Lucy's Story

A short story by Nick Renton's granddaughter, Lucy Seale, when aged 3:

The giraffe went to the elephant's house and the elephant had cake with the giraffe.

The hippopotamus went to the elephant's house with the giraffe and they had afternoon tea. They had biscuits, chocolate biscuits.

And then who came along was the pigeons. And then the enormous giant giraffe came. And then who came was polar bears and then who came was the turtle and then who came along was the fish. And they had afternoon tea and cake and biscuits.

And then they played with each other on the seesaw. And then along came the hedgehog and they all played on the seesaws and then they all jumped on the trampoline because the elephant had a trampoline.

Then who came along was the zebras and then who came along was the penguins and then they all jumped on the trampoline.

They were going somewhere else to have a picnic with their friends. And then somebody else came along who was called the pigs.