“Daddy, Daddy, there’s a tiger in our
garden!”

“I hope not Stevie. He might dig up the
watermelon seeds.”

“Should we feed the tiger so he won’t come
and eat us up?”

“Okay, you hold Mommy’s kitchen
scrap-bucket and I’ll put on my garden boots.”

“I have my garden boots on too, Daddy.
Look, Mummy tied the laces. Do you think tigers wear garden boots too, Daddy?”

“Well, we’ll soon find out, my young tiger
hunter. Up on my shoulders you go. You can be the lookout.”

“Yippee! I can see the whole garden up here
Daddy. Look!! Paw prints.”

“It looks like the tiger has been out all
night, Son.”

“Daddy do you think the tiger might be
sleepin’ now?”

“Could be, we’ll have to keep very quite so
we don’t wake him.”

caw
caw

“Look Daddy, a crow. Let me down, coz he
might get me. He could be the tiger’s friend. He might tell him we’re in the
garden.”

“Look Stevie, a lady bug. See how tiny her
wings are?”

“Daddy, why do they call em’ lady bugs?”

“I’m not sure. Maybe it’s because they are
so petite. Look at her tiny wings.”

“Oh look Daddy, the watermelon seeds are
popping out.”

“Yes, they are. Feel the little green
shoot. Gently now. Soon it will grow along the grown into a big vine and we
will have lots of watermelon to eat.”

“Ooooh, yuck! Daddy, it’s a snail.”

“We can’t have snails eating our seeds now
can we. We should put him up on the scrap pile. He can’t do any harm there.”

“Come on Daddy, we have to feed the tiger.”

“Ok, be careful where you walk. The garden
is a bit overgrown near the shed. We might clean it up on the weekend. What do
you think?”

“Oh no, Daddy! Where will the tiger live?”

“You have a point there, Stevie. Here we
are. Empty the scraps onto the pile.”

“Daddy, can we empty the scraps for Mommy
tomorrow? There might be a dinosaur in our garden.”

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