Winston's special day by Gabriel Evans

It is Winston’s special day and so he dresses himself in his most special clothes, his yellow outfit which befit the thrill of the day. He walks down the street seeing many of his friends, and he asks them what is special about this day. They respond according to their own thoughts; for one it is special because he broke his favourite mug, for another it is Thursday, for another it is close to Christmas so he hurries off to wrap presents. Winston almost bumps into Miles who is acting most mysteriously. Together they hide behind a corner, then jump into a street bin to avoid being seen.

The pair hide themselves behind a lamp posts and hide in a cafe to watch what the other animals are up to. All the while Winston is trying to tell Miles why this day is special. Readers will be calling out what the day could be, attempting to stop Miles in his quest and listen to his friend. They avoid the other animals, then Miles decides they are too obvious in their clothes and so gets some new ones to make them fit into the street of people.

But Miles tell him that they are surrounded so they both climb a tree to make them look less obvious. At the top of the tree Miles tells Winston that the mission has succeeded and they shimmy down the tree to greet all their friends waiting for Winston to celebrate his special day together. Mission accomplished. 

An unusual story about a celebration and one animal's anticipation of his special day.

Themes: Celebration, Adventure, Friends.

Fran Knight