GlowWorm, came out with his light.
So home,
let us hasten, while we can yet see,
For no watchman
is waiting for you and for me!"
Excerpt from "The FairyLand
StoryBook" by Bob Petillo (1990)
Illustrations by Bob Petillo,
Robbie Suydam
Kevin, Suydam, & Bob
Smith
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