The Bug Diaries

Dear Diary,

Bom-ba-ba-ba-bom!

Zoom!

Tail bumps!

Wheee! Mookie!

Buzz-tastic!

Mookie, come on!

Good boy!

Gather round everybody.

Yeah! / Yep! / Alright!

If Ant needed boots to keep his six feet warm,

and Spider needed boots to keep his eight feet warm

how many boots would they need altogether?

Uhm.../ Uh.../ Oh! - Spider!

The answer is...

One, two, three, four, five, six,

seven, eight...

Hey!

Nine, ten, eleven, twelve..

..thirteen, fourteen!

Fourteen! Fourteen boots!

Yep! / That's right! / Yeah! Fourteen!

Nice problem-solving, Spider!

Now, let's say we add...

..100 maggots!

How many winter boots do they need for all their feet?

Ha, ha! Trick question, Mrs. Mulch!

Maggots don't have feet. Just ask my baby sisters!

Wonderful, Fly!

What is that?

- THAT sounds like... - MOOKIE!

Brace yourselves, buglets!

Whoaaa!

Ughhh!

That's the THIRD time this week.

Everyone safe? Yes?

Well then,

let's put our school back together again, Buglets.

Thanks guys.

If Mookie keeps interrupting class,

I'll never get to start the edaphology lesson!

But I can't wait!

My moms say we'll use edaphology all the time in our adult lives!

There's peat soil, that's the smelly kind.

And then there's loam. Loam is my favorite.

I could talk about loam all day!

He really can!

BUM-BA-BA-BUMMMMM! Don't worry, Mrs. Mulch.

FLY GIRL will find a way

to make that clumsy canine BUZZ OFF.

I knew I could count on you, Fly!

You're a real star pupa!

And THAT, dear Diary, is how the incredible Fly Girl

began her quest to bring an end

to the great canine catastrophe.

But she needed some help

from her trusty insect sidekicks...

Actually, worms are annelids, not insects.

And Spiders are arachnids!

How about...

"But she needed some help

from her annelid and arachnid allies!"

Much better.

So, what's the plan to stop Mookie?

Simple! We're going to do what bugs do best.

Let me explain.

Today is the dawn of a new era

of dog-free peace and safety for our school.

Keep it up, Spider! Just a little more webbing over here!

No prob, Fly!

Spinning webs IS what I do best!

There! This web-link fence should keep the Mookster out.

Nice work, webhead!

Let's get inside.

Mrs. Mulch is finally going to start the edaphology lesson.

Buzztastic!

Morning, buglets!

Who's ready to dig in to edaphology?

Get it?

Dig in to edaphology!

On account of it's the study of soil?

- Good one, Mrs. Mulch! - Thank you.

But...where's everyone else?

Yeah!

Mrs. Mulch?

What on earth?!

No! My web fence couldn't keep Mookie out,

but it DID keep everyone else out!

Aghhh / Ughh / Yuk!

No dog is going to get in the way of us bugs learning!

Fly Girl is just getting started here.

That's it, guys!

Nice slimin'!

Er, don't suppose you could go just a teeny bit faster?

Slow and slimy wins the race.

Finished! This super-slick slime ring

will send Mookie slipping all over the place

the next time he tries to knock over our school.

Next time, as in...right now?!

...guys?

Ruff!

Guess the slime wasn't slippery enough.

Class dismissed.

But that means no edaphology lesson.

Maybe we should start looking for a new school-house.

Somewhere Mookie can't get to. Like in a tree.

Or under a rock. Or...

No way! This is OUR school-house.

And we're on a quest to defend it.

But we can't keep Mookie away forever. It's impossible.

Nothing's impossible when Fly Girl is around.

I just need a new idea.

Good boy! Now, sit.

Good doggy! Shake!

Good boy!

Mookie listens to Lucas!

Maybe he'll listen to us?

Hurry, bugs! This way!

What, are we gonna ask Mookie

to stop knocking over our school?

That's exactly what we're gonna do!

When Lucas tells Mookie to do something,

Mookie understands and does what he says, right?

So we're gonna march right up to that big shaggy ear of his,

and ask him to stop knocking over our school!

...I hate to say it,

but that sounds kinda impossible!

Of course it does!

All amazing superhero quests

sound "kinda impossible" at first.

That's what makes them amazing!

Do you REALLY think Mookie's gonna do what we ask him?

Only one way to find out!

Uhhhh!

Who knew Mookie was so shaggy?

Or so filthy? I think someone needs a bath.

Okay, so which way to the ears?

I think this way leads to Mookie's head,

and this way leads to his tail.

Or is it the other way around?!

What was that?!

It's coming from over there!

I can feel it in my trichobothria.

Now it's coming from over there!

Look! Bugs, I think it's coming from right over...

Hey, bugs!

- Whoopsie! Didn't mean to scare ya. - Hi, Flea.

Nice day? Not too hot, not too cold.

Perfect day for a ride, ain't it?

Hey, what are YOU doing up here on Mount Mookie, anyway?

We're on a quest.

Ooooh, a quest! I love quests. Long quests, short quests,

any kind of quests! What kind are you on?!

We're on our way up to Mookie's ear...

Oooh,that's a nice spot!

To ask him to stop knocking over our school!

Ask him? You think a dog's gonna listen to a bug?

He'll listen to this bug!

I think you'll find that Fly Girl can be very persuasive.

That's for sure!

Okay, enough chit-chat. We gotta keep moving!

What's the matter, you lost?

Hey, better let ole Flea help you out!

You know the way to Mookie's ear?

'Course I do...

Then you'll make the perfect fur guide, Flea! Lead the way.

I'd be delighted, my buzzy little buddy!

No one knows their way around this dog better than me.

Cause I'm a flea. Hey, that rhymed.

Me, flea!

Now what were we talking about?

You were telling us how you...

Yeah. A dog makes a perfect home for us fleas.

The thick hair on his belly keeps us cozy in the winter.

And his big floppy ears give us shade in the summer.

In fact, I spend almost all my time right here on Mount Mookie.

Follow me. Mookie's left ear is just up ahead.

Mookie!

Sounds like Lucas again!

C'mon, boy, time for your BATH!

Mookie!

Yeeee-haw! Hang on tight, everybuggy!

Wah / Whoa / Aggh!