If a Mantis Finds a Fly in the Sky

There once was an African mantis named Jade
Who laid quietly in wait for a bug in the shade.
She focused her eyes, of which she had five
Looking for spiders, crickets-even a beehive.
She wiggled her antennae and looked in the sky
Where she saw birds and bats and one blue fly. ...


Read this tale, which is based on a true story, to see what happens when a mantis finds a fly...