Leo's Big Lunar Leap!
by
A story about
for your 2nd Grader.
Once upon a time, under a giant field of golden sunflowers, there lived a little grasshopper named Leo. Leo wasn’t like the other grasshoppers who loved hopping from leaf to leaf. Leo dreamed of something much bigger. He wanted to jump all the way... to the Moon!
Every night, Leo would lie on a dandelion leaf, staring up at the stars. "The Moon looks so close," he said. "If I just jump high enough, maybe... just maybe... I can touch it!"
His friends thought he was silly. "No one can hop that high!" giggled Penny the ladybug. "That's impossible!" buzzed Gus the firefly. But Leo just smiled. "Nothing is impossible if you try."
One sunny afternoon, while exploring an old, creaky shed near the field, Leo found something amazing: A dusty, strange machine with long springs and a silver helmet.
"What is it?" asked Penny, fluttering her tiny wings. "It’s a Moon Hopper!" Leo cried. "How do you know?" asked Gus, blinking his glow light. "Because it says so right here," Leo said, pointing to a rusty label: MOON HOPPER 1.0
Leo's heart raced with excitement. "This is it! This is how we’ll reach the Moon!" Penny and Gus weren't so sure. "It looks... broken," Penny said. "And dusty," Gus added.
But Leo didn’t give up. He brushed off the dust, tightened the springs, polished the helmet, and adjusted the straps. "This Moon Hopper just needs a little love!"
That night, under a bright full Moon, Leo pulled on the helmet, strapped into the Moon Hopper, and looked at his friends. "Ready?" "Ready!" said Penny (with a little gulp). "I guess…" said Gus, flickering nervously.