Read about the adventures of Hals the Neckshund during one of Ingrid's storytelling sessions at the Botanic Garden!
Wednesday 1st of June 2011 was another nextra special day at the University of Durham Botanic Garden. Once again, Necky Becky travelled all the way from Giraffe World to take part in a story-telling session with Ingrid. This time she brought her beloved neckshund dog Hals with her, and her toddler brother Littl' Nicky too!
They were all very nexcited to arrive at the secret portal behind the Intergalactic Cacti.
During the storytelling Hals got very hungry and decided to pop back home to get some of his favourite biscuits.
He went to the Intergalactic Cacti, but though he tried and tried, he couldn't get the secret portal to Giraffe World to appear!
"Oh dear!" he said to himself. "I'm so very hungry. I wonder if there are any nice biscuits in the Botanic Garden?"
Someone had left the door to the glasshouses a teeny bit open, so he squeezed through into the fresh air.
There were lots of beautiful flowers in the Garden, and Hals sniffed them. "How lovely!" he said. "But not like biscuits ..."
Further along the path he found a big display board. There was plenty of information about trees on it, but no directions to biscuits.
He trotted past the gunnera and stopped for a moment. They looked so huge and the stems were
very prickly-looking, so he decided not to look for biscuits there!
By now he was feeling tired and very hungry indeed. He wondered if Necky Becky had noticed that he was missing. Maybe she would come and look for him. That would be so comforting.
Suddenly Hals came face to face with a very strange looking creature. In the shadows under the trees he couldn't tell if it was a fallen log or a huge monster!
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He turned and ran, looking over his shoulder to see if it was following him. Faster and faster, his little legs moving so quickly you could hardly see them, until he arrived at a big blue door - the Visitors Centre!
As he stood outside panting, so very tired and thirsty from his mad dash through the garden, one of the ladies in the cafe saw him. She brought him a big bowl of water to drink.
By this time the story-telling had finished, and how pleased Hals was to see Necky Becky and Littl' Nicky running towards him! Guess what Necky Becky had in her pocket? Some of his favourite biscuits!
They all sat by the Intergalactic Cacti and waited for their dad, Raph, to collect them.
Back through the secret portal they go in their family bus, until neckst time!
The next story-telling event at the University of Durham Botanic Garden will be on Saturday 11th June, with stories at 11am and 12 noon. Between the stories there will be colouring activities and puzzles featuring Necky Becky and her family.
Click HERE for the Botanic Garden site.
