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0:00 The Grouchy Ladybug
0:45 Read aloud start
14:39 Closing thought
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Hey Kid Did you know that if a ladybug lands
on you it’s considered good luck? A beautiful lady is always good luck in my book. Well, Gilles, they are beautiful but
half of them are boys…Oh! Witcheficent! What is this? The Grouchy. All right,
I’ll allow you to read this, okay. Oh okay. No wait! It’s The Grouchy Ladybug!
She she missed that part. I guess she she’s Focusing on the grouchy part of The Grouchy
Ladybug. Now let’s see what’s in store inside. Of course Witcheficent would be drawn to a book
about somebody grouchy. Makes perfect sense now. This, though! We have to understand this before
we get into it because otherwise nothing will Make sense. Because it’s all about this – that
word right there – right there right there. It is aphids – aphids. One day if you
ever become a gardener you will understand All about aphids, but you’re already going to
start right now. Aphids are very small insects We call them something else.
What do you call them, Witcheficent? Appetizers! They suck the juice from leaves and
then the leaves die. Ah that’s not good! But ladybugs eat aphids, and that’s good for trees
for shrubs and for other plants that have leaves. To the ladybugs I have dedicated this book.
Three cheers for them. Hip hip hooray! And that is a message from Eric Carle, The writer who dedicated the
ladybug book to them. Here we go! It was night and some fireflies danced around
the moon. At five o’clock in the morning – oh It’s early – the sun came up. A friendly ladybug Flew in from the left. It saw
a leaf with many aphids on it. There they are, see? Oh
look at that, look at that, There they are all over that leaf! And now we know
that if they eat that leaf, the leaf is a goner. Oh that looks delicious!
Uh can you move? Okay all right A friendly ladybug flew in from the left. It saw a leaf with all the aphids on it
and decided to have them for breakfast. That’s the breakfast of
ladybug champions right there But then a grouchy ladybug flew in from the right. It, too, saw the aphids and
wanted them for breakfast. Well I mean it looks like it’s a pretty Aphid-heavy leaf, so I think that
there’s plenty for everybody. SHOWDOWN!!!!
Okay…
Good morning, said the friendly ladybug. Go away, shouted The Grouchy
Ladybug, I want those aphids! We can share them, suggested the friendly ladybug That’s what I thought, but
apparently this grouchy ladybug says No! They’re mine all mine, screamed the grouchy
ladybug. Or do you want to fight me for them? Fight fight fight fight fight
fight fight fight fight fight! If you insist, answered the friendly
ladybug, sweetly. It looked the other Bug straight in the eye. The Grouchy Ladybug
stepped back. It looked less sure of itself. This is like a showdown at the OK Corral
except it’s a leaf and two ladybugs Oh you’re not big enough for me to fight, it said.
Then why don’t you pick on somebody bigger? I’ll do that, screeched The
Grouchy Ladybug. I’ll show you! It puffed up and flew away. That was intense. Okay but a fight is definitely
coming, right?! It better clear Oh oh oh oh! Do you see this page? I’ve never seen a book like this.
Have you? Look at that. Look at the Size of this page. Look at this.
It’s so tiny! Okay, here we go… At six o’clock, it met a Yellow Jacket. Hey
you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight? If you insist, said the Yellow Jacket, Showing its stinger. Oh you’re not big
enough, said The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Hmm and now look… oh look at that!
All the times are gonna be there Up on top. We’re gonna see the ladybug
throughout the course of the day I can already see that. You can already see
it. And also look at something else super cool. We can see the sun going up – high
noon right here – and then as the Evening draws to a close… look at
that, this is gonna be so cool. Okay let’s keep going. Tiny, tiny page… At seven o’clock it met a stag beetle. Hey
you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight? If you insist, said the stag beetle
opening its jaws. Oh you’re not big enough, Said The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Yeah that’s right! She’s just finding
somebody who’s a worthy opponent. That’s what’s happening. Okay… At eight o’clock it came across a Praying
Mantis: Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, Wanna fight? If you insist, said the praying
mantis reaching out with its long and quite Frightening looking front legs. Oh you’re not big
enough, said The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. At nine o’clock it almost flew into a sparrow
chair Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug,
Wanna fight? If you insist, said the
sparrow opening its sharp beak. Oh You’re not big enough, said The
Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. How much longer you’re gonna keep
me waiting for the big fight?! I don’t know Witcheficent. I mean, I don’t
even know if there’s gonna BE a fight. No no, don’t even start with that.
There’s gonna be a big fight. You’re just Delaying my gratification as usual,
StoryTeller, if that is your real name…. At ten o’clock, it’s a a Lobster. Hey you, said
The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight? If you insist, Said the lobster stretching its
claws that look quite painful. Oh You’re not big enough, said The
Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. At 11 o’clock it bumped into a skunk oh Hey
you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight? If you insist, said the skunk
starting to lift its tail. Oh no no no no no no! Don’t do that! Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Kid, that was close. We did not want to smell
what was going to come out from behind that tail At 12 o’clock it spotted a Boa Constrictor Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight?
