“I’m hungry,”

said Baby Bug.

Mama Bug smiled

and gave Baby Bug

a leaf.

“You eat like a monster,”

she said.

Inchworm heard

Mama Bug say monster,

so he cried,

“Monster!

Inch for your lives!”

Inchworm tried to hide,

but his bottom

stuck out.

When Toad hopped by,

he said,

“Inchworm,

is that you?”

Inchworm said,

“Shhh! I’m hiding!

A monster is coming!”

“Oh no!”

said Toad.

“A horrible monster?

Leap for your lives!”

Toad tried to hide, too,

but his head stuck out.

Mouse ran by

with a mouthful of seeds.

She said,

“Toad, what are you

doing?”

“I’m hiding from

a horrible monster!”

said Toad.

“Oh my!”

said Mouse.

“A hairy, horrible

monster?

Scamper for your lives!”

Mouse tried to hide, too,

but her tail stuck out.

Rabbit tripped

on Mouse’s tail.

“Oops!

Mouse, what is wrong?”

said Rabbit.

Mouse said,

“It is awful, Rabbit!

A hairy, horrible monster

is coming!”

Rabbit said,

“Oh my goodness!

A huge, hairy,

horrible monster?

Hop for your lives!”

Poor Rabbit

tried to hide,

but his ears stuck out.

Fox said,

“What is going on

around here?”

“Why is

everyone hiding?”

Rabbit said,

“Fox, don’t you know?

A huge, hairy,

horrible monster

is coming!”

“Help me!”

yelped Fox.

“A hungry,

huge, hairy, horrible

monster is coming!”

And he dived in a hole.

Baby Bug

was chewing a leaf.

She said,

“Hey!

Why is everyone hiding?”

“A monster is coming!”

said Fox and Rabbit

and Mouse and Toad

and Inchworm.

“Fly for your life!”

Baby Bug looked

this way and that.

She said,

“I don’t see a monster,

but I’m so hungry

I could eat a monster.”

Inchworm heard

Baby Bug say

eat a monster.

He shouted,

“Have you heard?

Baby Bug ate

the monster!”

“Hooray for Baby Bug!”

everyone cried.

Baby Bug was glad

she was a hero.

But talk about eating

always made her hungry.

Mama Bug smiled

and gave Baby Bug

another leaf.