A young girl named Jacqueline touches a light bug and disappears after turning into a mermaid. Her friends go searching for her by car, boat, and on foot around a waterfall and hill. They finally find Jacqueline watching fireworks from the top of a hill and are happy to have their lost friend back.

1. A Storybird
A Lost Friend.
by M. Holt

2. A Storybird
A Lost Friend.
By
M. Holt
Illustrated by
Nidhi Chanani
Published on
April 16, 2012
© Storybird 2012. All rights reserved. Not for resale.

3. Jacqueline was looking at
the light bugs one night.
She was trying to touch
one to see what it felt
like.

4. Jacqueline touched a
little light bug and she
turn to mermaid…

5. …and then *POOF*,
Jacqueline disappeared.

6. Her friends went looking
for her. They got in the
car and drove to the
water.

7. The three friends went
looking for Jacqueline at
the water fall. But they
couldn’t find her .

8. So Jacqueline’s friends went out on a boat
to look for her. They look and look for a
long time, but still they couldn’t find her.

9. Then Jacqueline’s
friend, Buddy, thinks to
climb up a tree to look
for her.

10. But still, they could not
find her!

11. The friends go to the top
of the hill to see if they
can find Jacqueline.
There they found her, on
top of the hill. The
friends watched the
fireworks together.

12. After they finished
watching the fireworks all
the friends went back
home. They were all
laughing, and happy to
have their friend back.

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