All I do is sit here.

All-day long.

I just sit here doing nothing.

Is that the purpose of life?

My mother would always say “Oh Brenden, you always worry too much, our job as a fungus is to let smart people investigate us. And let dumb people pull us off our rock and then we die. Isn’t that enough?”

But I wanted more.

I wanted to explore the world, breath in the world, walk in the world.

But no. 

I was stuck here on this rock with my Mother and sister Grossy. 

Then one day something very unexpected happened. One night while I was sleeping on my rock a strange yellow light started to come towards me.

I wanted to get to it so badly.

But of course I couldn't move, no matter how hard I tried.

Then I tried one last time and I broke free from my rock. 

I was so surprised that I fell backwards and everything went black.

When I awoke a strange figure was looming over me.

She was a sort of fairy.

But a strange yellow light was surrounding her.

Then she said.

“I have granted you one wish, to be able to walk and talk and breath.

You are now a creature that shall walk the Earth”

I stared down at my body which was no longer a scrubby circle of green stuff. I now had legs, arms, feet, hands and even a small tail.

Then the glowing yellow fairy handed me a small mirror. I looked and found that I also had a face.  A mouth, lips, eyes, a nose and even ears.

I could finally explore the world! I looked over to where the yellow fairy was standing but she was no longer there.

I was all alone.

Apart from the two pieces of fungus stuck to the rock behind me.

I whispered.

“Goodnight Mother, good night Grossy”

But instead of saying. I’ll see you soon. I said.

“I hope I will never see you again.

Have fun dying”

I looked ahead of me into the dark forest. 

Suddenly I felt quite small compared to the world around me.

I was finally free.

But I didn't know what to do.

Should I go explore or should I sleep? or should I go back to rock?

Everything was so overwhelming.

The sun was about to come up,

Then all the people would come out and they would surely trample me.

I had to think quickly.

And this is where the story really starts.

As I stumbled through the forest the sun started to rise. 

And suddenly my skin started to feel hot, I had never felt hot before. 

It was a strange sensation since it was quite new to me.

 You see my rock is permanently covered by this big gum tree so it's always in the shade. 

As I traveled down the road I spotted a large area of grass where some cattle were grazing.

 One of the cows was trying to escape from the enclosed paddock.

 I took my chance before it was too late.

 I quickly stumbled over to the cow who was now free from his home. I jumped up onto the fence and then onto the cows back.

 As soon as I landed on the cows back I immediately fell through its fur until I was no longer visible. It was quite comfortable on the cows back nestled in its warm fur, so I decided to have a quick nap.

When I woke up I was lying on the cold damp earth on the bank of a river. The cow was nowhere in sight.

 How was I going to get around the world now? 

That’s when I saw the ball of white fluff lying under a big oak tree on the other side of the river. I needed to get there. 

That sheep was my answer.

But how?

The river was so big and I was so tiny, surely I would get washed away!

But I had to get across one way or another. 

If I was going to explore the world I would need some kind of transport. Then I had an idea. 

I spotted a large log running from one side of the river to the other.

Every two minutes the river would wash over the log.