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The Gruffalo trail #5 – Oh help! Oh no! It’s a gruffalo!
Oh! But who is this creature with terrible claws, and terrible teeth in the end of his terrible jaws? He has knobbly knees and turned out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose. His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, he has purple prickles all over his back. ‘Oh help! Oh no! It’s a gruffalo!’
‘My favourite food!’ the Gruffalo said. ‘You’ll taste good on a slice of bread!’
‘Good?’ said the mouse. ‘Don’t call me good! I’m the scariest creature in this wood. Just walk behind me and soon you’ll see, Everyone is afraid of me.’
‘All right’ said the Gruffalo, bursting with laughter. ‘You go ahead and I’ll follow after.’
They walked and walked till the Gruffalo said, ‘I hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.’
‘It’s snake’ said the mouse. ‘Why, snake, hello!’ Snake took one look at the Gruffalo.
‘Oh crumbs!’ he said, ‘Goodbye, little mouse,’ and off he slid to his logpile house.
‘You see?’ said the mouse. ‘I told you so.’
‘Amazing!’ said the Gruffalo.
They walked some more till the Gruffalo said, ‘I hear a hoot in the trees ahead.’
‘It’s Owl’ said the mouse. ‘Why, Owl, hello!’ Owl took one look at the Gruffalo.
‘Oh dear!’ he said ‘Goodbye, little mouse’ and off he flew to his treetop house.
‘You see?’ said the mouse. ‘I told you so.’
‘Astounding!’ said the Gruffalo.
They walked some more till the Gruffalo said ‘I can hear feet on the path ahead.’
‘It’s fox’ said the mouse. ‘Why, fox hello!’ Fox took one look at the Gruffalo.
‘Oh help!’ he said, ‘Goodbye, little mouse’ and off he ran to his underground house.
‘Well, Gruffalo’ said the mouse. ‘You see? Everyone is afraid of me! But now my tummy’s beginning to rumble. My favourite food is- gruffalo crumble!’
‘Gruffalo crumble! The Gruffalo said, and quick as the wind he turned and fled.
TAKE YOUR GRUFFALO onto #6
NOTE TO THE ADULTS
This is primarily a traditional geocache, Charms are subject to AVAILABILITY, as demand is quicker than supply, do let me know if the caches are down to about 10.
If there are no charms it is rude to simply leave "empty" in the log.
- PENCIL/PEN IS NEEDED and is usually a necessary part of a basic geocache kit
- A few nettles and long grass around here so children should where trousers of ask adults to retrieve
- Charms are subject to AVAILABILITY, as demand is quicker than supply, do let me know if the caches are down to about 10, if not they will be empty!
- Please REPLACE the cache in the p
lace is has been hidden, with lids
SECURELY in place. (or it will get wet or be visible to MUGGLES and be taken).
-IF you are a large scout/school/girlguiding group doing this cache please contact beforehand to ensure there is plenty of stock in the cache, you could even drop some off for me.