Page 4 - Spider Magazine for Kids (January 2020)
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Doodlebug & Dandelio n
Lucky Birdk d
by Pamela Dell Art by Dom Mansell
“HAPPY NEW YEAR, family!” Dandelion Pinkley called
out as she walked into the Pinkleys’ snug and toasty den.
The last to get up, she was a bit bleary eyed from the late
New Year’s Eve singing and pot-banging they’d all enjoyed.
“What’re we doing today?”
The family was gathered on comfy couches before a
blazing fire: her parents, her brother Doodlebug, Aunt
Pearl, and her two cousins who had slept over, Rudyard
and Punky. All the pets were there too—their dog Don’t,
their kitty Choo-Choo, and little Kazoo, their pygmy owl.
The only one missing was Aunt Pearl’s humongous bearded
pig, Charles.
It was a cozy scene until Punky, as rude and over the top
This evening we go to Bugtown Square
for the First Flight Festival!
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