Lanty Anty — a book from my 7-year-old self.
One day a raindrop fell on Lanty Anty’s head. “There’s going to be a flood,” she yelled. “I must tell the Queen!”
“Hello,” shouted Sadie Ladybug. “Where are you going in such a rush?”
“There’s going to be a flood!” snapped Lanty Anty. “I must tell the Queen!”
“Then I will scoot with you,” snapped Sadie Ladybug. So they left, and they went along, and they went along.
“Hello,” buzzed Slumble Bumblebee. “Where are you going in such a rush?”
“There’s going to be a flood!” snapped Lanty Anty.
“Then I will fly with you.” So they went along, and they went along.
“Hello,” snipped Lasshopper Grasshopper. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“There’s going to be a flood. I must tell the Queen!” snapped Lanty Anty.
“Then I will spring with you.” So they went along, and they went along, and went along.
“Hello,” fluttered Mousefly Housefly. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“There’s going to be a flood!” snapped Lanty Anty. “I must tell the Queen!”
“Then I will fly with you.” So they went along, and they went along.
“Hello,” sang Saying Praying Mantis. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“There’s going to be a flood!” snapped Lanty Anty. “And I must tell the Queen!”
“Then I will creep with you.”
“Hello,” buzzed Skeeto Mosquito. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“There’s going to be a flood and I have to tell the Queen.”
“Then I will flutter with you.” So off they went, and they went along and they went along.
“Hello,” droned Lagon Dragonfly. “Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“There’s going to be a flood and I must tell the queen.” So they all went along. Suddenly, Mant Anteater came along. “Where are you going in such a rush?”
“There’s going to be a flood and we must tell the Queen!”
“Then I will lead you there.”
So they went along and they went along and went right into Mant Anteater’s lair. Then Mant Anteater gobbled them all up in a second. And Lanty Anty never told the Queen that there was going to be a flood.
The End.
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GOD. I was channeling Edgar Allen Poe.
