Sarah's Great Adventure
We first meet Sarah Squirrel while she is searching through the leaves on the forest floor for her breakfast one
crisp autumn morning. As you would expect, she is a bright-eyed
and bushy-tailed young squirrel who is very curious about the world
around her. She is also a very adventurous squirrel who is eager to go out and see new things and make new friends! And, she's a very hard-working squirrel, as you
will find out when you see her house -- the one she built all by herself. We also
meet her uncle Stanley and cousin Sheila, who live nearby.
Some
of Sarah's other friends are out looking for breakfast.
Mr. Robin is very busy looking through the leaves, and a couple of
colorful woodpeckers are at work on tree trunks. The doves are
decorating the neighborhood with their beautiful feathers. One day, Sarah decides to visit her aunt Stephanie, who moved to the
city. The only problem is that Sarah has never been
to the city before. In fact, she has never been outside her own
neighborhood. For Sarah, her journey to the big city will be a
Great Adventure!
First she goes to find her cousin Skip, who lives
in the big tree by the river, because he knows the way. He gives
her careful directions and she sets out to explore the big, wide world
on her way to find Aunt Stephanie.
As she travels through the countryside she sees many beautiful and
friendly creatures, including some she has never seen before. She
stops to see her friends the geese as they have lunch
down by the pond.
She has only seen them flying gracefully
through the sky overhead before, so she is delighted to see how
beautiful they are up close. She has to laugh when she watches
them waddling along on their funny big feet. But when she sees them
swimming she finds out that they are just graceful there as they are
when they are flying!
She would like to stay longer, but she has to hurry on her way if she
is to get to town and back by sundown. She says goodbye to the
geese and heads out again, making her way out of the forest and over
the fields.
Soon she comes across a family of deer grazing in a field. They
are very beautiful, but they move so quickly that Sarah isn't sure she
will be able to get close enough to say hello. A couple of shy
deer stop near the edge of the field to visit with Sarah, though.
They are surprised to meet such a bold and adventurous squirrel, and
they wish her well on her journey.
In another field nearby Sarah encounters something very new. This
field has a fence built all around the outside! Inside, she meets
a small herd of cows. They seem to be very contented. In
fact, they seem to be so contented that Sarah has to agree with her
Uncle Stanley, who told her that cows are lazy!
Sarah hurries on her way, and soon comes to another fenced field.
This one is much smaller, and only two animals live there. Sarah
has never seen a horse before, but they seem very kind and become friends after only a few
minutes of conversation. Although she is much too polite to let
them know, she thinks they have funny noses! They are very
interested in Sarah's adventure, and they wish her well on her journey.
When she gets to town, she sees many things she has never even heard
of! Lots of cars and trucks and people and dogs and even machines
that fly! All the new sights and sounds are very exciting, but so
many
things happen at once it can be a little confusing to a young squirrel
from the country. How will she ever find her Aunt Stephanie in a place so
busy?
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