Introduction
Hi, my stories are based on a wood with woodland creatures living in it but no ordinary animals here, as you will soon find out! Please see more on my website: www.passionatecreativity.home.blog
Meet the Animals
Hazel:Â
Animal: a squirrel obviously!
Description: Hazel is the main character. She is easily scared and likes peanuts more than acorns!
Gender: Female
Favourite friend: Badger
Badger:
Animal: Well a badger of course!
Description: Badger likes to eat acorns. He is short-sighted so quite clumsy!
Gender: Male
Favourite friend: Hazel
Borris:
Animal: wild boar
Description: Borris is a bully to everyone!
Gender: Male
Favourite friend: Eagle
Eagle:
Animal: Eagle
Description: Eagle is a bully to everyone!
Gender: Male
Favourite friend: Borris
Owl:
Animal: Owl
Description: Owl thinks of himself as very clever. His favourite food is miso soup
Gender: Male
Favourite friend: He is friends to all
Badger and the Great Glasses Vault
 Trouble in the Forest
It was a sunny day and Hazel was walking in the forest when she heard CRASH! and saw Badger on the floor next to a tree.
âAre you alright?â said Hazel.
âJust aboutâ replied Badger feeling a bit dazed.
âOK good I must continue my walk,â said Hazel. âBi!â
âBi bi!â replied Badger.
Continuing her walk, Hazel went 10 more steps and heard another CRASH!Borris boar appeared and said âHahaha the fool. He should learn what is air and trees!â
âThat’s so rudeâ shouted Hazel. She pulled a stone out of the ground and threw it at Borris. It hit him hard. âAnd you should try to tell the difference between Squirrel and stone!â she said. âAnyway, why do you keep crashing into trees Badger?â
âI donât know!â replied Badger
âHmm,â said Hazel âmaybe we need to get you an eye testâ
âOKâ said Badger âbut where can we go?â
âI know, how about Owl?â said Hazel
âOK then letâs go but how can we get there when I canât walk because I keep crashing?â
âOhâ said Hazel âI know. How about we use the power props in turbo?â
âWhat are power propsâ said Badger.
âSmall white boxes that work because there is a propeller in them which pushes the person who wears them slightly up to slow the fall, like parachutes but if I make the propeller go in turbo it will make you go upâ Hazel replied.
“So, I will be able to fly over trees?â said Badger.
âCorrect,â answered Hazel.
âBut how do I use them?â said Badger.
âJust put it like a back pack and press the green button to go up, press it again to come down, and press the red button to emergency stopâ said Hazel.
âOKâ said Badger putting it on.
âYes,â replied Hazel âyouâre doing it.â Soon Hazel heard the propeller prop going up âI hope you are not scared of heights, Badger!â shouted Hazel.
âNot reallyâ replied Badger.
After about 40 ft up Hazel saw Eagle âWATCH OUT,â she alerted Badger.
Eagle dived at the emergency stop button and hit it. Badger plummeted to the ground at 40 mph and in 10 seconds he hit the ground and felt very dazed.
âOh no,â said Hazel, and she threw a stone at Eagle.
âOW! I donât suppose Owl knows anything about first aid?â said Badger. Then Hazel and Badger heard Owl.
âI doâ he said.
âWell,â replied Hazel âcan we come to your tree house?â
âOf course.â replied Owl, âfollow me, but you might need to carry Badger.â
âOK,â said Hazel. Trying to lift Badger was impossible. âHe is too heavy,â said Hazel.
âOK then I can lift himâ said Owl. He stretched out his wings to lift Badger. It was easy for him. Then everyone went to Owlâs tree house.
Peanuts and Trees
At Owlâs tree house, Owl bandaged Badgerâs leg and said, âLetâs get that eye test done.â
âOK,â replied Badger.
âThis will involve looking at letters,â said Owl.
âAnd trying on strange glasses,â said Hazel.
âYes,â replied Owl âso letâs start – Â oh and Hazel, Â do you want your eyes tested?â
âWell why not?â replied Hazel.
âSo, shall we start?â Owl asked.
âYes,â said Badger.
âRight,â replied Owl âso first I want you to say what problems you have if any?â
âCrashing into trees,â said Badger.
âNot being able to see whether my peanuts are mouldy or fine, until I taste one that is!â said Hazel.
âBoth not nice to have I guess,â replied Owl.
