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There once was a boy who lived in a house. 

That boy was named Hale and he had a big 

back yard. But when it became Summer, Hale 

hated it. Hale hated bugs that he was scared 

by just touching the shell of a bug. His big 

brother, Kay, liked to tease Hale by picking up 

a shell of a bug and throw it at Hale. Kay was 

the total opposite of Hale and he loved 

bugs.Hale knew he had to do something so 

one day, he crept through the back yard but 

hopelessly, he screamed and ran back to the 

house. Hale's mother knew she had to do 

something too so she thought of lots of ways 

like presenting a lady bug to Hale for his 

birthday but Hale did not even look at the 

bug. One day, Hale's mother was cleaning up 

when she found a diary book. It was the diary 

book Hale used when he was about 6 years 

old. Hale's mother looked through the book. 

Then, suddenly, she found a page that said, 

"The Day I started to hate bugs. Hale's 

mother started to read it. The recount goes 

like this.

          The Day I Started to Hate Bugs

On October 14th, my dad, Kay and I went 

walking around our house. It was in mid 

Summer and I was running down the road 

when I suddenly stepped on something. It was 

a Cicada flat under my shoes. Then suddenly, 

another Cicada landed on my back. I screamed 

and I fainted. When I woke up, I was in my 

house resting in the bed. My dad was glad that 

I came to. He gave me the lunch I had missed 

because of the long faint.

From that day on, I started to hate bugs.

Hale's mother finally knew the reason why 

Hale hated bugs. She talked about it with Hale. 

She tried to persuade him to at least have a 

nice look at a bug. She offered Hale ten dollar 

for taking care of a bug but even so, Hale did 

not even look at a bug. The next day was 

Kay's birthday so Kay's mother and father 

presented him 10 bugs. Five from mom and 

five from dad. Hale was a bit jealous but he 

kept it to himself. Hale's mother was still 

thinking how to let Hale like bugs. Suddenly, 

she had the perfect idea.

Hale's mother bought a lady bug for a pet and 

made a hole in an apple. Then, she put the 

lady bug in the apple and taped the apple on 

the tree. Then, she called Hale to pick some 

apples from the apple tree. Hale went to pick 

some apples in the back yard. Just as Hale's 

mother hoped, Hale picked the apple that had 

the lady bug inside. After that, Hale started to 

clean it. While cleaning the apples, he found a 

hole in an apple. He looked in it and found a 

small lady bug. But Hale did not scream or run. 

He just stared at it for more than a minute. 

Then,

suddenly, broke the apple into two pieces and 

let the lady bug out. He touched it and felt it. 

Then, he broke into a laughter. He asked his 

parents if he could keep it. His parents 

encouraged him to play with more other bugs. 

That is how he started to love bugs. Since Kay 

did not know that Hale started to love bugs he 

tried to tease Hale again and showed him a 

butterfly but Hale only thanked Kay and took 

the butterfly. Kay was shocked. 30 years past. 

Now, Hale was an adult. He even studied bugs. 

He studied

a lot and finally, he became famous for 

studying bugs. Hale still remembered that time 

when he stared at the lady bug. He said "The 

Golden Apple that changed my life, I will thank 

my mother and father for changing my life. 

That is the story of a boy who hated bugs 

when he was a kid and loved bugs when he is 

an adult. 

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