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loving little cousin
Christian, even when
the time gets rough
keep fighting.
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the Leaf
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small little cricket with a small little tale to tell
about a brave little ant named "Joe".
Joe is going on a amazing action
adventure to carry a big leaf to his family
for shelter from the rain.
On his adventure he will meet some friends that
will help him on his adventure but he will also
encounter The mean Spider Gang on his way.
Lets start our story now shall we?
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to rain!
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Joe was in his family's
colony along with his
sister father and mother
when his cousin
ran up to him shouting
to the top of his lungs.
"It's about to rain!"
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Joe and his family looked up at his
cousin. "Oh no were going to be
washed away!" His sister screamed.
"None of that talk! We can stop the
rain from washing us away we just
need a leaf to use as a roof." Joe's
wise father explained to them.
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"I'll do it dad." Joe said quietly.
His father looked at him and said softly to
his only son, "You don't have to Joe, let me go
and fetch a leaf. There's not a tree close to
here and you wont be able to find your way
back home."
At his father's comment Joe was upset that
his father didn't believe in him."I can do this
dad! Just trust me!" Joe spoke firmly to his
father.
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"Fine son, just please be sure to
be careful okay?" His father
didn't look to happy but Joe was
so happy he could barely
contain his happiness.
"Alright dad! Don't worry about
me!"
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So Joe started his amazing
adventure and set off to the
forest. It was unlike anything
he's ever seen. It was a huge
forest full of trees and
different animals.
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But somewhere behind trees there was
a gang of spiders watching him,
"Look a yummy snack has come upon
us.. Shall we move in?" One said licking
his lips.
"Not yet lets wait until he leads us to his
home..There will be much more ants for
us there.." Grinned the mean looking
spider.
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"Wow! Look at all these leafs to choose
from! Dad is going to be so proud of
me!" Joe said excitedly.
"How do you expect to carry that leaf
my friend?" Exclaimed a strange looking
bug Joe has never seen before. "It looks
as if hes praying like a human and hes
so tall!" Joe thought to himself.
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"Don't you know us ants can carry 10 -
50 times our own body weight?!" Joe
said buffing himself up to look all big
and strong.
"Now now little ant I was just wondering
if you needed help..And if you don't
know I'm a praying mantis" The strange
bug said smiling.
"Oh..If you wouldn't mind I would enjoy
some company on my way."
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"Now you kids just wait one second, this
here is my leaf!" A caterpillar crawled out
from under the leaf with an angry look
on his face.
The praying mantis looked down at the
small little caterpillar. "My you are really
small."
The caterpillar looked up at the praying
mantis and grew scared and felt
threatened by the tall bug.
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The caterpillar slowly crawled back as far as he can
against the leaf. Joe frowned and said, "Don't worry little
caterpillar he may be tall but hes very nice. He wont harm
you. He's like a big praying teddy bear."
The caterpillar started to come out of the leaf and said,
"Why are you taking my leaf?"
"Well I need it for shelter for my family..If you let me take
it you can live with us.." Joe said, hes always wanted a
brother so this could be his opportunity for one.
"O..okay I always wanted a family!"The caterpillar perked
up and agreed to let Joe take the leaf and all three went
on their way not knowing there were three certain eyes
watching them.
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loving little cousin
Christian, even when
the time gets rough
keep fighting.
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©2010 StoryJumper, Inc. All rights reserved.
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the Leaf
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