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