The Three Heroes Save the Rainforest

Written for a Storytelling & Bookmaking field trip with Ms. McClean's 2nd-grade class from PS 15

6/13/06

Once upon a time, there was a Doormat, a Garbage Fly, and a Butterfly named Destiny Julissa Lopez. They live in a flexible rainforest in Hawaii. Doormat has a face but no arms or legs. The butterfly is beautiful, and she has a laser beam so she can cut fruit down from trees. Garbage Fly looks a little gross. Every time he walks, he falls down, because he has a lot of garbage, like a thousand pounds. He goes: "AAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Every day, they all eat garbage, because all the fruits are disappearing. They play all day, too. They play tag, which Doormat plays by using his tongue. Life used to be good, but now there's a lot of crime in the rainforest. There's a lot of noise from sawing down trees, and people are stealing the fruit. People want to start building in the rainforest. They have animal helpers, like baboons. Garbage Fly and Doormat and Destiny Julissa Lopez aren't happy about it.

One day, they go to the Rainforest Library to read books about fighting crime. The Rainforest Library is in a tree mansion. They find a book.

"We've got to stop this injustice," says Daisy Julissa Lopez.

"Hey guys, I found a treasure map," says Doormat. "Maybe we can go there and find the treasure!"

"Let's go find that treasure," they all say. Butterfly is carrying the map. They go through the rainforest, but can't find the treasure.

"I'm not going to give up!" says Doormat.

They all gather around Doormat, who is looking up.

"Wait, that looks like a castle!"

Garbage Fly says, "Maybe it's too scary up there."

"But we can't give up," says Destiny Julissa Lopez. "We need that treasure to save the rainforest."

Doormat says, "I have a plan. Let's all jump on this tree, bend it down to the groud, and fling ourselves up to the castle."

They bend the tree and fling themselves right through a window in the castle. They brush themselves off and look around. They don't see any treasure, but they see a lot of stairs.

"Maybe those stairs lead to the treasure," says Doormat.

They decide to go up. Then Garbage Fly, who's hungry, sees something that looks like garbage and tries to eat it.

"Wait!" says Destiny Julissa Lopez. "That's not garbage, that's a button!"

Garbage Fly pushes the button with his anntenna. The stairs turn into an escalator going up.

And then...