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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Zoe's Rescue Zoo
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024
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! Zoe's thrilled to welcome a new wombat family to the zoo! But when Winnie is separated from her mum, can Zoe help the little wombat feel safe in her new home? Another fantastic title in the perfect series for young animal lovers, beautifully illustrated throughout by Sophy Williams. Have you read Zoe's other adventures?Check out The Rascally Raccoon, The Adventurous Arctic Fox, The Runaway Reindeer, The Talkative Tiger and many more titles!
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Zoe heard a snuffling sound and a round black nose peeped out of the carrier lid, twitching and sniffing the air. Then a head with little pointy ears appeared.
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
The Runaway Reindeer
The Adventurous Arctic Fox
The Rascally Raccoon
With special thanks to Siobhan Curham
For Sophia Ervin
Chapter One
A Marsupial Surprise
Zoe Parker skipped along the winding path through the heart of the Rescue Zoo. Meep, her pet mouse lemur, scampered along beside her.
“I love breakfast,” Meep chirped. “It’s my favourite time of the day.”
Zoe giggled. “Anytime there’s food is your favourite time of the day, Meep.”
As they passed the elephant enclosure, Oscar, the oldest elephant in the zoo, lifted his wrinkled grey trunk and trumpeted a cheery hello.
“Good morning, Oscar,” Zoe replied. “Sorry we can’t stop, we’re on our way to give the pandas their breakfast.”
As Zoe continued on her way, she felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Not only did she live in the Rescue Zoo, but she had a special secret. She was able to talk to animals and to understand what they were saying too. No one else knew this secret, not even her Great-Uncle Horace, who owned the zoo. Great-Uncle Horace was a world-famous explorer and animal expert. He’d built the zoo as a safe place for animals to come to stay if they were hurt, lost, endangered or in need of a new home. Zoe lived in a cottage on the grounds of the zoo with her mum, Lucy, who was the zoo vet.
The rising sun shone gold between the branches of the trees as Zoe and Meep reached the pandas’ enclosure. Stephanie, the pandas’ keeper, was waiting there to greet them. She was holding a bucket full of bamboo shoots.
“Did Stephanie eat a really big breakfast?” Meep chirped.
“I don’t know. Why?” asked Zoe.
“Because her tummy’s so big!”
Zoe giggled. “Her tummy’s big because she’s having a baby, silly!” She scooped Meep up and kissed the top of his silky grey head.
“Hello, Zoe! Hello, Meep!” called Stephanie. “Thanks so much for helping me today.”
“You’re welcome,” said Zoe. “How are you feeling?”
“I’m well!” Stephanie replied, patting her stomach. “And I only have one month to go before the baby arrives. Gosh, that means the baby shower is coming up next week! Busy, busy… Would you like to carry the bamboo to the pandas for me today?”
“Sure!” Zoe said. She put Meep down and took the bucket from Stephanie. As they reached the enclosure gate, Chi Chi and Mei Mei the panda twins came running over, barking cheerily.
“Good morning,” called Zoe. “We have lots of delicious bamboo for your breakfast.”
“It’s as if they can understand you,” Stephanie laughed as the pandas waved their paws in excitement.
Zoe grinned to herself. If only Stephanie knew that the pandas really did understand her! She felt for the silver paw-print pendant around her neck and held it up to the enclosure gate.
Great-Uncle Horace had given her the pendant as a present. It opened all of the enclosures in the zoo. The gate swung open and they went inside. As Zoe began scattering the bamboo over the enclosure floor, she heard the crunch of shoes on the path outside. She’d know the sound of those shoes anywhere. They belonged to Mr Pinch, the zoo manager.
“Uh-oh,” chirped Meep, and he scampered up a tree.
Sure enough, Zoe turned to see Mr Pinch standing outside the enclosure. As usual there was a frown on his face.
“Why are you throwing bamboo all over the floor?” he called.
“We’re giving the pandas their breakfast,” Zoe replied.
Mr Pinch gave a loud sigh. “Why can’t they eat their breakfast in a neat and tidy bowl like we do?”
“Don’t worry, Mr Pinch,” said Zoe. “The bamboo won’t be there for long, I promise! The pandas never leave even a single leaf behind.” Mr Pinch loved everything in the zoo to be neat and tidy.
“I suppose that’s all right then,” Mr Pinch muttered, before stomping off.
Once they’d fed the twins, Zoe, Stephanie and Meep went into the next enclosure. Ruby the red panda came clambering out of a tree to greet them, nuzzling her head against Zoe’s leg.
“Ooh, the baby’s kicking!” Stephanie exclaimed as Zoe gave Ruby some bamboo.
“Does it hurt?” Zoe asked, her eyes wide.
“No, not at all,” Stephanie replied. “Here, give me your hand and you can feel it too.” Stephanie placed Zoe’s hand on her tummy. Zoe felt a soft push from inside and grinned. It was so exciting to think of Stephanie’s baby inside her tummy.
“I can’t wait to meet your baby,” said Zoe. “You must be excited about bringing her here to visit the animals when she’s born.”
To Zoe’s surprise, Stephanie’s smile faded and she looked really sad. But before Zoe could ask why, she heard the chuff-chuff-chuff of a helicopter overhead.
“It’s Great-Uncle Horace!” she cried.
They hurried out of the enclosure and over to the zoo gates. A yellow helicopter was coming in to land right outside in a big field, blowing great gusts of wind everywhere around it. When the engines went quiet, the door opened and Great-Uncle Horace leapt out. He waved at them before reaching back inside to pull out a large animal carrier. Zoe grinned with excitement. Great-Uncle Horace must be bringing a new animal to live at the zoo!
Hearing the sound of the helicopter, Zoe’s mum, Lucy, and Kieran, the marsupial keeper, came hurrying over to join them.
