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 2nd Place, 8/31/09  The Dragonfly and the Ladybug “You’d better stay off that lily pad,” somebody yelled as Dolly sat down to rest. She barely had time to fly up before the red tongue of a huge frog shot up out of the water and took a swipe at her. “That was close. I could feel the wind blow.” Dolly let out a big sigh and looked around to see who had warned her.  “Don’t you know better than to sit on a lily pad?” scolded Betty, the ladybug. “I guess I’m eating too many mosquitoes. I got sleepy and wanted to nap,” said Dolly, making excuses for her dangerous behavior. “Let your guard down again, and you’ll end up somebody’s dinner.” With that remark, the little ladybug flew away to a pretty green plant on the shore.  Dolly really was sleepy. “Maybe if I stay close by the ladybug, I can nap and be safe.” Looking for a nice soft bed, Dolly flew under the plant where she had seen Betty land on a leaf. There were a few fallen leaves underneath, and Dolly snuggled in and got comfy. Soon Betty could hear Dolly snoring. Betty continued munching on an aphid she found under the leaf. Aphids were her favorite food. They were fat and juicy. A cloud moved over the sun, and it became very dark in the little green plant. The earth shuddered with loud booms and lit up from bright flashes of light. Suddenly, rain started to pour from the sky. The leaves, where Dolly was sleeping, began to float toward the pond. Betty stayed very dry higher up underneath her leaf. Betty watched as Dolly's leaf began to move. Water trickled together, and, like tiny rivers, they moved Dolly's leaf ever so slowly down the little hill to the water's edge. Just as Dolly's leaf was about to slide into the pond, Betty flew down and pounced on Dolly. Dolly jumped and practically knocked Betty into the water, but Betty spread her wings and flew safely back to her leaf. The rain beat Dolly down to the mushy ground at the edge of the pond, but Dolly flapped and flapped her four silvery wings until she was back, safely underneath the plant with Betty. “Thanks for saving me again, Betty.”  Dolly and Betty became good friends and continued to watch out for each other as good friends always do.
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