Sally Helps a Friend

Sally was falling asleep. Then she heard a noise from her night table. “Psssst.”

Sally opened one eye.

“Pssssssssst.” She heard it again. Sally opened the other eye.

Sally sat up and turned on the light. An itsy bitsy spider sat on the edge of her clock. It waved.

“Hello,” said the spider. “My name is Octo.”

“Hello, Octo,” said Sally. “Can I help you?”

“I lost my Mom,” the spider replied. “And I don’t know where to find her.”

“Poor Octo,” Sally said. “What happened?”

“We were spinning a web in the gutter outside your window,” Octo said. “But the rain came and washed my mom away.”