Lea Leads the Way by Lisa Yee

Author:Lisa Yee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

That night, I couldn’t wait to blog about Amanda. My classmates would be so excited to hear about how I had found her in the rainforest, and I knew that once they saw the photos they would fall in love with Amanda, too.

Tomás sat nearby, cradling the baby sloth as I wrote:

Today we found a baby sloth. She’s injured and in poor shape. Sloths, especially babies, are always in danger because they move so slowly. We were lucky to find this little one on the ground before a predator did. Although, sometimes other animals don’t even notice sloths because they are so still! Sloths eat and sleep and even give birth hanging upside down from tree branches. But Amanda is missing some claws and has trouble gripping. I can only hope that we can find her the help she needs to gain her strength back and learn how to survive in the wild.

When I was done writing, it was time for bed. I gently placed Amanda in her bed. Tomás looked on and furrowed his brow.

“O que?” I asked him. “What is it, Tomás?”

He held up his hand for me to wait and then ran down the hall. When he returned, Macaco was in his arms. He gave his stuffed monkey a big hug, and then gently placed him in the crate next to Amanda. With great effort she wrapped herself around Macaco and snuggled up to him.

My heart nearly burst with love. I gave Tomás two thumbs-up and he returned the gesture. Then together we watched over Amanda until she fell asleep.

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