...............I#m in Dingley Wood. I#m by the river. There#s no water in the river. The fish will die, Peter said quickly
Could I have your name please? Said the voice. And your age?
My name#s Peter Smith. I#m nine today. It#s my birthday, he answered.
Help will come quickly, said the voice.
Hello, can I help you? Said the same voice. The voice was next to him! Peter dropped the telephone, and looked, and looked!
Next to him was a very big blue hippopotamus! It was on a very small bike. It was a bike with three wheels. The hippopotamus was wearing a very small red hat. Peter thought that he looked very strange.
Can I help you?
Y-Y-Yes, look at the river. There#s no water, Peter said.
Have you got any chewing gum please? Asked the hippopotamus. And, I#ll need some fishing hooks and some string.
Why? Asked Peter.
The chewing gum is for me, I love chewing gum. The fishing hooks and string will help the fish. Peter fetched the fishing hooks and the string from his special box.
The very, very old chewing gum did not look very nice. But the hippopotamus was happy with it. He said: When we have water, the pieces of string will be worms. The fishing hooks will be small fish. Big fish can eat worms and small fish. There WILL be water here. Don#t be afraid. The river will be better. The fish won#t die.
You#re big and fat. You don#t look very clever. But you ARE kind. You ARE clever. Thank you, said Peter.
I feel very tired now. This is A VERY STRANGE DAY. I#ve walked a long way. I#ll sit by this tree and have a small sleep. He slowly closed his eyes.
Next week Wake up Peter
age věk: stáří
bike hovor. kolo
fat tlustý, tučný: tuk
hippopotamus hroch
next příští, další: příště
same stejný, týž
there#s = there is je: there are jsou
wheels kola: a wheel kolo
won#t = will not - I will not nebudu
Y-Y-yes ano
sit sedět: sit down sednout si
spell hláskovat: správně psát
that#s = that is to je
think myslet
when kdy, když, až
why proč
young mladý
# Keith Painter 1998
