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This book has bedtime stories for every day of the year, might not get finished:)
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Nikki sits close to a bush in the garden.
She holds one hand protectively around her other hand.
Douglas spots his sister there.
"What do you have there?" He wants to know.
"Shh," Nikki says. "A ladybug".
Douglas is curious. "Can I have a quick look?"
Two pair of eyes look at the little red beetle that sits on the back of Nikki's hand.
"Gosh, how beautiful," Dougie says.
"It's two years old," Nikki says.
"How do you know that?" Asks Douglas amazed.
"You see that 'cause it has two spots on each wing."
"Then he is still a toddler", says Douglas with a loving smile on his face.
Douglas asks with a sweet little voice: "Can I hold it once?"
"Be careful though", Nikki advices.
Douglas holds him, and wonders: "Does he not miss his parents?" He asks his sister.
"Ah, maybe he is only taking a stroll, and will later go back to his Mummy."
The small ladybug walks on Douglas' arm. "It really tickles", he laughs.
Then Nikki takes it back. Then from the top of her finger he flies away.
"He must be going back to his Mum", Douglas says.
"Bye bye ladybug!" They yell together.
