Luca’s Giant’s Missing Sock
A giant has lost his sock, and it’s the size of a house! Can small Luca find it?
Every morning, the giant Mabel woke up in a good mood. But one morning, Mabel woke up in a very bad mood. ‘My sock!’ she roared. ‘My left sock is MISSING!’
The ground shook. The birds flew off. In the village below, Luca the little bird and Bear the bee felt the whole street wobble. ‘What is that?’ asked Bear. ‘It’s the giant,’ said Luca. ‘I think he needs help.’
They climbed up the hill and shouted as loudly as they could. ‘GIANT Mabel! What does your sock look like?’ The giant bent down. It was like looking up at a mountain. ‘It’s red and stripy,’ she sniffled. ‘And very, very big.’
So Luca and Bear set off to look for a red, stripy sock the size of a house. They looked in the barn. No sock. They looked under the bridge. No sock. ‘Hmm,’ said Luca, thinking hard.
Then Luca spotted something red and stripy near a tower. It was the sock! And it was being used already, because it makes a good nightcap for the tower. ‘It’s a really good sock,’ said Bear.
Luca had an idea. ‘We can’t take the sock away from everyone,’ he said. ‘But the giant can have the next one we make!’ The villagers knitted day and night, and soon had a brand-new giant-sized sock.
The giant was so happy that he picked up Luca and Bear and gave them a ride on his shoulders. ‘Thank you, little ones!’ he said. And the old sock stayed where it was, and everybody was snug.
The little lesson
Big problems can have small solutions, if you use your brain.
Let’s talk about it
- What was the funniest place the sock turned up?
- Why do you think Luca was a good problem solver?
Finish stories to collect Luca as a sticker in your Sticker Book.
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