journal - 2

Once upon a time, there was a badger family that lived in a quaint little home in Louisiana. They lived in a burrow Under a great oak tree. The tree was located on the property of a pig farm and it grew right by the door of the great pig barn. In the badger family, were three small badgers. Their names were Gertrude, Gregory, and Granger. The three badgers were triplets and they were best friends. Granger and Gregory were the boys, and they loved playing and wrestling with each other. Gertrude was the little girl, and the baby of the family. Gertrude always tagged along with Gregory and Granger, and they even got in trouble together quite often. The three kids were always on adventures together and used their imagination to explore the world every day.

One day, the three badger kids were out in the tall grasses of the field chasing groundhogs in and out of their holes. Gertrude pawed at one and slid it over to Granger, who pawed at it and then it got away and went back down one of their holes. They played like this for quite some time, until the groundhogs stopped popping out of the holes, and the badgers grew bored. Granger stopped his playing to watch a butterfly. He was memorized by its bright yellow wings, so he kept watching it. The butterfly flew up by the barn and went up by the roof. It disappeared into a small hole in the top of the barn. Granger had never noticed the hole before, and suddenly became very curious. He told his brother and sister that he had an idea and told them to follow him.

Granger scampered from the field back to the barn and climbed up a tree, making sure their mom did not see them, then jumped onto the roof of the barn, and waited for his siblings to follow. "What are we doing up here?" questioned Gregory. "You'll see", said Granger. Gertrude followed close behind Granger, and Gregory hesitantly followed after Gertrude. The three of them inspected the opening that the butterfly had come out of, and then slid through tho hole. The hole led to the rafters in the top of the barn. The pigs were in the barn having a meeting. the badgers were spying on the pigs. As they were listening, they heard the pigs planning a surprise birthday party for the three badgers. This ruined the surprise, and the pigs learned to never to eavesdrop in someones house again.