Early one spring day, Sally Sue and
her mommy planted a small
vegetable garden.
Sally Sue planted all her favorite
vegetables. She planted carrots,
corn, lettuce and even pumpkins.
Sally Sue watered the garden every day and
with her mommy’s help, removed the weeds.
She was so excited to watch her vegetables grow
and her mommy was so proud of her.
The plants grew and grew.
One day Sally Sue noticed that the plants
didn’t look good. They had brown spots on
their leaves and it looked like something
was eating them.
Sally Sue’s mommy said that it looked like
there were little bugs called aphids eating
her vegetable plants. Sally Sue was sad. But her
mommy told her not to worry.
In a few days there would be some
hero bugs coming to the rescue.
The next day, when Sally Sue went to the garden, she
saw pretty, little beetles all over.
They were red with black dots on their back.
Her mommy saw that Sally Sue was afraid that these
bugs would also eat her vegetable plants,
so she yelled out “The heroes are here.
Three cheers for the Ladybugs.”
“Ladybugs?” Sally Sue asked. “You mean the heroes are girls?” Then she asked, “Where are the boy bugs?” Her mommy then explained that there were both girl and boy beetles and that they were just called Ladybugs. “Then why are they called Ladybugs?” Sally Sue asked.
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