Chirps and Twitters,
Feathered branch sitters,
Watching and waiting,
In stillness, they're baiting
From The Pesky Fly

When a young boy accidentally knocks over his railroad trying to shoo a fly away, he takes time to examine the pesky insect: it's see-through wings, skinny legs and big eyes that mom says are really a bunch of little eyes.  ("So many, I bet they could read, if they really tried.")  The fly buzzes and the boy talks.  Eventually, he learns a secret about flies that most of us never knew!

Fully illustrated by the author.

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Excerpt from The Pesky Fly

Sometimes my paint spills,
Sometimes my shoes come untied,
Sometimes I'm last in line for the slide,
Sometimes my sand castle crumbles and falls,
Sometimes a bug just really bugs,
Sometimes I need a lot of hugs.

     The little black dot doubled back.  "Bzzz!" It said and circled him.

     "Go Away, pesky fly."

     Elliot waved his arm to shoo it away and like a wave he never saw coming, his rails bridge and train fell into the golden sea.

     "Oh, no!  Swim for your lives!" Elliot yelled to the passengers.

     "Bzzz," whispered the pesky fly as it flew over the mess.