Grasshoppers

One of Baba’s school assignments this morning was to write a news story based on an event in a book he’s recently read. He chose to write about McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm, and I thought many of my readers would enjoy it:

Grasshoppers attack local farm

This summer, a swarm of grasshoppers attacked McBroom’s farm. The hoppers ate everything that was green, even the green house. They did this because for some reason they had become very hungry. Besides eating the house, they ate the green peppers that McBroom had grown, so they had to go to a lake in Montana. McBroom found out that they drank the lake dry.

McBroom does have a plan to survive. He’ll be staying at his grandma’s house until his new house that he’s building is finished (and, of course, he’s not going to paint it green). Luckily, none of the family members were wearing that color.

To find out if the swarm is coming your way, go to www.knews.com. If they are coming your way, make sure you get rid of all the green things that you can. If there’s something you can’t get rid of, there are a couple things you can do. You can paint it a different color, or you could put sheets over it.