It’s a stormy day on Skellig Michael. A
puffin family are sheltering in their
burrow. The puffin parents tell their
puffling that it’s a day for staying inside
and telling stories. They tell her about
amazing magical creatures – an octopus
with wings, a rabbit with a colourful beak
and a fish so big it could swallow the
moon. Her parents fall asleep and the
puffling ventures outside. She gazes out
over a cliff and sees … a fish so big it
could swallow the moon. She leans out to
get a better look, and falls off the cliff
onto the back of the enormous basking
shark. ‘Don’t worry, I’ll get you home,’
says the basking shark, swimming through the crashing waves. They reach the shore, and the puffling gets off, but … this isn’t her home! It’s an island
covered in lots of noisy gannets... |
