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It was very dry in the jungle and my Mommy decided 

to bring us down to the river for some water. I was 

joined by Mommy, Aunties, and sisters Ella and Eliza. 

"Stay close" Mommy warned, "I don't want you girls to 

wander off into the jungle." 

I had never really explored the jungle before but I 

didn't want to get lost so I tried to keep close. That 

was until I was distracted by some colourful snakes. 

They were so pretty to look at. Their skin wasn't slimy 

like I thought. It actually felt smooth and silky to the 

touch. I said goodbye and went to rejoin my family but 

I couldn't find them. "Mommy?"

I was starting to get worried. I was all alone in the 

jungle. I started to run but ended up walking 

through a spider's web. It was sticky. I saw a lot of 

creepy looking spiders. The jungle is full of them 

and they are huge!

I was really lost now. I ended up meeting a family of 

chimpanzees. I asked them if they saw my family pass 

by. They said they would only tell me if I helped them 

get some bananas with my trunk. "Go ask Archie the 

aardvark. He knows everything that goes on here" one 

of the chimps told me. And so I continued on my 

journey.

I was lucky to find Archie because he usually only 

comes out during the night. He was in the middle of 

eating some ants for lunch. Yucky! "Mr. Aardvark have 

you seen my family?" I could barely hear him as he had 

such a quiet voice. He then shrieked and began 

burrowing a hole to hide in. Strange fellow.

When I turned around I saw King Lion and his wife 

behind me. Lions are known as the "Kings of the 

Jungle." Soon he was joined by a few more lions 

including his cubs. A group of lions is called a Pride. 

He was old and wise.   If anyone knew where my family 

had gone, it would the King.

I was a little nervous around the King. Lions are very 

majestic in person. They are large and have flowing 

manes of fur around their faces. "I would go see the 

giraffe. With her big long neck, she may be able to see 

where your family has gone."  

As I began to search for the giraffe, I started to 

notice that there weren't that many animals 

around. The jungle was actually pretty quiet. Was it 

always like this? Where did everybody go?

"Ahem! Excuse me. Down here!" 

Gigi the giraffe was so tall. She had 

such a long neck. it helped her to 

reach the leaves that she was 

munching on. "Have you seen my 

family?" "Why yes. They are 

heading down to the river. You're 

actually quite close." Whew! I was 

so relieved and yet why did I feel 

that something was wrong?

Again I heard more loud noises off in the distance. And 

whose   voices were those?   It was starting to worry 

me. I was concerned about my family. I encountered a 

group of monkeys who seemed a little upset. They 

were always a silly bunch but they were acting very 

strange.

After leaving the monkeys, I ran into Larry the lemur. 

He told me that I should find a safe place to hide. 

Something bad was happening but I didn't know what. 

Before I could ask him why, he had disappeared. But I 

had to find my family. I couldn't stay and hide with the 

other animals.

A family of tigers went zipping by me. They were the 

bravest cats I knew but they looked to be running away 

from something or someone. What was going on? 

Everybody seemed to be in such a hurry. The jungle 

was always full of all kinds of animals. But now all was 

quiet.

As more and more animals passed by me, I started that 

maybe I should just hide with them. Whatever had 

frightened them must've been pretty scary. But I 

couldn't. I had to find my family. "You're going the 

wrong way you silly elephant!" Larry the Leopard said 

as he ran by me. 

Finally I made it to the river but my family wasn't 

there. I saw Harry the Hippo and asked if he had seen 

them. "They're on the other side of the river Ellie. But I 

don't know if you should go over there." "Why not?" I 

asked. They are in danger. There are some bad people 

over there. "Oh no!" I screamed.

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