ANNA LITWILLER — STAFF

Miranda rushed past her mom and out the back door to feel the rain splashing down. The cool droplets were refreshing after several weeks of Texas heat. Miranda thought her plants might enjoy the showers, too. So she brought them outside to the deck for some water.

Before she went to bed that night, Miranda went to bring the plants back inside, but there was a spiderweb blocking her way. The web was so big that she couldn’t even go around it! Miranda didn’t want to hurt the spider, but she did think it might be safer in another place. So she found a stick and encouraged the spider to jump onto it. Then she carefully took the spider to a different part of the deck where it could start building another web.