The Queen Who Banished Bugs
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Hello and welcome to Earth Months Storytime Presented by Riverside
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Public Utilities.
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Today we are going to read the Queen Who Banished
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Bugs, the Queen who banished Bugs, a tale of bees,
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butterflies, ants and other pollinators Written by Faris Kelly Robinson
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and illustrated by Mary Ferris Kelly.
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Once upon a once in the kingdom of dunce lived
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a king and queen and insects unseen King Claude ruled
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the land and the sea and the sky.
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How did he do it?
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Why would he try?
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He was brave and bold and strong and lean, but
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scared to death of Queen Libertine.
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She wanted all things exactly Just so.
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From the blue in the sky to the water below,
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some are required A waft like breeze Springtime must never
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induce a sneeze.
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She surveyed her fields from high on her hill, insisting
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all conformed to her will.
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Everything had to be perfect and neat.
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Mary Aunt Berry, found close to a beat king fed
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her by hand upon queens, demand the plum pissed strawberry
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or reddest, sweet cherry loving watermelon.
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The best she would pummel her chest till King plucked
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all the seeds and filled her vast needs.
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One day she spied a flaw in a field.
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A teeny sweat bee sat on her heel.
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She drew her hand back and launched her attack with
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a smack in a whack in a very big flak.
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The creatures audacity the creatures.
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Veracity. The We bug discovered the queen's pug nous city.
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Her battle screech roared over the land and terrified all
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both critter and men.
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The farmers stopped plowing.
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The cow stopped cowing.
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The owls stopped their hoots in King Claude.
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Why he quaked in his boots.
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Her tantrum was heard all the way to Quebec, far
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past Mexico and throughout Van black.
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Too late.
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She cried off with his head.
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The poor little fellow was already dead, but it wasn't
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enough. She didn't stop there.
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She forbade all insects, No place nowhere not stopping at
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bugs with six tiny legs.
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She destroyed the babies and even the eggs.
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But dear King said bugs reside far and wide.
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Would you not consider just going inside?
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Of course he dare not suggest this allowed.
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Instead, he just found her Kirsi and then vowed she
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didn't stop at larva.
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Moths, bees and ants, bats, beetles and snakes did not
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have a chance.
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All of these critters have an important role getting food
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in a cup, a plate and a bowl.
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Of course, Can Claude?
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They're not disagree.
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Plus, she demanded her daily high tea.
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So they watched as potions, poisons and traps ensured the
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whole anthropology class collapsed.
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12. It wasn't long before the fields where bear not
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a barren or fruit found anywhere.
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No clover for the cows to eat meant no cheese,
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no milk and certainly no meat.
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We was the only crop that grew.
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Queen was sick of bread and missed cashews, but every
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plant that had a bloom was utterly useless and in
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fact, was doomed.
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Gone were apples, peaches, melons and Berries, bananas and grapes
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and almonds and Cherries, not a cane of sugar nor
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one lima bean know Jack O lantern for Queens.
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Halloween Hi T was silly without the T and mornings
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were awful.
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Without coffee, chocolate was simply nowhere to be found.
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The lack of all insects was very profound.
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See, Pretty is as pretty does so pardon the pun.
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But here's the buzz.
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A stamina and pistol are in each bloom, even though
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there isn't much room, and it takes both to make
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food grow That's where bugs come in.
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Just so you know, they spread the pollen between both
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parts and that, my dear, is where food starts This
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shortage of food in the kingdom of dunce met no
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one was happy.
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Hadn't been for months.
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Things were dire.
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King did not doubt it.
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Dare he dared do something about it.
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He started small with the tiny seed that grew and
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grew to a tall milkweed.
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Cone. Flower, bee balm and golden rod followed, and hordes
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of pollinators sipped and swallowed by making a lovely bug
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buffet. Can Claude quietly saved the day.
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Queen viewed her kingdom from inside her tower as creatures
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flitted from flower to flower, fertilizing all sorts of tasty
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food that improved queens demeanor and attitude.
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King Claude only had to keep her contained until she
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was tutored and properly trained to care for the critters
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throughout planet Earth and understand their vast importance and worth
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the And Did you know that flowers make a sweet
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energy drink nectar that bugs love?
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They also make powdery stuff called pollen that is necessary
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to make more flowers.
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The pollen has to be mixed with pollen from other
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flowers, but the flowers can't mix it themselves.
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They need bees, wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, moths, bats and
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birds to do the job.
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These little guys are known as pollinators.
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Our pollinators are in danger and need our help.
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We can save the day by planting native plants, not
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using pesticides in our yards and making home for those
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important little guys.
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Learn more at www dot x e r c e
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s dot org Thanks for listening.