Writing Folder: The Flea Settlement

• Writing Folder Cover
  My fourth grade writing folder.
  I think a cartoon inspired the Flea Settlement concept - perhaps Elmer Fudd in "An Itch in Time."

• Writing Folder Back
  Map of the Flea Settlement.

• My Make Believe World
  Introduction to the Flea Settlement. I combined my cartoon inspiration with my research on Ant societies - note the aphid "cows."

• The Incredible Flea Journey
  A picaresque tale of a young, lost flea trying to find his way home. Inspired by The Cricket in Times Square - and hence politically incorrect!

• Poems
  I think the first one was inspired by a Bullwinkle poem on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Poetry Corner.

• Haiku
  The cricket sings his/chirping song joined by the toad./Flies skim the cornpatch.