Acorn Trophy No such luck It’s just hard Flea wailed suddenly SO hard To work so tirelessly and never be truly thanked To feel so unappreciated To have such cold cold legs Flea waved her forelegs and back legs dramatically But you wouldn’t understand would you Bee Flea flopped back into the chair with a huff But Flea Bee pointed above her friend’s head to a storage shelf made of twigs part of which was loaded down with awards for Flea what about your Acorn Trophy for Ensuring Squirrel Safety And look at this one Bee picked up a dried flower bloom They don’t give the Solid 8
Marigold Award to just anyone It’s a real backyard law enforcement honor Those Flea waved a dismissive claw They’re nothing And you know I don’t do it for the glory Bee Bee rolled her eyes but she knew better than to argue when Flea was in such a funk Besides it was getting late You really have had a long hard day Bee said as sympathetically as she could manage And it’s getting dark Why don’t you hop into your nice warm bed and I’ll tell you a story Oh all right Flea crawled into the bottom bunk of the bug-beds she and Bee shared and pulled the covers up to her chin Go ahead she said glumly Bee placed her clipboard on the shelf and flew 9
up to the top bunk Once upon a time there lived a beautiful blue butterfly she said beginning her favorite bedtime story Her name was Betty she went on Then she added a new twist just for fun It was a crisp cool night just like this one and Betty decided to take a starlit flight in a misty meadow boooooring Flea interrupted I mean no offense Bee but I’ve heard pretty much this same story a million times It’s putting me to sleep That’s the whole point of a bedtime sto Flea didn’t let Bee finish Why don’t I tell the story instead I know one that’s much more thrilling and action-packed You’ll love it It opens on a crisp cool night just like this one Wait a second Bee narrowed her eyes at the 10
familiar beginning Stop interrupting Bee Now where was I Oh right Crisp cool night and all that There was a pretty parasite Her name was hmmm Prunella and she was out for a moonlit stroll
