The Great Mantis Rescue

THEY CALLED HIM Donnie the Dung Beetle.

Donald Hawkins actually didn’t mind the comparison. The African dung beetle is known to move things that are a thousand times its own body weight. But the other kids in Mrs. Beecher’s third grade class probably didn’t know that. Nobody knew insects like Donald, and since nobody knew insects like Donald, he figured the dung beetle thing was not a compliment.

“Hey, Dung Beetle, you keeping an eye on the world’s most boring class pet?”