Flicker was a firefly. He loved his freedom more than anything else. Once, he was flying near a river. Suddenly, he heard a scary noise while flying through the tall trees there. But he could not see anything suspicious. Flying past the tall oak trees, Flicker reached a little shack. A man was sitting there carving a piece of wood. He glanced up at the glowing Flicker. Suddenly, the man grabbed the poor firefly and put him in a jar. “I have got you at last! Now you will glow for me,” he said. He took the firefly to his home and placed the jar on the windowsill. Flicker glowed occasionally, but ultimately felt tired. Exhausted, he fell to the bottom of the jar. When the man opened the lid to see why he was not glowing, Flicker took a deep breath and zoomed out of the jar, away, away, away…! He was free, at last!
The Pleasure of Freedom
