The Ladybird and the Ant

The Ladybird & The Ant

It was a lovely summer’s day. Lucy, a very shiny red and black ladybird, was high up in an old oak tree. The leaves rustled and the branch she was walking along swayed gently in the breeze. Suddenly her tummy started to rumble, so she decided to fly off and look for something to eat.

Lucy kept flying until she saw a lovely tomato plant. Sitting on a leaf was a plump mealy bug. So she ate it up before it could get away.

She then flew over to a delicious strawberry plant. On this plant lived a group of greenfly, who were busy drinking the juice in the leaves. Lucy particularly liked juicy greenflies and couldn’t wait to start eating.

Now, looking after these flies was a busy ant whose name was Aaron. He loved his flies; they were his friends and gave him honeydew to drink. He didn’t want anything bad to happen to them. So when Lucy pushed past Aaron and tried to eat one, he bit her really hard. She didn’t like that and flew away before he could do it again.

Lucy learnt a valuable lesson that day: ALWAYS SHOW GOOD MANNERS EVERYWHERE YOU GO. If you don’t you might get bitten by an ant!