PIG DOG — The Journey ELT highlighted past

PIG DOG - The Journey ELT highlighted past version adapted from an original story at: pigdogtravels. blogspot. com by Anthony Roland © 2012

PIG DOG's adventure began on the 14 th July 2012.

He sat on his favourite tree stump. It was his fourth birthday.

He left his home on the stump and set off through the forest. As he travelled, the sun shone and birds sang in the trees.

As he travelled, PIG DOG learnt to balance on tree branches.

After some practice, he was able to float over fern leaves.

He could also travel over bigger leaves as well.

After a long time travelling, he took a break on the cool ground. He slept for 10 minutes and then 20 and then 30 and when he woke up it was morning time again.

The next day, PIG DOG ate some giant fungus balls. They made him so happy. Then he continued his journey.

Finally, he found a way out of the forest!

First he bought a map and had a good look at it. He saw a place called Shrewsbury on it and decided to go there.

A kind woman gave him a lift to Shrewsbury. She put him in the window so he could look out. She drove him to the town centre and then left him there to do what he wanted.

PIG DOG felt excited but confused. He spent some time walking around. The town was big. There were many bridges.

He knew it was dangerous being so high up but he liked the feeling. He stood on the railings and looked down. Fish swam in the river below.

He was very thirsty now. In the forest he drank rain water but in the town he simply went to the shop. Life here was very different.

PIG DOG read a sign. It said 'PUB. FOOD ALL DAY'. So he went in. Inside the pub he met Mr. Diamond Geezer.

Mr. Diamond Geezer got PIG DOG a drink from the bar. It tasted strange and PIG DOG became quite dizzy.

Then PIG DOG felt ill and ran to the toilet but found himself face to face with danger!

He kept silent but then Tin Bird spoke. "Are you a friend of Mr. Diamond Geezer, " he asked. PIG DOG thought quickly. "Oh yes!", he replied.

After finishing in the toilet, PIG DOG went out and shut the door behind him but suddenly. . . WAMM-BAMM! He was face to face with Dead Thing. PIG DOG held his breath.

"I'm from France, " Dead Thing told PIG DOG. Dead Thing spoke in English so PIG DOG understood him. "That's really cool, " replied PIG DOG and they returned to the bar.

The four new friends hung out and chatted together. Happy times! PIG DOG heard lots of their stories and Dead Thing taught everyone a little bit of French.

The evening came to an end and soon PIG DOG was back on the street. He needed a quicker form of transport because walking was too slow.

He went to see a man who sold Magic Nana Boots but they cost too much money.

So he chose to buy his own set of wheels instead.

PIG DOG paid for his new car then drove around Shrewsbury.

He stuck his head out of the window and let the wind blow against his ears. It blew them backwards and forwards.

Suddenly he saw something on the rode and hit the brakes. It was goldl!!!

He got out of the car to have a closer look. It was definitely gold which meant that he might be rich. PIG DOG needed money but he didn't know what exactly to do next so he rang Mr. Diamond Geezer.

Mr. Diamond Geezer told PIG DOG about the Three Wise Penguins. So he threw the gold in the back of the car and went to see them. The Three Wise Penguins sent PIG DOG to Bling Cat who loved gold.

Bling Cat wore a bell around his neck - and earrings and other jewels lay at his feet. PIG DOG showed him the gold. "Hey Bling Cat, how much will you give me for this? " asked PIG DOG.

After 4 days of negotiations, they came to an agreement of £ 900.

It was a fair price that meant nobody won and nobody lost either. PIG DOG hid his money in the front of his car and left.

He lent Mr. Diamond Geezer £ 15 and used £ 175 to get a room. He sat in the window and thought about his old life in the forest. He rented a place with a great view from the window. Then he fell asleep and dreamt about the forest.

In his dream, he balanced on the plants again.

He looked up at the trees which grew very tall.

He dreamt about his parents.

It broke his heart to think they might be missing him.

In his dream, he brought them to the town in his new car.

He showed them his new life and they visited art galleries.

When PIG DOG woke up, his head hurt so he went for a run around town. Humans built many strange objects and wrote lots of strange messages too.

There were no leaves or branches but he could practise his balancing skills on the new objects. He ran along this handrail. It was a lot of fun.

As he jumped from one object to another, he forgot about his sad dream.

He did some balancing on some very thin objects too.

And he caught his breath in this small urban cave. It was a cosy cave but there was some sharp metal too and he cut his foot on it - Ow!

Then PIG DOG saw a poster. It advertised 'The Weeble Balancing Dance Troop'. He went and paid them a visit.

He talked to Elder Weeble. He asked her how Weebles could balance with such a round bottom.

Elder Weeble laughed. "My dear, Weebles wobble but they don't fall down. " "See for yourself. Look!"

Balancing with the Weebles was fun. It definitely beat balancing on his own.

PIG DOG fought to control his happiness as the Weebles rode over one difficult object to another.

He was so happy that the colours of a thousand rainbows mixed together and drew fantastic shapes and patterns in his mind. His body started to feel funny and his head began to spin. PIG DOG became very dizzy. Then everything went dark as he entered dream world. . .

Suddenly PIG DOG found himself face to face with Big Blue.

Big Blue's massive eye sent PIG DOG into a trance. His big mouth looked very inviting so PIG DOG got inside.

This is just what Big Blue wanted. "YUMMY!" he thought as he bit into PIG DOG's soft body.

For a long time nothing happened.

Then, up in the sky there was something.

It was yellow. It was red. It was PINK!!!

It was PIG DOG!!!

PIG DOG was back and he flew over Shrewsbury.

When he was in Big Blue's belly he stole a plane and taught himself how to operate the pedals.

PIG DOG was back to continue the rest of his adventure. THE END for now. . .