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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Zoe's Rescue Zoo
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021
At Zoe's Rescue Zoo only the cutest, cuddliest animals need apply! Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there's always something exciting going on. And Zoe also has an amazing secret... She can actually TALK to the animals! When Raina the reindeer and her family arrive, it looks like Christmas at the zoo will be the best one yet. But after Raina runs away and ends up in an accident, she's not sure she'll be a very good Christmas reindeer. Can Zoe change Raina's mind and help her to spread Christmas cheer after all? Another fantastic title in the perfect series for young animal lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams. Have you read Zoe's other adventures? - The Lonely Lion Cub - The Puzzled Penguin - The Silky Seal Pup - The Eager Elephant - The Lucky Snow Leopard - The Pesky Polar Bear - The Cuddly Koala - The Wild Wolf Pup - The Happy Hippo - The Sleepy Snowy Owl - The Scruffy Sea Otter - The Picky Puffin - The Giggly Giraffe - The Curious Kangaroo - The Super Sloth - The Little Llama - The Messy Meerkat - The Helpful Hedgehog - The Rowdy Red Panda - The Talkative Tiger
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A little fawn-coloured reindeer with white patches came out of the trailer on wobbly legs. Her antlers were so tiny, they were even smaller than her ears!
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Look out for:
The Lonely Lion Cub
The Puzzled Penguin
The Playful Panda
The Silky Seal Pup
The Eager Elephant
The Lucky Snow Leopard
The Pesky Polar Bear
The Cuddly Koala
The Wild Wolf Pup
The Happy Hippo
The Sleepy Snowy Owl
The Scruffy Sea Otter
The Picky Puffin
The Giggly Giraffe
The Curious Kangaroo
The Super Sloth
The Little Llama
The Messy Meerkat
The Helpful Hedgehog
The Rowdy Red Panda
The Talkative Tiger
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With special thanks to Siobhan Curham
For John Arthur
Chapter One
Christmas Emergency!
Zoe Parker looked at the twinkly lights hanging around the room and gave a happy sigh. Christmas was her favourite holiday, but this year it was going to be even more special. This year, her friend Talia and her mum had come to stay. Talia’s mum, Katie, and Zoe’s mum, Lucy, had been best friends since they 2 were little.
“Do you think anyone’s ever made an advent calendar for a red panda before?” asked Zoe, carefully cutting a door in the front of a large cardboard box. On the floor beside her were a pile of apples, bamboo and pieces of corn bread to hide behind the doors.
“I don’t think so,” giggled Talia. “Do you think anyone’s ever made a monkey a cuddly snowman?” She held up the toy snowman she’d been making.
“Definitely not,” laughed Zoe. “But I know the monkeys are going to love it!”
“Spending Christmas in a zoo is the best!” exclaimed Talia as she put the finishing touches to the snowman’s face.
Zoe grinned. Thanks to her Great-Uncle Horace, she got to spend every 3 Christmas in a zoo because she lived in the Rescue Zoo that he owned. Great-Uncle Horace was a famous explorer and animal expert. He’d created the Rescue Zoo as a safe place for animals who were endangered, lost or hurt. Zoe and her mum lived in a cottage in the zoo because Lucy was the zoo vet.
Zoe started painting a robin on the advent calendar door. She had asked her Great-Uncle Horace if she and Talia could come to his house, Higgins Hall, to make some Christmas treats for the zoo animals. The girls were sitting in front of the large fireplace in Great-Uncle Horace’s living room. A fire was crackling away in the hearth and paints, cardboard and pieces of fruit covered the rug all around them. 4
Zoe’s mouse lemur, Meep, waved his paws as he looked at the fruit. His long grey tail bobbed up and down with excitement.
“Can I have a treat? Can I have a treat?” he chattered.
“I wonder what Meep’s saying,” said Talia.
“I wonder.” Zoe smiled. The truth was, she knew exactly what Meep was saying because Zoe had a very special secret. Ever since she was six years old, she’d been able to understand animals – and they could understand her too. No one else knew her secret, not even her mum or Great-Uncle Horace. Zoe had to be very careful not to give it away.
“I think he must be getting excited for Christmas,” she said. She stroked the little 5 mouse lemur’s silky fur. “Don’t worry, Meep, it’s only three days until Christmas. Santa will come late on Christmas Eve and then you’ll have loads of treats in your stocking.”
Meep scampered over to the fireplace where three stockings were hanging from the mantelpiece. One for Zoe, one for Meep, and one for Talia. They were gifts from Great-Uncle Horace to hang in Zoe’s house on Christmas Eve.
6“Do you think Santa will give me a banana?” chirped Meep.
Zoe waited until Talia wasn’t looking and nodded. “I’m sure he will,” she whispered.
“What colour hat shall I give the – the – ACHOO!” Talia let out a huge sneeze, causing Meep to jump.
“Bless you!” giggled Zoe.
“Thank you.” Talia sniffed. “What colour hat shall I give the snowman?”
“How about red?” suggested Zoe, as she coloured in the robin.
“Good idea!” Talia grinned. “Wouldn’t it be cool if it snowed by Christmas Day? Then we could make a real snowman.”
“That would be great,” agreed Zoe.
The big old grandfather clock in the corner of the room began to strike and 7 Meep jerked again, then snuggled in next to Zoe.
“It’s going to be so much fun giving our Christmas treats to the animals,” said Talia.
“Can I have some? Pretty please?” chattered Meep.
Talia laughed. “Meep’s so funny. It’s like he’s trying to join in with our conversation.”
“Yes,” said Zoe, patting Meep on the head. If only Talia knew he really was joining in!
“I can’t wait till we dress up as elves tomorrow.” Talia cut a hat shape out of red felt.
“Me too,” said Zoe.
Great-Uncle Horace had asked the girls if they’d dress up as elves for the Rescue 8 Zoo’s Christmas celebration the next day. He was going to dress up as Santa and the girls were going to help the zoo visitors have their photos taken with him.
“I love our costumes,” said Talia. “They’re so – so – ACHOO!”
Meep jumped again. “Why does she keep sneezing?” he chirped to Zoe.
But before Zoe could say anything, the phone started to ring. Like most of the things in Great-Uncle Horace’s house, the phone was very old-fashioned. You had to move the phone’s dial in a circle instead of pressing the numbers to make a call. It was very loud too.
Great-Uncle Horace hurried into the room. His white beard was longer than ever. He’d been growing it to make him look more like Santa. A beautiful bright-blue 9 macaw flew in after him. It was Kiki, Great-Uncle Horace’s pet who went everywhere with him. She perched on top of the grandfather clock and fluffed up her feathers.
10 “Hello, girls, hello, Meep,” said Great- Uncle Horace, before picking up the receiver. “Good morning, Higgins Hall, Horace Higgins speaking,” he boomed. His smile faded as he listened to the caller. “Oh dear,” he said. “Oh dear, dear, dear.”
Zoe and Talia exchanged worried glances.
“I’ll be there straight away,” said Great-Uncle Horace before putting the receiver down.
“What’s happened?” asked Zoe.
“There’s been a Christmas emergency,” replied Great-Uncle Horace. “A family of animals need a home. I need to tell Mr Pinch to get ready for some new arrivals. I’ll see you girls later.” He hurried from the room.
