Rachel's very good friend who lives up in Pōneke (Wellington) wrote a story about her beagle Benny. Benny was lost in the bush for 9 whole days. He had been on a dog walk with a group when he lost the group and made his was up a huge ravine where his lead got caught under a log and he was stuck.
They contacted the RSPCA and also organised a helicopter with an infrared camera to help search. Finally two of their good friends came across poor Benny who was stuck and hungry. They got him down from the mountain and he made it home where he was safe.
Some of the children in Rongo-mā-tāne chose to respond to this picture book by drawing a picture and writing a sentence about it. They were amazed to hear that Benny made it home safe as they were very worried about him.
Here are some of the drawings the children did.
Have you been on an adventure? Maybe it's not quite as scary as Benny's adventure. Tell us about it, we'd love to hear.
