It is a very nice winter day in Gruntland. The school children go for a trip. They are very excited.
At home boys and girls put on hats, scarves and mittens, they take hot drinks and sandwiches.
There is a bus in front of the school. The children get on the bus. The trip starts.
– Hooray!
The bus goes on a snowy road. Suddenly it skids.
– Aaaaargh! shout the children. But Imp is a very good driver and he stops the bus which does a pirouette. They can go on, everybody is fine.
They get to an education center. The children visit an exhibition. Smily is at the end of the group. He looks at a photo of a funny monkey with a long nose. He laughs.
Arnica, the teacher calls Smily to come to her. Nosy, his brother says:
– He always laughs at my nose.
– You shoudn’t laugh at others, says Arnica, it is bad.
The children go out to play in the snow. They have a snowball fight, they make snow angels and even climb the trees.
Suddenly a blizzard starts. Smily hides in a bush. Arnica calls the children to get on the bus. He can’t hear her and he stays there.
The bus leaves. The children move inside the bus and the teacher can’t count them. When the children finally sit down Arnica sees that someone is missing. Nosy notices that Smily is not there.
– My brother is missing! he shous. The bus returns.
In the meantime Smily notices he is alone. He is scared.
– Where is everybody? he thinks.
He starts to cry. He is cold. He has got wet nose. His nose becomes red. It is frostbitten.
The bus comes back. The teacher gets of.
– Smily! she shouts.
Smiley can hear the teacher. He runs to her.
– I got lost! He cries. And my nose…
– It is frosbitten, big and red, says the teacher.
All the children laugh in the bus.
– Now you know how it feels when somebody laughts at you, says Arnica.
– Yes, says Smily and puts his head down.
This story was made up with my student Nikodem. The background is made by him and the bus is his toy. Thanks Nico!