Wiggly the Worm: Fun Short Stories for Kids (Early Bird Reader Book 1) by Arnie Lightning

Author:Arnie Lightning [Lightning, Arnie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Hey Sup Bye Publishing
Published: 2015-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Munchy Mosquito’s Last Bite

It was a hot, sticky summer day, and Munchy Mosquito was having a blast, buzzing around the backyard, biting as many people as she could.

It must be some sort of holiday, she thought. So many people were in the backyard, rather than just the two kids and their parents who lived in the house. There were aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and friends. A grill was set up on the patio, and delicious smells wafted from platters of burgers on picnic tables in the yard.

It was the perfect sort of day for Munchy to get her fill of people blood. Who would have thought that giving a person one tiny bite could result in such a delightful snack? Munchy was aware that most people thought she was a pest. They tried to swat her whenever she got near, but Munchy was fast and an expert at dodging humans’ flailing fingers.

I don’t want to hurt anyone, Munchy thought. But a mosquito bite just takes a second, and then I fly off to find the next person.

Satisfied at last, Munchy buzzed back to the garden where she lived with her best friends Wiggly Worm, Rattles Snake, and Snarky Snail.

“I’m full!” she announced. “I don’t think I’ll eat for a week!”

“There’s some kind of celebration going on over there,” remarked Wiggly, who was playing in the dirt.

“I know!” smiled Munchy. “The family has so many guests over—so many guests with delicious blood.”

Snarky made a face. “I think it’s the Fourth of July or something—but, Munchy, do you really have to do that to people? Mosquito bites make them awfully uncomfortable.”

“Only for a second,” Munchy replied. “It’s just an itty-bitty sting.”

“No, it isn’t,” protested Snarky, who ventured into the backyard more than any of his friends. “Mosquito bites are itchy and uncomfortable for a long time—sometimes several days. I’ve seen those two little kids scratching and complaining about bites you’ve given them.”

“I think that’s true,” agreed Rattles, who also went into the yard more often, now that the humans knew he was a friendly rattlesnake.

“Oh, no,” murmured Munchy. Mosquito bites hadn’t seemed like a big deal before—but they did now. She didn’t want to be responsible for making people feel itchy all the time!

With a sigh, Munchy said, “I guess I’ve got to quit. From now on, I’ll stick to sugar-water shakes at the Garden Town soda fountain—but it isn’t going to be easy!”

With some help from her friends, Munchy was able to stop biting people once and for all. And, when the other mosquitoes that lived in the garden heard about her new lifestyle, they decided to give it a shot, as well. In no time, the backyard was practically a mosquito-safe zone!

The kids and their friends could now play in the yard for hours with no worries about being bitten. They had no more itchy skin and no more discomfort. Munchy felt like she had done a wonderful thing.

And no one ever tried to swat her away again!

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