Rex's Adventure

Rex was a termite who lived with his parents, the king and queen of the colony and about 1,000 brothers and sisters. A small but close family. Rex loved to explore and learn new things but his mother was always telling him to stay home with the eggs and nymphs (baby termites). He hated being the babysitter but as one of the termite workers it was his duty.
One day Rex got one of his sisters to watch the eggs and nymphs for him so he could go exploring. Shortly after leaving the termite hole and sneaking past the guards he was walking through a forest of grass. He took a deep breath, "Ah, freedom" he said as he exhaled. He wanted to see what the world looked like from higher up so he hurriedly climbed the nearest blade of grass. It was windy up there. Rex had only heard about wind from his brothers and sisters that worked in the wood tunnels but never felt it himself. He liked it and wanted to never come down from that swaying blade of grass.
Then to his shock and horror, he heard a loud "Sshriiiiiiek!" There was a bird flying over his head that had spotted him! Rex had never felt so much fear. He hurried down the blade of grass, practically jumping, and started running as fast as his six little leg would take him. The bird lost interest and few by. "Whew, I thought I was a goner."
"Why would you be a goner?" asked a strange voice.
"Where are you? Who are you?" Rex replied.
"Who I am and where I am do not matter. Who you are and where you are do matter. So little one, who are you? Where are you?"
Rex thought for a minute, he didn't like being asked questions by a stranger he could not see and who didn't answer his questions. "I am Rex the termite. Can I please see who is talking to me?"
There was some rustling of the grass and then a huge green bug steps into his view. Rex didn't know if he should try to run or not.
"Don't run" said the green bug, "I wont hurt you. I know I look big and scary but I'm not, I promise."
Rex and the bug start talking. The green bug told him he was called a june bug but his name was Earl. Earl asked what Rex was doing out on his own and Rex told him everything that had happened that morning.
"You like feeling the wind you said? Do you want to feel wind like you've never felt it?" Earl asked.
"Yes! How?"
"I can fly. Here, climb up just behind my head and hold on tight." Earl got down as low as he could as Rex climbed on. Off they went! Rex could hardly breathe they were going to fast. He looked down and saw the grass forest zoom by, the pile of wood his family got food from and he saw what he thought to be a flower. He asked Earl if it was a flower and he said it was. It was beautiful, all of it. Rex was so happy he went exploring that day.
Earl dropped Rex off just a little ways from his home so he could sneak back in without drawing attention to himself by being flown in.
"Until tomorrow?" asked Earl.
"Tomorrow" smiled Rex.
That was the beginning of a life long friendship between the june bug, Earl and the termite, Rex.