Animal Tales – October 2019

Farm fiasco

Onafieldtriptoafarm,

myclasswalkedpastthe

chicken

coops,andItoldeveryone

thatIknewallaboutthem

alreadybecausemyaunt

hasoneinheryard.When

one

ofmyclassmatesdared

metoproveit,Iwalked

rightup

tothecoop.Itlookedsmaller

thanmyaunt’s,butIwent

inanyway.Bigmistake!

Ihadtosqueezetoget

insideand

asItriedtocomeout

withachicken,Igotstuck!

Oneofthefarmershad

togreasethedoorframe

withbuttersoIcouldget

loose.—Cyndy,OR

Acorn attack

Atapicnicwithmybuds,Ipickedthe

perfectspottolayoutourblanket

andfood.Butafterafewminutes,

Ifeltacornsdroppingonmyhead.

Ishruggeditoffandmovedabitto

theright.Aminutelateritstarted

happeningagain.Iglancedupat

thetreeaboveusandsawasquirrel

shakingacornsontome!Ithappened

throughoutthewholeafternoonno

matterwhereImovedontheblanket.

Thiswasmonthsagoandmy

BFFsstilllaughaboutthat

sneakysquirrel!—Ari,FL

Spider scare

Spiders are my #1 fear. My cousin

Timmy knows this, so he thinks

it’s funny to torture me with his pet

tarantula, Harry. During our last

hangout, he laughed as he placed

Harry on the couch next to me. My

aunt told him to put Harry away

, but^

the spider was already crawling toward

me. Before I knew it, the hairy creature

was halfway up my arm. I let out a

scream that was so loud the neighbors

called to make sure^

everything was okay! It was

so embarrassing. —Ty,DE

Embarrassing

(^76) Animal (^) Tales