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1
“That
was a cool storm last night.” Said Greg.
“Cool?”
Replied Chuck. “We all could have been blown away to Spain, and I
can't talk French!”
“We're
all fine now.” Reassured Alice. “A few things might have been
blown over in the garden though. Let's go have a look.”
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2
Alice,
Greg and Chuck and a couple of other children are in the garden
looking at a wire fence that's been squashed by a fallen branch.
A
large branch had snapped off a tree and had fallen onto the fence
below.
“That
could have squashed me flat. It could have squashed everybody if we
had lined up just right.” Said Chuck.
“Hmm.
There seems to be hair caught in the fence.” Said Alice as she
inspected it. “Like an animal has got through, but what sort?”
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The
children are talking in a group. There is a donkey amongst them.
“There
is no way that any animal could possibly have got in.” Said Chuck
firmly. “There are only children in this nursery.”
“Chuck,
who's the new person? The hairy one with a leg at every corner?”
Asked Princess.
The
children saw the donkey.
“Brilliant!
It can be our new pet.” Declared Greg to cheers from all but one of
the children.
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“No”
Said Alice. “We just can't keep it. The Beastmaster will tell you
why.”
“It'll
need a name, some food and some water.” Said the Beastmaster. “And
a bed and some pyjamas.”
“Donk
Donk!” Shouted Tiny.
“And
we can give it fruit from our snack, and help it make a nest.”
Suggested Princess.
“And
where will we get donkey pyjamas from?” Asked Alice. “No. I'm off
for my dancing lesson now and when I get back I want that donkey
gone.”
And
with that, Alice left.
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“Let's
keep Donk Donk!” Shouted all the children once they knew Alice was
out the way. Alice was very clever but didn't appreciate how much fun
doing something really daft was.
“Look!”
Shouted Tiny from near the back of the animal. “It laid eggs!”
We
see that the “eggs” that the donkey has just laid are not eggs,
but round lumps of donkey poo.
“We'll
need to keep those safe.” Said Princess. “We'll put them in her
nest when We've built it.”
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The
donkey couldn't have been very tired as it showed no interest in the
nest that the children had built for it.
The
nest is a very child made affair and is situated at the top of the
climbing frame. The donkey is totally uninterested.
“It
probably wants to play first.” Said The Beastmaster.
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Top
of page: The donkey is seen standing in a sandpit with the same
uninterested expression as before.
Bottom
of Page: The donkey is seen with it's bottom being lifted up by a
see-saw. It still looks uninterested.
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Top
of page: The donkey is at the top of the slide as bored as before.
There seems no way it could have gotten up.
Bottom
of Page: Princess is pushing the donkey in a pram. It is not a good
fit.
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9
The
Beastmaster suddenly shouted “Stop!” Causing half the children to
stop and the other half to walk into the ones who had stopped. “He's
hungry now. We need to take him inside for some snack.”
“Why
can't we bring some snack out here?” Asked Greg.
“Because
you have to eat snack at the table.” Replied Chuck. “It one of
the rules.”
“And
there's no rule saying you have to leave a donkey outside for snack.”
Added The Beastmaster.
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“That's
only because the grown ups didn't think we'd ever have a donkey.”
Said Greg. “And there is that rule they made up last week, “Don't
do anything that will set Mrs Peters off again”, so I think we'll
need clothes for a disguise.”
“Well.”
interrupted Greg, “We'll get into trouble if we get caught so we'll
just have to make the disguise so incredibly perfect nobody will ever
realise it's not a person.”
The
children all agreed the disguise was...
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11.
PERFECT!
The
donkey in disguised quite terribly as a female member of staff.
Droopy, half pulled up tights, skirt over back 2 legs, floppy hat,
etc.
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The
children took the donkey to the snack table. It munched its way
through the fruit in a frenzy of teeth and donkey dribble.
“Wow!”
Said Princess. “She eats like Mrs Peters!””
The
Beastmaster declared “Donkeys usually like to go and read a book
after eating.”
And
with that, they all went off to the book corner.
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“I'm
back! I did very...why on Earth is there a donkey in the room when I
said I wanted it gone!!” Cried Alice.
Alice
was very clever, but she could be extremely bossy.
She
went on. “I know the Head Teacher, Miss Pump, can't see too well
but even she...”
“EVEN
SHE WHAT?!” Came the booming voice from across the room.
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“...even
she couldn't have missed our new student teacher arrive.”
improvised Alice quickly. “Have you met Miss Don...er...Miss Donna
Key. She's just about to read us all a story.”
Miss
Pump squinted through her glasses at the donkey.
“Donna
Key?” She said. “Why do her ears poke through her hat, and why is
she plastered in bits of apple?”
“She's
Mrs Peter's daughter” Explained Alice.
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“Mrs
Peter's daughter eh?” Said Miss Pump looking at the pile of brown
'donkey eggs' that were now behind the donkey. “That explains it.”
“Never
mind Miss Key. That happens to us all the first time we read to a
class. Alice...” Said the teacher, “Could you show Miss Key where
the bathrooms are please?”
Alice
quickly took the donkey away.
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Miss
Pump is pictured along with several members of staff. The staff are
stressed out under-paid zombie like people with frazzled hair and
starey eyes.
“Lot's
of legs on that Donna Key girl. And big floppy ears.” Thought Miss
Pump out loud. “Donna Key. Hmm. Don...key. DONKEY!! That was a
donkey!
The
Head Teacher turned to the other members of staff.
“Find
that donkey!!”
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We
see all the staff searching around the room. Alice takes it behind a
painting easel.
Alice
told the donkey. “You are a lovely thing, but the grown ups are
right for once. You'd take a lot of looking after so we just can't
keep you, but If I get caught with you now I'll be in huge trouble.”
“I
need to sneak you back to your field past all the grown ups looking
for...” Alice paused as the idea suddenly came to her. “...looking
for a donkey, but I've got a plan!”
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“We'll
get you out of these silly clothes.” Said Alice as she undressed
the donkey. “Then I'll disguise you as...”
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The
donkey is now painted to look like a zebra.
Alice
led the freshly painted donkey through the nursery, past all the
franticly searching staff.
“Just
a zebra.” Sighed Miss Pump as the animal passed her.
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Close
up of Miss Pump.
“Wait
a second!” She shouted out. “If anything a zebra in nursery is
even worse than a donkey!!”
“ALICE!!!”
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Alice
helped the donkey over the branch and flattened fence back into it's
field.
“It'll
soon wash off.” Alice told the donkey. “And if you ever want a
stroke or a pat you just need to stick your head over the fence.
The
donkey seemed to understand. It's nursery experience was fun, but it
missed it's own field, water trough, and running round with no
clothes on.
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As
Alice went back to the staff had given up trying to find donkeys or
zebras and had found some cups of tea, with the biscuits they kept
for emergencies.
Alice
had expected the other children to be sad without their new pet, but
Tiny explained why they weren't.
“Don't
need Donk Donk” Explained Tiny. “Just wait more donkeys.” Said
Tiny.
“And
where are more donkeys going to come from?” Asked Alice.
So
Tiny told her. “From...”
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“...EGGS!”
We
see the children are all holding “donkey eggs”. The whole of the
nursery is also covered in brown lumps, from the playhouse roof to
the book shelves.
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