Short Story for Kids written by: Mariache (Nicaragua)
Our three friends lived in the jungle. They used to spend al the day exploring the field, and then slept huddled up each other at night.
Napoleon, the dog, used to spend the day trying to catch any lizard; Boy-boy, the cat, ran behind colorful butterflies, and Bubu, the badger, looked for honeycombs inside the trees, and for insects, that he really liked, over the ground.
One day, heard a strange noise, it seemed to be an engine, besides, they also heard voices. But, who could that be? nobody could reach that part of the jungle.
Those noises intrigued them, so approached the place where the voices were coming from, and heard:
“We will be fine here! – a voice said – “It´s a good place to wait for the animals, I can appreciate many tracks”.
Napoleon, Bubu adn boy-boy left the place sealthily, afraid of being discovered, horrified with what they had just heard and discover.
After recovering themselves, Napoleon said: “What a horror! those are ilegal hunters!! I heard that those take savages cats, monkeys, parrots, toucans and other animals from the jungle, to sell them later at the edge of the road!”.
“Oops!!thanks goodness I´m a almost a pet cat, you are not in danger, Napoleon, you are a normal dog, but Bubu is a badger, and they might have interest for him”. Then, looking to Bubu said:
“Well Bubu, we have to hide you, but not too far from us!!”
“Do not go to look for honecombs far from here! We have to stay together, this way Boy-boy and I will protect you” – Napoleon said.
Then were more relaxed and slept all together.
When it got daylight, Bubu could not resist the temptation of going to look for some honey. So, went to the tree sightly..ad suddenly…BAAAANG!, felt a rope around his neck and heard terrified a voice saying: “Look what I have! I badger!”
“That is much money, I know somepne who would pay a good prize for this animal”
Another voice said: “So, let´s go, we will be on the road selling parrots, toucans, a leopard baby and this badger before midday”.
Napoleon and Boy were afraid when noticed that Bubu was not coming back. Decided to look for him.
Napoleon was smelling everything around searching for any track, while Boy-boy followed him. The track took them until the ilegal hunters campsite.
When they arrived, heard a baby leopard crying, parrots screaming, toucans shouting and could hear them putting Bubu, with his legs tied, inside the back of the car.
Without thinking about it, Boy-boy jumped into the car and napoleon ran after him, because his friends were inside.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Click to read: THE ADVENTURES OF THE DOG, THE BADGER AND THE CAT (SECOND PART)
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