The Tale of Freddie Firefly by Arthur Scott Bailey
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page 40 of 62 (64%)
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when we ran into each other?"
"Oh, nowhere in particular!" she answered. "Where were YOU going?" Freddie Firefly had to bite his lip to keep from telling her that he had been on his way to a family party in the hollow beyond the hill. He certainly didn't want to go there in the company of that strange fat lady. "I WAS going over the hill," he faltered at last. "But I'd rather stay here in the meadow with you." "How nice of you to say that!" Jennie Junebug murmured. "And now let's begin flying at once!" she said. So they rose into the air. But they hadn't flown more than a few feet when Jennie once more banged squarely into her companion. It was a terrific blow. And Freddie Firefly soon found himself lying flat on the ground. He was so nearly stunned that he scarcely knew what had happened. "What fun!" the fat lady gurgled right in his ear, with a horrible laugh. "Come! Let's do it again!" "Do it again!" Freddie Firefly repeated after her, as a sudden fear gripped him. "Do you mean to tell me that you ran into me ON PURPOSE?" "Why, certainly!" she replied. "Running into a light is more than half the fun of flying." |
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