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<v Speaker 1>Dot and the Missing Leaf Lunch Dot was a little

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<v Speaker 1>caterpillar with a very big appetite. One morning, she found

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect leaf for lunch. It was green, it was fresh,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was white enough to shade her whole head.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot placed it beside a red flower. Don't go anywhere,

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<v Speaker 1>she told it. Then she hurried off to find her

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<v Speaker 1>friend Pip. Pip was a beetle. who lived beneath a

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<v Speaker 1>fallen branch. I found the biggest leaf in the meadow,

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<v Speaker 1>Dot told him. Come have lunch with me. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>eat leaves, said Pip. What do you eat? Bark. Dot

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<v Speaker 1>made a face. Pip looked offended. Bark is excellent. They

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<v Speaker 1>returned to the red flower. Dot stopped. One corner of

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<v Speaker 1>her leaf was missing. She looked at Pip. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>eat my leaf? Pip stared at her. Too floppy. Dot

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<v Speaker 1>looked around. No bird, no snail, no hungry caterpillar. Something

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<v Speaker 1>took a bite. Pip inspected the missing corner. Maybe your

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<v Speaker 1>lunch is running away. Leaves don't run. Dot went to

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<v Speaker 1>fetch a drop of water. When she returned, another piece

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<v Speaker 1>was missing. My leaf! Dot searched behind the flower. Pip

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<v Speaker 1>was eating bark, exactly as promised. She looked beneath the leaf. Nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>She looked above it. Nothing. We need a plan, Dot said.

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<v Speaker 1>She drew a circle in the dirt around the leaf.

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<v Speaker 1>If anyone comes near my lunch, they'll leave footprints. Dot

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<v Speaker 1>and Pip hid beneath a mushroom. They waited and waited.

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<v Speaker 1>Then whoosh! A breeze swept through the meadow. The leaf

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<v Speaker 1>lifted into the air. It's escaping, cried Pip. Leaves don't escape.

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<v Speaker 1>The leaf slid across the dirt. It crossed Dot's circle

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<v Speaker 1>and caught in a thorn. Rip! Another corner tore away.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot stared. Pip nodded wisely. The wind is eating your lunch?

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<v Speaker 1>Wind does not eat. It keeps taking bites. Dot dragged

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<v Speaker 1>the leaf behind a stone. There. Now the wind can't

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<v Speaker 1>reach it. Whoosh! The leaf spun around a stone and

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<v Speaker 1>landed on Pip's head. Pip stood very still beneath it.

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<v Speaker 1>I have some bad news about your plan. Dot pulled

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<v Speaker 1>the leaf off him. Then she noticed something. Beneath the

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<v Speaker 1>same plant were several smaller leaves. They weren't as big.

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<v Speaker 1>They weren't as perfect. But they weren't blowing away either.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot took a bite. Crunch. Then another. Crunch. Not bad.

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<v Speaker 1>Pip returned to his bark. They sat together in the

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<v Speaker 1>sunshine and ate their very different lunches. When Dot was full,

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<v Speaker 1>she looked toward her big leaf. Three tiny caterpillars had

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<v Speaker 1>found it. They sat along the torn edge, taking little bites. Nibble, nibble, nibble.

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<v Speaker 1>Dot hurried toward them. Hey, that's my... She stopped. The

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<v Speaker 1>leaf was muddy. Three corners were missing. A thorn had

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<v Speaker 1>torn the middle, and Dot's stomach was already full. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the little caterpillars looked up. Can we have some?

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<v Speaker 1>Dot thought for a moment. Then she smiled. You can

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<v Speaker 1>have all of it. The little caterpillars cheered. But hold

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<v Speaker 1>it down, Dot warned them. The wind has terrible table manners.

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<v Speaker 1>The three caterpillars quickly sat on the corners. Pip watched them.

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<v Speaker 1>Good plan. Days passed. Dot ate when she was hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>She crawled through the grass with Pip. And little by little,

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<v Speaker 1>she grew. One afternoon, Dot stopped beneath a branch. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel strange. Pip looked worried. Too many leaves? No. Dot

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<v Speaker 1>climbed onto the branch. I think I need to rest.

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<v Speaker 1>How long? I'm not sure. Dot hung beneath the branch

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<v Speaker 1>and slowly wrapped herself inside a chrysalis. Pip stared. Dot?

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<v Speaker 1>No answer. Pip came back the next morning. Dot was

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<v Speaker 1>still inside. He came back the next day. Still there.

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<v Speaker 1>So Pip waited. He ate bark nearby. He told Dot

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<v Speaker 1>about things happening in the meadow, even though she never answered.

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<v Speaker 1>Then one warm morning, the chrysalis began to move. Crack!

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<v Speaker 1>Pip jumped up. Dot? The chrysalis opened. Something slowly climbed out.

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<v Speaker 1>Pip stared. It had long legs. two antennae, and enormous

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<v Speaker 1>orange wings covered with green spots. Dot? The butterfly opened

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<v Speaker 1>her wings. Hello, Pip? Pip walked around her, once, then twice.

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<v Speaker 1>You have wings! I noticed. Pip looked at them carefully.

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<v Speaker 1>Then he nodded. Not floppy? Dot laughed. You were waiting

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<v Speaker 1>to say that? Maybe. Dot moved her wings. A breeze

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<v Speaker 1>swept through the meadow. Whoosh! For a moment, Dot's feet

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<v Speaker 1>lifted from the branch. Then she rose into the air. Pip!

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<v Speaker 1>I see you! Dot flew over the red flower. She

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<v Speaker 1>flew above the stone. She flew past the place where

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<v Speaker 1>her enormous lunch had blown away. Below, three little caterpillars

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<v Speaker 1>were eating another leaf. Dot circled once above them. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the breeze carried her higher. For once... The wind wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>stealing her lunch. It was helping her fly. The end.

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