# Ladybug and the Missing Spot

Author: Logan
Level: PreK3
Theme: Looking carefully

## Story

**Page 1:** Lily Ladybug has seven shiny black spots. She loves to count them every morning.

**Page 2:** One morning, Lily counts her spots. One, two, three, four, five, six... only six spots!

**Page 3:** Lily looks in a puddle to check. She sees only six spots on her red wings.

**Page 4:** "Where did my spot go?" asks Lily. She flies around the garden to look for it.

**Page 5:** She asks Bee, "Have you seen my spot?" Bee shakes her head. "No, I have not."

**Page 6:** She asks Butterfly, "Have you seen my spot?" Butterfly shakes her head too.

**Page 7:** Lily sits on a leaf and feels sad. Then she sees a drop of mud on her wing.

**Page 8:** She wipes the mud away with her foot. There it is! Her seventh spot was hiding underneath!

**Page 9:** Lily counts her spots again. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! All seven spots are back!

**Page 10:** Lily laughs and flies into the sunny garden. Sometimes, a missing thing is just hiding in plain sight.

## 5 Words to Learn
ladybug, spot, count, missing, wing

## Read Together
Can you count Lily's spots with her, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven?