Just for Kids / Buggy Hide and Buggy Seek  By Margo Wayman
"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10! Here I come; ready or not!" shouted Borak
the beetle. He moved away from the ripe red tomato he had been
leaning against as he counted. He looked around the vegetable
garden, but couldnt see any of his friends. They were hiding in
good places, and he was going to have a hard time finding them.
He walked over to where the string beans grew. He looked up at
each plant, carefully examining the long, slender, green bean
pods that were dangling, hidden among the leaves. Some of the
pods were over six inches long. When he got to the last string
bean plant, he noticed that one of the pods had odd bumps on it.
The bumps looked like eyes, so he moved in for a closer look.
That was no string bean! It was Waqi the worm. "1,2,3 on Waqi,"
Borak the beetle called out, then climbed up the stem to tag
Waqi out.    Waqi opened her eyes and looked down. "Oh dear. Ive
been caught," she said. She curled herself up, climbed on to the
branch, the