Sparkle at home with Fred

As I waited for Freds smiling face to emerge from the back of the cat bus this afternoon, I was greeted instead with that of a lovely giraffe, Sparkle.

 

Fred was very excited to have him home and couldnt stop telling me all about him, and how he wanted to make him a bed and play with him, and exploded into endless chatter about ALL the things they were going to do together!

 

Sparkle has indeed had a lovely time at our place with many adventures - Frederick has written in his book about one adventure on his bike with Sparkle  - and I thought that I would write about another one.

 

 

 

Sparkle, the bush and the Tiger

 

One hot day Sparkle went for a bush walk with his freind Fred.  The bush was lovely and cool.  Fred showed Sparkle his favourite swing.  Sparkle loved to swing under the big trees.  This gave him an idea....  He decided that they should go on a bush walk to find the tallest tree in Fred's bush.

 

As they set off, they heard a rustling in the bushes and then out pounced a growling tiger!  AHHHH  

 

Both Fred and Sparkle ran as fast as they could.  But it was no use the tiger was very fast and soon caught up to them.  He was a freindly tiger and he was not alone - he was there with Jack, Fred's brother. 

 

So the 4 friends set off together to find the tallest tree.

 

The saw lots of trees - some of them very tall - but they felt sure that there was an even taller tree somewhere.  So they carried on walking and soon they came upon a giant of a tree - a Totara by the stream.  It was a beauty and it even had its own special bridge beside it.  

 

Sparkle could only reach the branches of this tall tree if he jumped really really high!  Tiger tried to walk over the bridge but slipped and fell into the water below, which was fine as he enjoyed the swim on this hot day.

 

Fred, Jack, Sparkle and Tiger all had a great adventure in the bush, and are looking forward to many more to come!

 

 

 

Natalie-Jane