Pests! UFLI Foundations Lesson 85

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Pests!

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each heap neat being clean cleaning creep deal feast feet keep need stream three beetle beneath between creeping creeps creepy deep feel free green keeps leaning leap leaps meal meat reaches reaching see sweep sweeping sweeps treat
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On the right side of the image, Skel and Zom stand together inside a warmly lit brick house. Skel stands slightly in front, facing the viewer with a proud, satisfied expression, his wooden brown bow slung over his shoulder. Zom stands just behind and to the right, also facing forward with a grumpy, displeased expression, arms crossed. The indoor scene features hanging lanterns, a wooden table or shelf with books, brick walls, and glowing floor lights, giving the room a cozy, warm ambiance. The left side of the image is plain background suitable for text overlay.

Skel likes his brick home. He likes to keep it neat and clean. Each day he sweeps the planks and lines his books up neat. "A neat home," Skel says, "is a happy home." Zom crosses his arms. "Dirt is fine."

Page 2
Jack stands on the left side of the image, facing forward with a carefree grin, shrugging with both orange mitten-like hands raised palm-up in an exaggerated 'who cares?' gesture. His jack-o'-lantern head displays a wide jagged smile. The scene is set indoors in what appears to be a messy room with wooden shelving and block-built walls, with warm lighting suggesting daytime. The right side of the image is plain background, clear for text overlay.

Jack is no help at all. Skel hands him a mop. Jack lets it fall. Skel hands him a cloth. Jack lets that fall as well. Jack holds up his big hands and grins, like he is being very clever. "Cleaning," Jack says, "is not for me."

Page 3
On the right side of the image, Skel stands with a frustrated, angry expression — mouth set in a flat frown and dark, annoyed eye sockets — gripping a broom tightly in both rounded hands, held upright like a weapon, as if he has stopped mid-sweep in defiance. His oversized round cream-white skull and small white dot pupils convey determination. The scene is set indoors against a warm yellow background, with dark reddish-brown block-style brick walls and grimy, muck-covered flooring suggesting a Minecraft-inspired aesthetic.

Skel looks at the sticky planks. He looks at the muddy mess on the mat. He looks at the heap of scraps Jack left by the rug. Once more. Skel grips his brush. "Fine," he says. "You two do not want to help me keep this place clean? Then I will stop. I am off."

Page 4
On the left side of the image, Jack stands in the foreground with a relaxed, laid-back pose, one orange mitten-like hand behind his jack-o'-lantern head, grinning wide. Just behind and to the right of Jack, Zom sits casually on the grass, leaning back on his hands with a contented grin, his pixelated light-green sword resting on the ground beside him. They appear calm and at ease together, enjoying doing nothing. The scene is set outdoors in a suburban backyard-style area with a wooden fence, green grass, and earthy terrain, under bright daytime lighting. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale-yellow background with no detail.

Zom and Jack see Skel march off. They look at one another, then at the yard. "No more sweeping!" says Jack. "No more cleaning!" says Zom. Jack stands with a big grin. Zom sits on the green grass, leaning back. No more work. No Skel. They feel free.

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On the right side of the image, Zom stands in front of a wooden house, viewed from a low angle looking up. Zom has a wide, open-mouthed grin showing his small smiling mouth stretched wide, arms relaxed at his sides, appearing cheerful and completely unbothered. He wears his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt with dark green pants and bright green shoes. Thick muck and grime is visible on the ground around his feet and along the base of the house. The scene is outdoors in daytime with blue sky and clouds visible behind the house's wooden roof overhang. The left side is plain yellow background, clear for text overlay.

Day one, a sock sticks to the mat. No big deal. Day two, the home starts to smell bad. Zom sniffs and steps back. By day three, the muck is deep. It creeps up over Zom's feet. Zom just grins. "Still fine!"

