On a rainy Saturday, Ella was tidying the shed when she found an old bicycle under a sheet. It was covered in dust, with a bell shaped like a clock. Luca came over. ‘Let’s take it for a ride!’
Ella sat on the saddle and Luca jumped up behind. They rang the bell, ding-a-ling, and pedalled out into the garden. The air started to swirl. The garden turned into a blur of colours. WHOOSH!
When the swirling stopped, they were in a steamy green jungle. Giant ferns towered above them. Strange birds called in the trees. Then the ground shook, thump, thump, thump.
Out from behind a tree stepped a dinosaur! It was as big as a bus, with a long neck and a kind face. Dylan looked at them and made a rumbling sound. It was crying. A tear rolled down its cheek.
‘What’s wrong?’ asked Ella. Dylan pointed with a huge nose to a tiny egg that had rolled into a muddy ditch. It was too deep for Dylan to reach, but just right for Ella’s small hands.
Ella climbed down and carefully lifted the egg. Luca held Ella’s hand to pull her out. Dylan took the egg back, as gently as a feather. A happy rumble echoed through the trees.
‘Thank you,’ the dinosaur’s eyes seemed to say. Dylan gave Ella a feather as long as a broom. Then the bicycle bell rang by itself. ‘Time to go home,’ said Luca. They pedalled away, waving.
They popped back into the shed, with the rain still tapping on the roof. The bicycle was just a bicycle again. But on the saddle sat a feather as long as a broom. ‘Same time next Saturday?’ grinned Luca.
The little lesson
Curiosity takes you to amazing places, but care and kindness bring you home.
Let’s talk about it
- If you could travel back in time, where would you go?
- How did Ella help Dylan?
Finish stories to collect Ella as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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