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Speaker 1: Have you ever thought you were too small to make

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Speaker 1: a big difference? Welcome to Storytime by Lingo Kids. Today's

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Speaker 1: story is about showing the world that bigger is not

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Speaker 1: always better. So get comfortable, subscribe or follow us so

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Speaker 1: you never miss one of our episodes. Fran was a

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Speaker 1: cheerful farmer known for her splendid lettuce. Some were big

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Speaker 1: and leafy, some were thick and crisp, while others were

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Speaker 1: delicate and buttery soft. Fran planted lettuce every week. That way,

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Speaker 1: she always had a small crop ready to take to town,

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Speaker 1: where bakers, butchers, and farmers met to swap their goods.

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Speaker 1: It was a neighborly way to give and take. One morning,

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Speaker 1: Fran went to her garden to pick lettuce heads, and

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Speaker 1: she was shocked leaping lettuce. Almost half of the lettuce

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Speaker 1: had been eaten. Who would eat my lovely lettuce without asking?

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Speaker 1: She looked around and noticed prints in the soil. They

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Speaker 1: looked like hoofs. As her eyes followed the direction of

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Speaker 1: the prince, she let out a cry. Ah. Standing in

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Speaker 1: the yard was a buck, a male deer. He was

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Speaker 1: chewing her flowers like they were candy. Hey, those are

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Speaker 1: my flowers and These were my lettuce heads. You can't

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Speaker 1: eat them. The buck couldn't care less. He looked over

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Speaker 1: at fran Who's gonna stop me? M fran could not

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Speaker 1: believe how rude this deer was. She grabbed a broom

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Speaker 1: and ran toward the buck to scare him away. You

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Speaker 1: big bully, go home, The deer replied, I'm leaving, but

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Speaker 1: I'll be back, and the deer went bounding through the forest.

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Speaker 1: Friend cleared the chewed up garden and planted new seedlings.

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Speaker 1: Using some wood and string, she made a simple fence

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Speaker 1: around her lettuce and flower beds. I hope this stops

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Speaker 1: that deer. He's a mean eating machine, Franz said, with

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Speaker 1: her hands on her hips. The next morning, fran went

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Speaker 1: out together the little lettuce she still had, and what

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Speaker 1: do you think she saw? The bully buck was back. Yep,

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Speaker 1: the deer had no problem leaping over the fence. He

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Speaker 1: was in the garden chewing Fran's red leaf lettuce. How

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Speaker 1: dare you? The deer glanced over, finished chewing and took

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Speaker 1: a big swallow. I'm a big buck and I have

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Speaker 1: a big appetite. I'm done for now, and in a

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Speaker 1: single jump, the deer leapt over the fence and dashed away.

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Speaker 1: Fran exclaimed, I'll have nothing to trade. I'll run out

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Speaker 1: of food. Just then she heard a very tiny sound. Hey,

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Speaker 1: I saw what that big buck did. I can help.

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Speaker 1: Fran looked down and saw a teeny tiny aunt. How

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Speaker 1: on earth can you help? He's so big, and well

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Speaker 1: you're so small. I'll see you tomorrow, said the ant.

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Speaker 1: The next morning, Fran rushed out to the garden just

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Speaker 1: as she thought the deer was there eating the last

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Speaker 1: of her lettuce. Fran was about to give up all

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Speaker 1: hope when suddenly she heard the deer cry out, ouch

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Speaker 1: ouch ouch ou ouch. You see, the tiny ant had

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Speaker 1: climbed onto the deer and was using her pincers to

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Speaker 1: bite him with all of her might. Take that, and

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Speaker 1: that and that. The aunt chomped the deer from nose

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Speaker 1: to t pail, attacking like an army of ants. Ouch

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Speaker 1: ouch ou ouch I'm outa here. The buck jumped the

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Speaker 1: fence and bolted into the forest, but not before the

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Speaker 1: ant had safely crawled onto a nearby leaf. Fran shouted

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Speaker 1: out confidently, come back, and my army of ants will

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Speaker 1: chew every inch of you. Fran turned to her new

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Speaker 1: friend and said, thank you so much. Friend. Great things

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Speaker 1: really do come in small packages. The ant took a

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Speaker 1: bow and said, you won't be seeing him again. We

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Speaker 1: hope you like the story. Lingo kids, what else is

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Speaker 1: small but powerful? Think about it. Goodbye until next time.