Page 6
The image shows an interior scene of a dimly lit, run-down house viewed at a low angle across a dark, grimy floor. On the right side, sticky patches and holes are visible on the worn floorboards, with warm light glowing from a doorway or window in the background, highlighting the neglected state of the home. Several small silverfish-like insects are scattered across the floor in the center-right area, with more flicking past in motion. The left ~40% of the image is plain yellow-cream background reserved for text overlay.

It is not fine. The planks get more and more sticky. Then they get thick with grit. Tiny legs skitter over the muck in the dark. Bugs. A heap of them. Creeping like a stream.

Page 7
The image is rendered in a Minecraft-style blocky/voxel art style, viewed from a high angle looking down into a kitchen interior. On the right side of the image, Zom is standing on the kitchen floor, reaching toward the counter with an eager but dismayed expression, his light green skin and darker green messy hair visible from above. He wears his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt. The kitchen has wooden cabinets mounted on the walls, a countertop with a pie sitting on it, and a glowing lantern providing warm light. Multiple flies buzz thickly around the pie and the room — small dark buzzing creatures swarming between Zom and his lunch. The scene is set indoors in a cozy, warmly lit kitchen. The left ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background reserved for text.

Zom needs a meal. He reaches for the last treat on the bench. Buzz. Flies! A thick, buzzing heap of them, between Zom and his feast. He keeps reaching. The flies creep in. He leaps. The flies get there first. Zom yells, "Get back! That is my feast!"

Page 8
On the left side of the image, Jack stands inside a wooden house, stepping backward with arms outstretched in a startled, frightened pose, his jack-o'-lantern face showing wide carved eyes. He had been picking up cloths from the floor when dark bugs rushed out from a crack in the wall. Dark spiders and bugs crawl rapidly across the floor and furniture around him, emerging from a visible crack in the wooden wall or floorboards. The indoor scene features wooden plank walls, a hardwood floor with a rug, shelves, and a glowing jack-o'-lantern lantern on a table, giving the room a warm, cozy glow. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background.

Jack lifts the pile of cloths he left on the rug. Beneath it, legs move. Dark legs. Many, many legs. Spiders! They stream from a crack in the wall. Jack jumps back. "No. No. No. No."

Page 9
On the right side of the image, inside a warm, lantern-lit indoor room with wooden walls and floors rendered in a blocky Minecraft-style aesthetic, two small pets — one dark-furred and one lighter — are positioned on and near a wooden shelf or counter in the upper-right corner, looking down with alert, determined expressions as they track the pests below. Scattered across the floor beneath them are several small, pale bug-like pests swarming thickly, with a large, brightly colored neon pink-and-cyan pest resembling a sprawling insect or spider-like creature dominating the center-right of the floor. The bugs clearly outnumber and overwhelm the two small pets. The left ~40% of the image is plain pale yellow background reserved for text.

Zom and Jack each have a pet. The pets leap. They run. They chase. Yet for each bug they catch, three more creep in. Beetles on the bench. Bugs on the meat. Spiders in the socks. One big creepy pink bug sits in the middle of it all, like it is the boss. Zom and Jack look at each other. "We need Skel."

Page 10
On the left side of the image, Skel stands in the center facing the viewer with a confident grin, his oversized round cream-white skull and small white dot pupils conveying determination. He holds his wooden brown bow in one hand. To Skel's left, Zom stands with a sheepish but ready expression, wearing his orange-and-red horizontally striped t-shirt and dark green pants, gripping his pixelated light-green sword. To Skel's right, Jack stands with his large orange jack-o'-lantern head and dark brown body suit, one orange mitten-like hand raised in a fist of resolve. All three face the viewer in a united, determined lineup. The scene is set in a warmly lit indoor room with wooden cabinets and a lantern hanging above. The right ~40% of the image is plain pale background with no detail.

Skel is back, a big grin on his skull. "So," he says. "Dirt is fine, is it?" Zom looks at his feet. Jack looks at the wall. "I will help," says Skel. "From this day on, we all sweep and scrub. No being lazy. Deal? " Zom gets a mop. Jack gets a cloth. This time, nothing falls.

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