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    One early morning, Luke woke up to the smell of french toast with butter on top.

    It was the first day of school. Luke was very excited to meet the new teacher and new classmates. So then Luke took off his sleeping hat, got ready, and ran down the stairs. His mouth was watering as he entered the kitchen.

    "Luke!" called his mom. "Just in time for my homemade blueberry french toast with extra butter!" she said as she placed the plate in front of Luke.

    "You better hurry. You have 40 more minutes left." she said as she looked at the clock.

"Bah! no worries!" said his dad entering making himself a cup of coffee. "You have plenty of time!"

    Luke ate the last bit of french toast and hopped out of his chair to fill his water bottle and pack his ham and cheese sandwich with strawberry yogurt.

    At that moment, he heard the school bus. "Bye dad bye mom!" he said hugging them and kissing them goodbye. He ran outside to catch the school bus.

    Talent show!

   Show your skill/talent in front of everybody at 6:00-7:00

    Luke sat down and greeted everyone he saw. But no one had said 'hi' back to him. 

    A few minutes later, he was at school listening to the teachers instructions. Mrs. Andy the ant was ever so fun. "Tonight will be a talent show!" Mrs Andy exclaimed. 

Luke's idea was to do the balance beam. But he was no good at it. What about dancing? no, he wasn't such a good dancer.

     "Hmmm..." said Mrs. Andy looking at the clock. "Oh! now it's lunch time!" please clear your desks. Single file everyone!" ordered Mrs Andy.

    Luke and his classmates filed into the lunch room. Everyone was making friends. Everyone except Luke. He felt gloomy and lonely inside.

    At lunch, he sat alone on a table unwrapping the tinfoil off his sandwich. He took out his water bottle and his cup of strawberry yogurt with a spoon. 

    "Hey, is this seat taken?" ask a voice behind him. It was one of his classmates. "No" said Luke. "This seat is not taken." His classmate was a bee. She was pretty. yellow and black stripes and clear as glass wings.

    "Forgive me for being a little rude but whats that you're eating?" Luke asked pointing to black rolls with rice fish and strange round mini balls. "Oh this is sushi." she said popping one in her mouth. "My packs me small lunches and an apple." "Would you like half of my sandwich? Its cheese and ham." said Luke slicing half of his sandwich. 

    "I like cheese and ham too!" she exclaimed and took the sandwich.

    As they munched on the sandwiches, they talked what they were going to do for the talent show tonight. 

    "Im going to sing." said the bee shyly. 

"I think...." started Luke but then went silent. "Are you scared?" asked the bee. "Yes, Im scared."  "but what are you going to do for the show?" she asked. "Umm probably piano." said Luke. Luke has been playing piano when he was just a small baby grasshopper.

    "Thats great!" she said beaming proudly.

Suddenly, the bell rang. It was time to play outside before going to class to learn. 

    "Well, I have to go. Im playing hopscotch with my friends." she said. Luke waved goodbye and thought of something. "Wait!" yelled Luke. "What?" she asked. "Whats your name?" he asked. "Beatrice." "But you can call me Bea for short. "Wait. Whats yours?" she asked. "Luke." said Luke. "Just call me Luke."

Hello parents! tonight is a talent show for your child! top winner gets to go the the fair with a friend. Talent show 6:00-7:00

Best wishes, Mrs Andy.

     "Mom!" shouted Luke when he got home. His mom was slicing tomatoes. A plate full of bread with shredded coconuts and coconut cream was beside her. Perhaps she was making him a snack. 

    "mom! tonight is the talent show!" he continued. "Im going to play the piano!" he exclaimed. 

"Yes Luke I saw it on the school email." she said looking at her phone again. "Top winner wins a trip to the fair with a friend."

    Luke was surprised. He quickly did his homework. Just one page of time tables and silent reading for 20 minutes. 

    Then, he got out the piano and started playing. His favorite piano artist was Ling Ling. He wanted to be like Ling Ling gracefully playing the piano everyday. 

    "Luke!" called his mom from the kitchen. "Its almost time to go!" Suddenly, Luke's heart thumped more than ever. What if he messed up? 

    "Luke! are you coming?" "Y-yes i'm coming mom!" called Luke. Luke hopped into the car and speeded away. Lots of people brought flutes and microphones and dancing shoes.