The Dragonfly & The Cricket

The Dragonfly & The Cricket

Written & illustrated by Sharon Gulley

The Dragonfly & The Cricket

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A Long, Long Time ago, there was a cricket named Blue.
She was named after the sky she loved so true.


She would look up at the sky all day long

while the other crickets played and hopped merrily along.





Then one day a dragonfly landed near
and heard the whispered wish,
Blue, the cricket held so dear.



I wish I could fly. Crickets my dear, he said, belong on the ground
and if you fell,

well, you may never ever be found.

The little cricket answered, "Yes, I know, but to the sky
is where my heart longs to go."


"I have wings to help me fly but

they will only carry me about one foot high."



"To the top is where I long to be, said Blue!"
"Hey! Maybe you could help me make my dream come true."

The dragonfly said, "I don't know if that is a safe thing to do,
but, if you can help me, then I will try and help you."


"What can I do to help, Mr. dragonfly,"
the cricket cheerfully asked?


Everyone calls me Drake, said the dragonfly.

My name is Blue, she said,
with her bright eyes as Blue as the sky.

"Some water would be nice, to put in my cup,
there never seems to be enough."


"I carry water to those who are sick

but there seems to be a water shortage,
since the farmer filled in the ditch."

I am sure I can help you, Mr. Dragonfly
Blue started to rub her legs together,

and sing her beautiful song.
Instantly, tiny raindrops fell from the sky

and the dragonfly and his friends
carried water to those in need
all day long.

When the sky cleared and there was no
more rain, Blue waited for the dragonfly
to return again, and when the dragonfly
did not return, the cricket's face had a

look of concern.



"I just know he will return,"
Blue whispered to herself low,
He just has to, for he promised me so.

Just as Blue's heart begin to sink low,
along came Draco, the dragonfly, and

asked,
“Are you ready to go?”

Blue's eyes opened wide and
shouted "Yes!

I am ready to fly!"

The little cricket jumped on the
dragonfly's back and held on tight.

Blue was read
y to take flight.

To the top of the tree, Draco flew and landed on
the tip-top, like Drake, promised Blue.
Blue whispered,
"Dreams do come true!"

Drake never again worried about a drought
as his friend, Blue, was always about.



And Blue took many more flying adventures
as the years went by

On the back of her friend, Draco,
the dragonfly.

Blue told her story of how a cricket flew up into the
sky, with the help of a dragonfly friend and

she shared all of her adventures again, and again.

The End

About the Author

Sharon Gulley is the Founder of Beautiful Expectations of Faith where she is an
ANULP Certified Life Coach and a ULC Ordained Minister of Faith, Spiritual
Healer, Motivational Speaker, Podcast Host of BE’OF Podcast, and Magazine
Publisher where she Celebrates Amazing Women & Men who strive to make the
lives of others better. She is also a Multi-Time US & International Bestselling Co-
Author, Bestselling Self-Published Author, Editor, Creative Writer, Motivational
Speaker, Storyteller, and Photographer. Sharon wrote a poetry book called
(Visiting The Willow Tree) – This Poetry book is filled with life, love, childhood
memories, and stories told. The book is a revised poetry book from (The Butterfly
Flutters By) that was and still is dedicated to her Sister Marie who passed from
brain cancer at the young age of 34.

Blog websites and other sites where she shares her love for writing, poetry and
photography.



www.weebly.com/sharongulley
https://wordpress.com/home/beautifulexpectationsoffaith.wordpress.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-gulley-584167121



Books and co-authored books can be found at
https://www.amazon.com/Sharon-Gulley/ or www.weebly.com/sharongulley



You can find Sharon Gulley at: www.facebook.com/pg/BeautifulExpectationOfFaith/

https://twitter.com/GreenilyGulley and
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-gulley,
https://www.poetrysoup.com/me/greenbutterfly



Podcast – BE’OF Podcast can be found at
www.anchor.fm.com/BE’OFPodcast, www.spotify.com
BE'OF Magazine - www.anyflip.com/BE’OFMagazine

All Books and Co-Authored Books Can Be Found at Amazon.com

In the near future, she plans to release a collection of
children's stories

The Racoon & The Butterfly

The Frog & The Cobbler

The Garden Keeper & The Grasshopper

Tiny Bird of Song & Flight

The Catapillar &
The Butterfly

Pretty Polly PeTree

Story Time

Dreams do come true.

SKG