âNoâ said Hazel and Badger.
âOK, now to see how you do in the letters and colours test.â
âWhy colours?â asked Badger.
âTo test for colour blindness which is where you canât see certain colours,â answered Owl.
âSo, you use the colours to test for that?â said Badger.
âYes,â replied Owl âso letâs start.â
Owl pushed a green button and a scroll with letters on it came down.
âRight,â said Owl âfirst up Badger. Now tell me what letters you see.â
âi, e, r, t, y, u, blur, blur, blurâ said Badger.
âOK,â said Owl ânow Hazel itâs your turn. Read the letters out to me.â
âOK,â said Hazel âe, r, t, o, x, z, iâ
âAce,â said Owl âyou got them all right Hazel, but Badger got none right but donât worry it can happen to anybody and itâs not competitive.â
âThanksâ said Badger. Owl pushed a button, this one was red. âNow time for colours,â said Owl. âHazel you go first this time.â
Hazel started âred, red, green, black, black, black.â
âRightâ said Owl. âNow, Badger your turn, just read the colours.
Badger started âred, blue, green, amber, black.â
âOK, now then put on these glasses and read the letters and colours.â
Hazel and Badger tried the glasses on different settings for hours, and then Owl said, âOK I shall check your results and while you wait go and choose some glasses, oh and you will need some sunglasses as well.â
The Great Glasses Vault
Owl placed a key in a key hole and turned it; then a door swung open. âTry as many as you like for as long as you like and when you find one you like bring it back here, OK?â
âSounds good to me,â said Badger and Hazel.
They both went in. Badger found a pair of goggle glasses âMaybe those are a bit strange,â said Badger âletâs keep looking.â
âOKâ said Hazel. They kept on looking. Hazel found a pair of automatic glasses. Badger tried them on and the second he touched them they jumped onto his face and the arms popped out.
âWell very clever,â said Badger âbut those are not right either.â He had another look and found a pair of invisible glasses.
Hazel read the notice âthe problem of the look when wearing glasses is over with the new invisible glasses. Once they are placed on they blend into the background so you canât see them but when you take them off they appear again.â
âWell,â said Badger, âI think those could be the right ones but how do we send them to Owl?â
âI guess you press this buttonâ replied Hazel. Pointing to an arrow button she pressed it, the pair of glasses shot out at 100 mph, then Hazel and Badger heard an electronic voice and it said, âthank you for purchasing the invisible glasses 1 – they will be sent to Owl shortly.â
âYes, instantlyâ said Badger.
Hazel found some heart-shaped sunglasses and pressed the button and Badger found some round sunglasses and pressed the button and then BOOM! a huge explosion caused Hazel and Badger to crash into the wall.
âNow I know how it feels like to crash into trees.â said Hazel.â Then an unpleasant smell filled the room.
âAnd I know what itâs like to smell all those rotten peanuts,â replied Badger.
âWell we found some glasses so letâs see Owl for our resultsâ said Hazel.
âOK,â said Badger.
Badger and Hazel went to see Owl.
Smoke Detectors and Exotic Contraptions
Owl was waiting for Badger and Hazel, wondering why they were so long. When he heard their story âWell yes, donât push 2 buttons at once because it overloads the system!â he said.
âYes,â said Badger.
âAnyway,â said Owl, âaccording to Badgerâs results he is short-sighted which makes him clumsy, and Hazelâs results show she is colour blind which as I said a couple of hours ago makes you not see colours, so Hazel canât see the difference between a normal peanut and a rotten peanut. I can fix them both with glasses. Just give me 2 days and I will have the glasses made, you can have a sleepover with me if you want?â
âYes please,â said Badger and âthanks.â
âNo problem,â said Owl ânow in 2 days we will try them on.â
2 days passed and Badger went to wake up Hazel in the middle of the night! Badger knew that Hazel would never wake up just with the ring of the doorbell, so he took a smoke alarm to Hazelâs bedroom and pressed the test button. Then he covered his ears and then BEEP BEEP BEEP. Hazel woke up in shock and panicked âOh no a fire!â and she pressed the emergency flood button (as Owlâs house had so many buttons in it) SPLOSH! a giant gush of water soaked Hazel!
Badger walked into Hazelâs room and pressed the dry button, âSorry Hazel, I wanted to use a smoke alarm to wake you up,â said Badger.
