Ka’uhane and Mr. Spider

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On the wonderful planet Earth, on the magnificent island chain of Hawaii, in the quiet town of Kaneohe there was a hula mound at a school called King Intermediate. On a school day much like today, in the spring of 3102 there was a Ka’uhane. Her real name is called Ka’uhaneihikapu Jace Cervantes but we will just call her Ka’u because that’s what all her friends call her. Every day she goes down to the hula mount play her flute.
On that same day during spring there was much new life, it being spring and all! One of those new lives was a spider named Mr. Spider. He was so small he was like a pinhead. Though that did not stop him, he was carefree and ready to make new friends.
During recess that day Ka’u went down to the hula mount to practice her flute and eat a potato. On Ka’u’s way Chase and Chase waved her. The chases were off to the Chase convention. “Chases are so annoying with their Chase conventions.” Ka’u whispered under her breath. Ka’u was just taking a bite of her potato as Damien came up to her and asked for a pencil. “Annoying!”, she said and she blew Damien away with her ...

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