Dayo the Daylily
One sunny summer, a little Daylily was born named Dayo. Dayo is kind, sweet and so polite. On Dayo’s 5th birthday he got a jumping vine, so he goes outside to play with it. He gets outside and he starts jumping. He stops and sits down, to rest but his roots can’t find water in the dirty soil. This means he can’t get water very easy And he was so tired because his stem could not find light to bend towards.
“Man I wish I had someone to play with. It’s so lonely,” he says sadly.
So he starts jumping again. Two leaves come out and they see him crying. They run over to him.
“Hey it's ok. My name is Lamby, no need to cry. This is Leafy,” the one with white hairs said.
“Can we jump with you?” She asks.
“Sure I'd love to have some friends.”
So they jump and jump. Dayo fell but he gets back up and jumps again. They jump for ten minutes. Dayo tripped and fell again and cut his leaf. Lamby ran over to him.
“Are you ok? Are you ok?” Lamby asks.
Lamby helps Dayo up and they start jumping. Right when they start jumping Dayo’s mother calls them in for soil cakes . They ran inside and took their shoes off and sat at the table. Lamby was so excited.
“What happened to your leaf?” His mother asks
“I tripped on my new jumping vine and I need a leaf- aid.”
“ Oh no and you are bleeding water!” His mother cried.
“ Who are these two? She asked forgetting about Dayo.
“They are my new friends,” He answered.
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“Would they like some soil cakes? She asked
“ Yes, I think they would, but right now I need a leaf aide”. Dayo says pointing at his knee.
“Oh right!” she says running to get a leaf aide.
So Dayo’s mom runs and gets a leaf aide and helps Dayo put it on.
“Thank you mommy!” he says.
“ Now i can get some soil cakes.” she says in a rush.
At the table they get ready to eat and Lamby gets too excited and almost falls out of her chair. They see the yummy soil cakes and they drool.
Dayo’s mother asks, “Sand or soil?”
“Soil please, they,” all begged.
Dayo had to get on his food machine because Leaves do not use water from the soil oxygen from the air and energy from the sun very well. Also, one of his tubes in his stem is ripped so the water and food just comes right back out.
Dayo’s mother passes them out one by one. She tells them they can have more if they want more. Lamby eats all of her’s first and she has it all over her and it sticks to her trichomes.
“Oh no! Not my pretty, pretty plant hairs,” she cried. Lamby called her trichomes her hairs.
“It's ok you can clean up in our bathroom, just down the hall to the left, ” Dayo directed.
So Lamby walks down the hall and sees all the leaves helped the house stand up by using sunlight from the sun to make energy to grow but instead of growing the house gets longer just like a vine. Lamby thought, “Will I be able to grow a flower? I think flowers are pretty.”
She cleaned up and went back outside to see that Leafy and Dayo were playing together. She joined them and after they had jumped for 2 minutes Leafy and Lamby had to go home. Dayo’s mother said they could come over again.
“Man I wish I had someone to play with. It’s so lonely,” he says sadly.
So he starts jumping again. Two leaves come out and they see him crying. They run over to him.
“Hey it's ok. My name is Lamby, no need to cry. This is Leafy,” the one with white hairs said.
“Can we jump with you?” She asks.
“Sure I'd love to have some friends.”
So they jump and jump. Dayo fell but he gets back up and jumps again. They jump for ten minutes. Dayo tripped and fell again and cut his leaf. Lamby ran over to him.
“Are you ok? Are you ok?” Lamby asks.
Lamby helps Dayo up and they start jumping. Right when they start jumping Dayo’s mother calls them in for soil cakes . They ran inside and took their shoes off and sat at the table. Lamby was so excited.
“What happened to your leaf?” His mother asks
“I tripped on my new jumping vine and I need a leaf- aid.”
“ Oh no and you are bleeding water!” His mother cried.
“ Who are these two? She asked forgetting about Dayo.
“They are my new friends,” He answered.
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“Would they like some soil cakes? She asked
“ Yes, I think they would, but right now I need a leaf aide”. Dayo says pointing at his knee.
“Oh right!” she says running to get a leaf aide.
So Dayo’s mom runs and gets a leaf aide and helps Dayo put it on.
“Thank you mommy!” he says.
“ Now i can get some soil cakes.” she says in a rush.
At the table they get ready to eat and Lamby gets too excited and almost falls out of her chair. They see the yummy soil cakes and they drool.
Dayo’s mother asks, “Sand or soil?”
“Soil please, they,” all begged.
Dayo had to get on his food machine because Leaves do not use water from the soil oxygen from the air and energy from the sun very well. Also, one of his tubes in his stem is ripped so the water and food just comes right back out.
Dayo’s mother passes them out one by one. She tells them they can have more if they want more. Lamby eats all of her’s first and she has it all over her and it sticks to her trichomes.
“Oh no! Not my pretty, pretty plant hairs,” she cried. Lamby called her trichomes her hairs.
“It's ok you can clean up in our bathroom, just down the hall to the left, ” Dayo directed.
So Lamby walks down the hall and sees all the leaves helped the house stand up by using sunlight from the sun to make energy to grow but instead of growing the house gets longer just like a vine. Lamby thought, “Will I be able to grow a flower? I think flowers are pretty.”
She cleaned up and went back outside to see that Leafy and Dayo were playing together. She joined them and after they had jumped for 2 minutes Leafy and Lamby had to go home. Dayo’s mother said they could come over again.
The end
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