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Little Wing - Who am I? Where am I? What am I?
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Little Wing - Who am I? Where am I? What am I? (2009) (edit title/settings)

by Jake Taylor (Author) (edit contributors)

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By chance, a common housefly, Little Wing, is born in Butterfly Forest. His mother arrived there riding in a car. Once there, she laid her eggs and left. After hatching, Little Wing finds himself completely alone, his brothers and sisters were taken away by an army of red ants. He doesn’t know... read more

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A migratory bird tells the story of Little Wing, a housefly that thought he was a bee. Little Wing is born in a forest away from a city and has no idea as to who he is, where he is or what he is. He discovers he can fly when escaping an army of red ants that took away his brothers and sisters.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

A migratory bird tells the story of Little Wing, a housefly that thought he was a bee. Little Wing is born in a forest away from a city and has no idea as to who he is, where he is or what he is. He discovers he can fly when escaping an army of red ants that took away his brothers and sisters. He meets Lou (a caterpillar) who informs him about Professor Moth, the Sage of the Forest that can surely tell him what he is.

Little Wing goes deep into the forest looking for Professor Moth. He runs into an audience being conducted by Mary, the Queen of Butterfly Forest, who had a ladybug as her Prime Minister. Little Wing is arrested, but saved by the Queen. When she asks him a question, all her attendants repeat her exact words. The Queen gives him his name and he realizes that he is in Butterfly Forest.

After restarting his search for Professor Moth, Little Wing comes across a strange looking lady (a spider). She invites him to jump and land on her ‘net’ (in reality her web). He is accidentally saved by some bees passing by with buckets full of honey who hit him on the head. As he wakes up, he sees Professor Moth and goes talk to him. The professor had just lost his computer and cannot quite tell Little Wing what he is, but tells him that he resembles a bee. He has to return the following day to determine for sure what he is. Little Wing, after telling Lou all his adventures, retires for the night in a field of flowers.

Bob Bumblebee, who is collecting honey with his friends, awakens little Wing. In spite of the obvious differences, Little Wing thinks that he is a bee. He decides to join the bees and asks the professor to transform him into a bee (adding the stripes and the antennae) which is something that professor does. He goes in search of the bees promising that he will return in the afternoon to learn what he is.

Little Wing realizes that he can only carry one bucket of nectar. Sergeant Drone asks him about the other bucket and then sends him back to bring two buckets. Bob helps him to do the task by carrying three buckets (one strapped to his back). Later the bees had to go to a valley to fetch more nectar, but it is a dangerous place. Some birds attack the bees and Little Wing saves the life of Bob.

After some indecision as to what to do next, Little Wing decides to look for the professor to find out what he is. Professor Moth informs Little Wing that he is not a bee, that he is in fact a housefly, a member of the “Musca Domestica” family. He also tells him that the spider is one of his worst enemies, that there are also things called flyswatters and insecticides that are used to destroy flies.

Knowing who he is, Little Wing goes looking for Bob. The bees make him a knight for saving Bob’s life. After the ceremony, Little Wing goes searching for Lou, but only finds Lou’s bed. The old spider tells Little Wing that Lou died and that the ants took his body away. After feeling terribly sad, Little Wing finds Lou who is now a beautiful Monarch Butterfly riding on a cloud. They decide to travel together while seeing a lovely rainbow.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Little Wing: The hero of the story.
  • Lewis (Lou): Caterpillar that befriends Little Wing at the beginning of the story.
  • Mary: A Monarch Butterfly who is the Queen of Butterfly Forest
  • Professor Moth: The Sage of the Forest. He reveals to Little Wing what he is.
  • The Spider: The spider tries to catch Little Wing.
  • Bob Bumblebee: Befriends Little Wing.
  • Sergeant Drone: A strict sergeant head of a group of bees.
  • Ann: Queen of the Bees
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"I dream that one of these days I will be able to fly. That, somehow, I will get a pair of big beautiful wings and that I will go towards the sky and fly directly into the rainbow. And that once there, I will bathe in blue, and green, and red, and yellow."”
    Lou
  • ““It (the rainbow) has seven colors. To some it is the symbol of peace and love, but to me, it represents the water of Heaven. The water used by angels to bathe and play in."”
    Lou
  • ““I don’t see anything wrong with working hard, do you?””
    Little Wing
  • “"When you help someone in need, it makes you feel happy inside. Your heart sort of shines, Little Wing, it makes you feel proud of yourself.””
    Bob
  • “"The Earth is home to all of us. It is the only home we have. Nobody can live anywhere else, nobody."”
    Professor Moth
  • “"The Earth, Little Wing, as far as we know, is very, very unique. We have to take care of it, Little Wing, because it is the only one we have. It is our home. Our home, sweet home.””
    Professor Moth
  • “"It is not so easy being a bee. We work and work, but we don’t always know who we are working for.””
    Bob

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First Sentence edit see section history

One sunny afternoon, not long ago, a robin redbreast —a migratory bird— flew onto my balcony while I was sitting there and told me a most amusing story about a creature named Little Wing.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 – Little Wing is born and later befriends Lou
Chapter 2 – Meets the Queen and gets a name
Chapter 3 – Faces a spider and finds Professor Moth
Chapter 4 – Meets Bob and is transformed into a ‘bee’
Chapter 5 – Works with the bees, meets Sergeant Drone, chased by birds
Chapter 6 – Professor Moth reveals to Little Wing that he is a housefly
Chapter 7 – Looks for Bob, is knighted, and finds Lou as a butterfly on a cloud

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jake Taylor (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Claudia B. Montero (Illustrator)
  2. Catherine Resignato (Editor)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: TT&T Publishers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: June 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9819194-5-4
Page Count: 61

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 4-8

A lovely story to be read to small children (3 to 6 years of age); it emphasizes nature and our responsibility to take care of our planet. It gives hope and teaches that some dreams do come true.

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