If you insist, said the snake, right after lunch. Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Oooh let’s stay here I want
to see what happens at lunch No I think we want to move on You never let me watch the good stuff!
I’m gonna want to watch that happening! At one o’clock he happened upon a Hyena You know they’re well known for their incredible
sense of humor. Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, Wanna fight? If you insist, said the hyena,
laughing eerily and showing its teeth Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. I’m starting to think that
this is some kind of a trick Why, Witcheficent, would I be playing
a trick on you? It’s just a book. It’s a grouchy and then there’s gonna
be a fight and then there was gonna be A squirrel that was gonna be lunch and
then you don’t let me see anything good! Just start the fight already. I’ll be right
there, all right? Right there. Start already. Okay uh but it’s not gonna happen with the
Hyena cause grouchy ladybug just flew off so At two o’clock it met a Gorilla. Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight?
If you insist, said the gorilla beating his chest Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Do you think she’s just putting it off? Do you
think that she got scared by the other ladybug
And then was challenged to go find a bigger
opponent but then is just not finding the courage? No that’s not it at all
Oh what do you think it is Witcheficent? Uh I think that she’s just finding uh just the
right size uh of opponent. Will you fight somebody Already? All right, it’s gonna be fine. Just turn
the page. She’s about to fight any minute now. I’ll be ready right here. Do it already. Do. It. Um okay… here we go… let’s see At three o’clock it ran into a rhinoceros
Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, Wanna fight? If you insist, said the the
rhinoceros lowering its impressive horn. Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. At four o’clock, it encountered an elephant –
an elephant! Hey you, said The Grouchy Ladybug, Wanna fight? If you insist, said the elephant &
raised its trunk – whoa like a trumpet this trunk! If you insist, said the elephant raising
its trunk and showing its big tusks Oh you’re not big enough, said
The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off. Why wasn’t this one big enough?! Come
on! You’ve got to do this! Look at Me. Look at me. Eye of the tiger. Do
this. You’ve got this. Okay, go on, Okay all right um… At five o’clock it met a Whale.
Oh I love whale music. Hey you, Said The Grouchy Ladybug, wanna fight?
But the whale did not answer at all Well you’re not big enough anyway,
said The Grouchy Ladybug and flew off The whale is, like, there’s
the eye seeing the ladybug The whale is probably like: Are
you kidding me right now? What? I’m just minding my own business.
Why is this ladybug picking on me? At 5:15, The Grouchy Ladybug said
to one of the whales flippers: Hey you, wanna fight? But it got no answer, so
it flew on. Because whale flippers don’t speak At 5:30 The Grouchy Ladybug
said to the whale’s fin: Hey you, wanna fight? But
again no answer, so it flew on At a quarter to six, The Grouchy
Ladybug said to the whale’s tail: Hey you, wanna fight? And the whale’s
tale gave The Grouchy Ladybug such a SLAP! Oh okay check this out this is not gonna go
the way you think it’s gonna go right now Because this page – look what it’s
about to do – oh there’s a slap! And it flew across the sea and across the land It is still falling At six o’clock The Grouchy Ladybug arrived
right back where it had started from all that You know, if she was grouchy before,
How grouchy is she gonna be NOW because
she’s gotta be seriously hangry. Ah here you are again, said the friendly ladybug. You must be hungry. There are still some
aphids left. You can have them for dinner Oh thank you, said the wet, tired and hungry (and hangry) ladybug.
You’re welcome! Look at that. There was plenty all along! Soon all the aphids were gone WHAAAT?!?! Are you telling
me there’s been no fight And they didn’t leave any
aphids left over for me?!?! Looks like no— You always read the WORST books.
Your books make me grouchy. Oooh Maybe that’s what they call it The Grouchy
Ladybug – because they leave you grouchy. Ugh that makes sense, but I’m
still angry and hangry now, Too. all this aphid talk’s got my stomach
rumbling. I’m gonna go have some Bat Stew. Okay. Thank you, said the leaf. Ah Witcheficent is
angry but the leaf is happy. Do you remember why? You are welcome, answered both
ladybugs. And they went to sleep. That means the leaf wasn’t gonna be eaten
up by those aphids. And they went to sleep. And the fireflies who had been sleeping
all day came out to dance around the moon So now you know why ladybugs are good luck. And here I was thinking that ladybugs
were good luck because they brought cheese Nope, nothing to do with cheese I thought they were good
luck because they’re pretty Ah they are pretty, and I guess
if you count looking at pretty Things as good luck you would be right, Pink Bear I think the ladybugs are the most beautiful
and the most beloved and respected because they Help the gardens grow beautiful, so that that way, I have beautiful flowers to
give to all the beautiful ladies Well that’s true, too, so remember Kid
– if you ever get lucky enough to have A ladybug land on you – you
know it’s gonna be a good day.
