A glorious Sunday morning greeted the residents of the Great Meadow. Even the laziest flowers woke up in the warm sunshine – they opened up their petals and smiled at each other. Ildi Honeybee couldn’t stay under the blanket for long on a sunny day like this, either. She quickly jumped out of bed, washed…

It was dawn. The meadow was still asleep – even Martha Meadow Lark just turned over in her bed and continued snoring. The daisies yawned, stretched and kept on dreaming their dreams about warm sunshine and gentle breeze. Suddenly, loud chirping broke the silence. “Cheep, cheep, cheep! Today’s the day! Today’s our big day!” the…

It was a warm summer evening. Stars came out one by one across the velvet blue sky. As the evening grew darker, the twinkling lights turned brighter. Katie and Ildi Honeybee watched the change in amazement. “Look at the sky! It’s like a huge rug full of tiny silver dots.” “The stars look like diamonds…

Still in pain from the tightrope fiasco, Katie spent the next few weeks in the quiet solitude of her room. She couldn’t walk, and was unable to fly because the cast was so heavy, that the minute she tried to move up in the air, it would drag her right back down. So Katie sat…

For the next several days, Katie was full of excitement. After finishing her hot cocoa, she set out to look for a School of Magic almost every day. Katie promised to herself that she would become a magician – the most skilled of all ladybugs ever! She even borrowed Sir Woodpecker’s top hat and shiny…

As the sunny May days passed, Katie and Ildi Honeybee became close friends. Both were busy during the morning hours: Ildi was collecting nectar with her family, while Katie was looking for scrumptious treats on the sweet-smelling rose bushes. The afternoons, however, they spent playing or exploring together. One day, Ildi Honeybee knocked on Katie’s…

It was a glorious May morning. The sun shone brightly and the scent of elderberries wafted through the air. Katie jumped out of bed in a fabulous mood. She ran to the window – her polka-dot robe was flowing behind her, just like a red ribbon. “What a beautiful day!” she smiled at the puffy…