[SOUND] Well, hello there.
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I'm Lil MIss Hot Mess from Drag Queen Story Hour, and I'm so
excited to share a book with you today.
Worm Loves Worm by J J Austrian and
Mike Curato, published by Balzer and Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins children's.
Shall we get started?
Worm loves Worm by J J Austrian and Mike Curato.
Worm loves worm.
Let's be married, said worm to worm.
Yes, answers worm, let's be married.
How many of you ever been to a wedding before?
How many of you been in a wedding?
Pretty exciting.
Wait, says cricket.
You'll need someone to marry you.
That's how it's always been done.
I'll marry you.
Now can we be married, asked worm.
Wait, says beetle, you gotta have a best beetle.
Naturally, that would be me.
Have you ever seen a beetle or a grasshopper at a wedding?
Now can we be married, asks worm.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait say the bees.
You need bride's bees.
Can we be the bride's bee please, please, please?
Yes, says worm.
But now can we be married?
You'll need rings to wear on your fingers, says cricket.
That's how it's always been done.
Do worms have fingers?
What do you think?
But we don't have fingers, says worm.
We can wear them like belts, says worm.
Wonderful, says worm.
Now can we be married?
What do you think, are they ready?
Just make sure you have a band so we can dance, says beetle.
But we don't have feet to dance with, says worm.
We can just wiggle around, says worm, like this.
Can I see your best wiggle?
[SOUND] Excellent.
Fun, says worm.
Now can we be married?
But you still need a white dress, a tuxedo, a top hat,
lots and lots of flowers, and a cake with frosting, say the bees.
But we don't have heads for hats, says worm.
Or hands to hold flowers.
And we only eat dirt, says worm.
Wait, says spider.
I can attach the hat and flowers to you with my sticky web.
Thank you, says worm and worm, wow.
But who will eat the cake, asked the bees.
I can eat the cake along with cricket and beetle, says spider.
What did you say, asked cricket and beetle.
Nothing, says spider with a smile.
Now can we be married, asks worm.
But which one of you is the bride, asked the bees.
How can we be bride's bees if we don't know who the bride is?
I can be the bride, says worm.
I can too, says worm.
Have any of you ever been to a wedding with two brides?
Pretty special?
But one of you has got to be the groom.
Or how can I be?
That was the wrong voice.
But one of you has got to be the groom, or how can I be best beetle,
asked the beetle.
I can be the groom, says worm.
I can too, says worm.
We can be both.
Have any of you been to a wedding with two grooms?
Also pretty cool.
Amazing, says spider.
Really, asked beetle and the bees.
Wait, says cricket, that isn't how it's always been done.
Well, then we'll just have to change how it's done, says worm.
Yes, says worm.
How many of you have ever wanted to change something?
Maybe you don't want homework.
Maybe you wanna change your bedtime.
Maybe you wish someone acted a little differently.
Or you wish people recycled more.
Sometimes it can be pretty important to stand up for yourself and
make a little bit of change.
And so they were married,
because worm loves worm.
The end.
That was Worm Loves Worm by J J Austrian,
illustrated by Michael Curato.
I'm Little Miss Hot Mess from Drag Queen Story Hour.
And we're so grateful to Harper Collins children's and Balzer and
Bray for letting us read this wonderful story to you.
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So have a fabulous day, and I'll see you in the next worm wedding.
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