PIG DOG - The Journey

ELT plain text version adapted from an original story at:

pigdogtravels.blogspot.com

by Anthony Roland © 2012

PIG DOG's adventure began on the 14th July 2012.

He sat on his favourite tree stump. It was his fourth birthday.

He left his home on the stump and set off throughthe forest.

As he travelled, the sun shone and birds sang in the trees.

As hetravelled,PIG DOGlearnt to balanceon tree

branches.

After some practice, he was able to float over fernleaves.

He could also travel over bigger leaves as well.

After a long time travelling, he took a break on thecool ground.

He slept for 10 minutes and then 20 and then 30 andwhen he woke up it was morning time again.

The nextday, PIGDOG ate

some giant

fungus balls. They

made himso happy.

Then hecontinued

his journey.

Finally, he found a way out of the forest!

He saw a place called Shrewsbury on it and decided to go there.

First he bought a map and had a good look at it.

She drove him to the town centre and then lefthim there to do what he wanted.

A kind woman gave him a lift to Shrewsbury. She put him in the window so he could look out.

PIG DOGfelt

excited but

confused.He spent

some time walking

around.

The town was big. There were many bridges.

He knew it was

dangerous being so high up but he

liked thefeeling.

He stood on the

railings and

looked down.

Fish swam in the river below.

He was very

thirsty now.

In the forest he

drank rain water but

in the town he simply went to the shop.

Life here was very different.

PIG DOG read a sign. It said 'PUB. FOOD ALL DAY'. So he went in.

Inside the pub he met Mr. Diamond Geezer.

Mr. Diamond

Geezer got PIG DOG a

drink from the bar.

It tasted strange and PIG DOG became quite dizzy.

Then PIG DOG felt ill and ran to the toilet but found himself face to face with danger!

He kept silent but then Tin Bird spoke. "Are you a friend of Mr. Diamond Geezer," he asked.

PIG DOG thought quickly."Oh yes!", he replied.

After finishing in the toilet, PIG DOG went out and shut the door behind him but suddenly...

WAMM-BAMM! He was face to face with Dead Thing.PIG DOG held his breath.

"I'm from France,"

Dead Thing told PIG

DOG.

Dead Thing spoke in

English so PIG DOG

understood him.

"That's really cool," replied PIG DOG and they returned to the bar.

The four new friends hung out and chatted together.Happy times!

PIG DOG heard lots of their stories and Dead Thing taught everyone a little bit of French.

The evening came to an end and soon PIG DOG was back on the street.

He needed a quicker form of transport because walking was too slow.

He went to see a man who sold Magic Nana Boots but they cost too much money.

So he chose to buy his own set of wheels instead.

PIG DOG paid for his new car then drove around Shrewsbury.

It blew them backwards and forwards.

He stuck his head out of the window and let the wind blow against his ears.

Suddenly he saw something on the rode and hit the brakes. It was goldl!!!

He got out of the car to have a closer look.It was definitely gold which meant that he might be rich.

PIG DOG needed money but he didn't know what exactly to do next so he rang Mr. Diamond Geezer.

Mr. Diamond Geezer told PIG DOG about the Three Wise Penguins. So he threw the gold in the back of the

car and went to see them. The Three Wise Penguins sent PIG DOG to Bling Cat who loved gold.

Bling Cat wore a bell around his neck and

earrings and other

jewels lay at his feet.

PIG DOG showed him

the gold.

"Hey Bling Cat, how much will you give me for this?" asked PIG DOG.

After 4 days of negotiations, they came to an agreement of £900.

It was a fair price that meant nobody won and nobody lost either.

PIG DOG hid his money in the front of his car and left.

He lent Mr. Diamond

Geezer £15 and used

£175 to get a

room.

He rented a place with a

great view from the window.

He sat in the window and thought about his old life in the forest.

Then he fell asleep and dreamt about the forest.

In his dream, he balanced

on the plants

again.

He looked up at the

trees which

grew very very tall.

He dreamt about his parents.

It broke his heart to think they might be missing him.

In his dream, he brought them to the town in his new car.

He showed them his new life and they visited art galleries.

When PIG DOG woke up, his head hurt so he went for a run around town.

Humans built many strange objects and wrote lots of strange messages too.

There were no leaves or

branches but he could practise his

balancing skills on the

new objects.

He ran alongthis handrail.It was a lotof fun.

As he jumped

from one object to

another, he forgot about

his sad dream.

He did some balancing on some very thin objects too.

And he caught his

breath in this small

urban cave.

It was a cosy cave but there was some sharp metal too and he cut his foot on it - Ow!

Then PIG DOG saw a poster. It advertised 'The Weeble Balancing Dance Troop'.

He went and paid them a visit.

He talked to Elder Weeble. He asked her how Weebles could balance with such a round bottom.

Elder Weeble

laughed.

"My dear, Weebles

wobble but they don't fall down."

"See for yourself. Look!"

Balancing with the Weebles was fun. It definitely beat balancing on his own.

PIG DOG fought to control his happiness as the Weebles rode over one difficult object to another.

He was so happy that the colours

of a thousand rainbows

mixed together

and drew fantastic

shapes and patterns in his mind.

His body started to feel funny and his head began to spin.PIG DOG became veryvery dizzy. Then everythingwent dark ashe entered dream world...

SuddenlyPIG DOG

found himself face to face with

Big Blue.

Big Blue's massive eye sent PIG DOG into a trance. His big mouth looked very inviting so PIG DOG got inside.

This is just what Big

Blue wanted.

"YUMMY YUMMY!"

he thought as he bit into PIG

DOG's soft body.

For a long time nothing happened.

Then, up in the sky there was something.

It was yellow. It was red. It was PINK!!!

It was PIG DOG!!!

PIG DOG was back and he flew over Shrewsbury.

When he was in Big Blue's belly he stole a plane and taught himself how to operate the pedals.

PIG DOG was back to continue the

rest of his adventure.

THE ENDfor now...