Farm Food Chains

"Everything on the farm needs food," said Suzy. "Let's follow a food chain."

"Where does it start?" asked Little Thunder.

"With the sun," said Spike. "The sun helps grass and plants grow. Plants are called producers."

A grasshopper hopped onto a blade of grass. Munch, munch.

"The grasshopper eats the grass," said Suzy. "That makes it a consumer."

Then a frog leapt out and gobbled the grasshopper.

"The frog eats the grasshopper," said Spike. "It's a consumer too."

A kookaburra swooped down from a gum tree. It looked at the frog. The frog hopped away into the dam just in time!

"Phew!" said Little Thunder.

"The kookaburra is near the top of the chain," said Suzy.

Little Thunder looked at a pile of old leaves. "What about these?"

"Worms and beetles break them down," said Spike. "They're decomposers. They make the soil rich so new plants can grow."

Delhi the cow munched some grass. "So I'm a consumer!"

"We all are," said Little Thunder.