Every summer Lena went to visit her grandparents. She would spend the whole summer with them. It was her most favorite time of the year: spending every minute of every day out in the warm summer sun or splashing in the summer rains was the happiest Lena ever felt.
From the very first moment she stepped onto the train that took her for hours and hours down to her grandparents’ home Lena would have the biggest smile beaming across her face thinking about everything she would do while she was with them.
She loved swimming in the cool ocean, she loved exploring the beach, she loved adventuring in the forest and she loved finding berries and mushrooms to pick. She loved riding her bicycle, she loved climbing the trees all …show more content…
She got onto the train to head out of the big city towards the beautiful nature and her grandparents’ home, and she kept her eyes glued to the window just in case she spotted a moose.
And for the very first time, this year was the first year that she saw 3 moose standing, walking and running in the wild from the window of the train. It was then, on that train ride, that she knew this would be the most special summer she had ever had.
By the time the train finally pulled into her grandparents’ station she was dancing and jumping around, singing a moose song she had made up:
“Looking for moose in the wild makes me happy, Seeing a moose in the wild fills me up with love. I love how their antlers reach up to the skies, I wonder if they’re actually angels in disguise.”
“Welcome Lovely Lena!” her grandparents laughed when they saw her disembarking. They squashed her between them with the biggest bear hug, picked up her luggage and started walking out of the station.
The walk home was chockablock with chatter as they all discussed their plans for the …show more content…
I love how their antlers reach up to the skies, I wonder if they’re actually angels in disguise.”
“I’m going to quickly check my spot by the river for chanterelles and then my moose search will really begin!” she thought to herself as she jumped over the stream in the direction of the ferns that perfectly disguised her second hiding spot.
She was rushing too much though and she didn’t realize that one of the rocks was wet and very slippery. She slipped off the rocks, twisted her ankle and fell to the ground with a crash and a loud yell. “Oh nooooooo!” she cried out in agony. Her ankle throbbed with pain and she couldn’t help but let out a few sad sobs.
She took a deep breath and thought about what on earth she was going to do now. She tried to stand up but couldn’t put any weight on her foot. It was just too sore and she fell back down to the ground. She didn’t want to give up so she tried a good few more times but each time she felt as though she was only hurting her ankle even