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