There is a small leaf with the words written on it, please join us at the “Summer Start off” creek party. Once a year, the Prince Riburto builds a rock dam stopping up the creek, he invites all of the frogs to come and swim in the nice calm water. This is the first year that Lena, Tasha, and Mary are old enough to go. Not that Lena will be allowed to though.
The night before the party Lena is told, “You know, you aren’t going to the party, you discussing toad!” Lena lowers her head and approaches to go to her room. But, Mary cried out, “Lena! Lena! Lena I am hungry! Go make me food right now!” Lena does as Mary wants, and makes the food. She cannot sleep that night, she is to bust sewing the summer garments and straw hats for the girls to wear to the party. Once she is finished, she must go out and make shoes from the straw and the finest piece of grass she can find.
One her sisters leave for the party Lena begins to cry. But quickly an owl flies down next to her, “What’s wrong, little …show more content…
The owl quickly spins its head and moves so fast around the yard it makes Lena’s head hurt watching her. The owl slowly stops and lowers to the ground with a beautiful summer outfit in the beak. Lena smiles and thanks the lady and offers to help her remove the trash from her yard in the next week. The owl agrees and warns Lena to be back by seven because, that is when her stepmother will return.
Lena runs by the edge of the creek until she can see the other frogs laughing, and playing. She quickly hops in the water along with the others. She spots Riburto, and he spots her as well. Riburto slowly walks over to her and introduces himself. Lena replies very little. But, she does take him up on the offer to dance with him. Riburto danced with Lena the whole night.
Lena planned to leave by six so she could easily be back before seven. But, when she noticed it was already six forty five. She fled out the back door racing to get home. She knew there was no way she would be back before seven. There was only one way she may could make it and that would be to swim down the river. With it up this high she would go about 3 times as fast. But, if she got going too fast and couldn’t find a rock to stop on, she would end up just like her father. She had no choice so she jumped in and started swimming she flew down the creek into the river and down a long speedy stream. She saw a rock peaking over the water this was her only chanced so she leaned to that