Fun Facts About Dr. Cactus and the Prickly Pear Cactus on the Giant Slide

by Avery Easter, Lily Morris, Jurnee Otis, and Maira Bhatia

There once was a cactus bee who was a doctor and had an office on Belle Isle Beach. She helped other cactus bees when they hurt their legs. 

Once they were healed, they could touch strawberries and burgers and pizza and watermelon and popsicles. On the beach, they saw people, other cactus bees, and ice cream trucks. They could hear kids laughing and screaming, and they could taste sausages and popsicles. 

The cactus bees were good friends with the prickly pear cactus, who they helped to pollinate. The prickly pear cactus is sandy, loves to grow, is purple and pink, and makes delicious candy!

Once the doctor bee helped all the other bees, they could go on the giant slide on Belle Isle. This is the story of the first day of spring, when all of the cactus bees could go on the slide together . . . 

They spent the whole day on the slide. And they were laughing and they were screaming and they were having so much fun with their friends. Then, they got hungry so they went looking for some pollen to eat. And they found a really big prickly pear cactus that everybody could eat from. So they ate and ate and ate until everybody was full. Then they went back to the slide for more fun. They went home where their parents were waiting to hear about their day. Their parents could tell they were so happy!