13. Making a Friend

I’m hanging out on an oak tree with my lady friends, when a warm wind blows me onto a giant pink leaf.

I’m caught. I think, this is the end.

But gathering my spots, I examine the big pink leaf. It tastes salty and moves so quickly the world blurs into shades of brown and green. A booming and bellowing sound pins me down. When it stops, I’m about to fly away but then I’m lowered onto a nest of tasty green leaves.

“There you go Miss Lady Bird,” says a little girl, smiling like the sun. “A new home.”

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