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    Hector Afloat
    Hector Afloat
    Hector Afloat
    Ebook63 pages26 minutes

    Hector Afloat

    By Elizabeth Shreeve and Pamela R. Levy

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    One night Hector falls asleep to the sound of rain rat-a-tat-tatting on the roof of his wumblebug hole. And even though the rain has been coming down for days, Hector is not worried. He's safe and snug.
    But then Hector wakes up to discover his hole is filling up with water fast! Hector is swept out of his home, along with all of his belongings. The next morning he sets off in search of a new place to live. And though Hector is sad to lose his old hole, he soon discovers what makes a hole a home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateMay 11, 2010
    ISBN9781439114025
    Hector Afloat
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    Elizabeth Shreeve

    Elizabeth Shreeve is the author of Hector Springs Loose, a Simon & Schuster book.

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      Hector Afloat - Elizabeth Shreeve

      Chapter One

      Flying Lesson

      Rain fell for hours and hours. For days and days. For weeks.

      Outside Hector Fuller’s wumblebug hole, rain battered the trees and pounded autumn leaves into the mud. Down the hill from his tunnels, the stream rose over its banks and turned the garden into a lake. The lake disappeared into clouds and fog, and the world grew smaller every day.

      Hector didn’t mind. His snug, little home was full of food. His bookshelf was full of books. He had plenty of company—his cousin Suzy, a plump and lovely ladybug, and his old friend, Lance the lacewing.

      And today his new friend, Frederica the spider, would teach them to spin a web.

      How do you do that? asked Hector, watching Frederica build an outline made of silk threads as she leaped across the room. How do you know where to start and which way to go?

      Frederica tightened the striped scarf that she wore around her thin waist. She peered at her work and sighed. I cannot explain. It just … comes to me. This one will be good, don’t you think?

      It’s beautiful, said Suzy, who sat in a big chair next to Hector. Sit down, Lance. Let’s watch.

      Frederica was a blur now, dancing and darting out from the center of the web to make its spokes. Then she raced in circles, spinning faster and faster to weave a spiral of fine threads across the frame. Finally she sat back and wiped her forehead with one of her eight elegant legs.

      Wow, said Hector. I wish I could do that.

      Lance shook his wings and laughed. You? You’re a wumblebug, not a spider. Stick to digging tunnels.

      Nonsense, said Frederica. We are all artists inside. You must picture it in your mind. Like this! She tossed a silk dragline into the air and floated to the mantelpiece.

      All right. Hector fluttered his short wings and scrambled up next to her. Here I go!

      Hector took a dragline from Frederica, closed his eyes, and jumped. Halfway across the room, he fell. He bounced off the edge of the web and shot over to the bookshelf, which tipped over and sent a river of books

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