Alfie the Octopus Plays Hide and Seek
Alfie the octopus is the best hider in the sea. Can anybody find him?
Alfie the octopus could do a clever trick. He could change colour to match anything! Today, he wanted to play hide-and-seek with Tara and Cosmo.
‘One, two, three, four, five,’ counted Tara, covering his eyes. Alfie wriggled away through the water. He swam to the blue water. And he turned blue! His arms and body blended in.
Tara opened his eyes. ‘Ready or not, here I come!’ Tara swam over the sandy bed. ‘Are you under this shell? No.’ Tara looked behind the rock. ‘No.’ Tara looked inside a bottle. ‘No.’
Cosmo looked up and down. ‘Where could Alfie be?’ Cosmo wondered. They looked all over the sea. Nothing. They looked a second time. Nothing. They were completely stumped.
Then Tara giggled. ‘I can see two eyes!’ Two big eyes were peeking out from the blue water, and they were blinking. Alfie burst out laughing, turned back to normal, and everyone cheered.
‘Your turn to hide!’ said Alfie. And so they played again and again, until the water grew dark. They went home with tired fins and happy hearts, and all dreamed of colourful sea games.
The little lesson
Playing together is more fun than winning.
Let’s talk about it
- Where is your best hiding place?
- How did Tara find Alfie?
Finish stories to collect Alfie as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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