âIn the middle of the night?â replied Hazel.
âWell I am nocturnal,â said Badger.
âMaybe you would sleep better in here with me. Come onâ answered Hazel. âOK,â replied Badger.
Soon it was morning.
âGood morning,â hooted Owl.
âMorning,â said Hazel.
âWell,â said Owl, âletâs try your glasses now and then we can see how they work after breakfast.â
âGreat,â said Badger.
âOK,â said Owl âletâs try them on.â
He pressed a yellow button and Hazelâs bed tipped forward and a hole opened up. Hazel was in an automatic washing room. Then a blast of air like a 300 mph wind blew all the dust off her. Next another hole opened and Hazel dropped straight onto the sofa. Then Owl pressed a blue button and Badgerâs bed tipped forward and did the same thing as Hazelâs bed and Badger landed on the sofa.
âRight,â said Owl âto the dining room.â He pressed a pink button and the sofa turned into 2 stools and shot straight into the dining room.
Hazel and Badger saw the glasses in 2 white boxes with their names on them. âBadgerâ and âHazelâ.
âNow,â said Owl âjust open the boxes and I will set up some tests for the glasses. In the meantime, you can try them and look around, and do read the instructions.â
âRight.â said Hazel âthis should not be too hard.â She opened the box and read the instructions âHow to use: unfold the arms and push down behind your ears and the glasses will become invisibleâ.
âOK,â said Badger âthat’s simple.â He took them out, unfolded the arms and placed them down on his ears. âWhy do those trees seem closer? âasked Badger.
âBadger! the glasses work, now you donât have to worry about banging into trees, but will they work for me?â said Hazel. She put them on and said âIs that green?â
âThey work for you too Hazelâ said Badger.
âOh yesâ said Hazel
âI have found the sunglasses.â replied Badger.
âGreat,â said Hazel âbut it is not sunny.â
âYes, but we can try them when it is sunny.â replied Badger.
âYouâre right Badger, we can do that.â
Just then Owl came in. âHere are the testsâ he said. He had a bag of normal peanuts and a bag a rotten peanuts. âNow,â said Owl âthese are the tests for Hazel. Just eat the right peanut.â
âOK,â replied Hazel. She picked the right peanut and ate it.
âYay,â said Hazel âI ate the right peanut.â
âYes you did,â replied Owl. âFinally Badger itâs your turn, just walk outside and donât crash into trees.â
âOK,â said Badger.
The Ultimate Highly Technical Spectacle Chase
Stepping outside Badger went 10 meters. then 1 mile and he did not crash into any trees! Â BUT . . . Borris appeared and he snatched the glasses off Badger.
Hazel had rotated the power props and placed them in turbo, âTurbo props activate,â she said. Then she pressed the button BOOM! Hazel shot forward like a rocket.
âLOOK OUT!â shouted Badger.
Hazel was heading straight for a tree. Too late! Hazel crashed right into it. She dropped down. âWell,â she said, âtime to gear up!â Â It was time for the big guns â time for Badger, Hazel, and Owl to use their special backpacks with hydro launchers, sonic air shields, damage air cannons, radar, a radar deterring system, supersonic jets and a tunnel digging device!
âOKâ said Owl, looking a bit worried, âall these are a bit complicated but we need them to get the glasses back, so letâs go!â
âOK,â replied Badger âtunnel digging device activate.â 2 large drills popped out of his backpack and started spinning. He was off!
âRadar scanner activate, supersonic jets activateâ said Hazel. 3 small tubes popped out and one of them beeped then WHOOOSH! in a split second, Hazel was off.
Meanwhile Badger was searching underground. He hit a boulder and shouted âhydro launcherâ SPLOSH! A huge blast of water hit the rock and shattered it.
âOh!â he said, âI think Borris boar will be on top of the ground.â He dug upwards and heard something. âRadar scannerâ he said. A small round tube popped out of his backpack and a pair of goggles came down. âItâs Borrisâ said Badger. He dug upwards more and found Borris. âHydro launcherâ he shouted. The blast of water hit Borris. He charged. âSonic shield,â said Badger. A shot of blue light and a blast of air hit Borris and knocked him down. The glasses shot at Badger and he caught them. Then Hazel and Owl appeared.
âWhat’s going on?â they said.
âItâs a long storyâ said Badger!