Freddie The Flybutter Short Story

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Freddie the Flybutter Once upon a time, there was a cute little caterpillar. His name was Freddie and he had lots of friends. One friend was Morton the worm and the other was Bogart the bee. Freddie spent his time eating leaves and playing and sleeping. Freddie slept on a twig in a big tree. Freddie and his friend Morton the worm played hide and seek in the meadows. One day, a big bird sitting in a tree saw Freddie and decided he would make a tasty treat, so the bird grabbed Freddie. “OW” yelled Freddie. This big bird isn’t going to eat me for dinner!” Freddie grabbed the big bird by the leg and bit him as hard as he could. “Ouch” yelled the big bird and he dropped Freddie and few off high into the tree. Freddie ran away as fast …show more content…

So they walked to small hill in the meadow. Freddie flapped his wings and ran to the edge of the hill. All his friends were below cheering him on. To Freddie’s surprise, he started to fly. He flew… And flew… And even flew upside down. “This is wonderful” he thought. “I can fly!” Bogart caught up with him and they flew around together over the trees and meadows. “I’m getting hungry, Bogart. What do Flybutters eat” asked Freddie. “Butterflys” corrected Bogart, “Eat pollen from the flowers.” “Ick” said Freddie. Freddie spotted a beautiful flower and flew down to it. “NO! not that one Freddie” said Bogart. “Those flowers close up when the sun goes down” But it was too late, Freddie landed in the middle of the flower and it snapped shut! Bogart laughed and laughed. “Silly Freddie, you have a lot to learn.” The next day, Freddie saw Morton the worm and said, “Hi Morton, let’s play hide and seek.” So Freddie went to hide and Morton closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw Freddie’s wings sticking up from behind a big rock. “It’s not going to work, Freddie, you can’t hide very well with those big things sticking up,” said Morton. Everywhere Freddie hid, his big beautiful wings gave him

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