On a rainy Saturday, Jamal 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. Sana came over. ‘Let’s take it for a ride!’
Jamal sat on the saddle and Sana 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. Suki looked at them and made a rumbling sound. It was crying. A tear rolled down its cheek.
‘What’s wrong?’ asked Jamal. Suki pointed with a huge nose to a tiny egg that had rolled into a muddy ditch. It was too deep for Suki to reach, but just right for Jamal’s small hands.
Jamal climbed down and carefully lifted the egg. Sana held Jamal’s hand to pull him out. Suki 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. Suki gave Jamal a feather as long as a broom. Then the bicycle bell rang by itself. ‘Time to go home,’ said Sana. 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 Sana.
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 Jamal help Suki?
Finish stories to collect Jamal as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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