On a rainy Saturday, Hugo was tidying the shed when he found an old bicycle under a sheet. It was covered in dust, with a bell shaped like a clock. Omar came over. ‘Let’s take it for a ride!’
Hugo sat on the saddle and Omar 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. Faye looked at them and made a rumbling sound. It was crying. A tear rolled down its cheek.
‘What’s wrong?’ asked Hugo. Faye pointed with a huge nose to a tiny egg that had rolled into a muddy ditch. It was too deep for Faye to reach, but just right for Hugo’s small hands.
Hugo climbed down and carefully lifted the egg. Omar held Hugo’s hand to pull him out. Faye 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. Faye gave Hugo a smooth green pebble. Then the bicycle bell rang by itself. ‘Time to go home,’ said Omar. 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 smooth green pebble. ‘Same time next Saturday?’ grinned Omar.
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 Hugo help Faye?
Finish stories to collect Hugo as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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