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Declan wants to be a detective when he grows up so on his eighth birthday Mummy and Daddy gave him a ginormous magnifying glass. He couldn’t wait to go into the garden to investigate things.
He dropped to his kees and watched an an ant scurrying along the footpath. ‘Interesting’’, he said as he pinched his chin the way detectives do on television.
He spotted a whopping great spider’s web. “Let’s have a closer look”, he said to himself. There was a spider in the middle, a big brown hairy one. Suddenly there was a puff of wind and the web started to whirl around with the spider hanging on for dear life. Declan jumped backwards and landed on his bottom! “Clumsy me”, he muttered, “now I know why spiders have so many legs, it’s so they have lots and lots of toes to cling on with!”
Then he saw a bee on a buttercup. ‘Detectives are brave’, he though, ‘we are not afraid of bees’. He got as close as he dared, and took a look at it. The bee turned around and looked Declan straight in the eye! Declan’s eye must have looked huge behind the magnifying glass. I don’t know who was more afraid, the bee or Declan!
It was nearly teatime and Mummy shouted for him to come indoors and wash his hands.
“Wow”, he said as he peered through his magnifying glass, “these baked beans are enormous!”
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Thanks to Sadje for hosting What Do You See?
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Doesn’t take much to make a little boy happy! Lovely story, Keith.
I tell myself that all the time! Thanks so much, Dale.
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An adorable story Keith. Thanks for joining in.
Thanks for your kind words, Sadje.
It’s always a pleasure my friend
Enchanting! Might you be sharing the adventures a wee lad named Keith?
Thanks, Nancy, I was always a little inquisitive!
Oh I just love Declan’s adventure in the garden – that is so sweet Keith and I think you have the start of a great Children’s story book here 🙌
Thank you Ange. I used to write lots of kiddies tales here, infact I shifted them all over to blog I called Once Upon A Time. There’s link down below. Perhaps it’s time I delved a little deeper!
Yes I would definitely 🙌
Adorable story!
Thank you so much, Tina.
You made me smile, Keith.
Have a fabulous day and week. 🙂
Smiling back at you, Sandee, thank you!
Oh, to see the world again through the eyes of a child! Loved this Keith.
Wouldn’t that be lovely! I’m so pleased you liked it, Jodi, thank you.
This was full of wonder and delightful to read, Keith. Amazing and unique take on the prompt. Superb!
That’s so nice of you, Suzette, I can’t thank you enough!
You are most welcome, Keith.
I thoroughly enjoyed every word of this!!!!
I’m so pleased thank you, Vero.
You’re welcome Keith!(❁´◡`❁)
So cute, like is such an adventure when you are a young one
Happy days!
He might be a detective, or maybe a scientist!
What a cute story… and some brilliant baked beans and toast, as well – is it lunchtime?
Love the wooden train too… being always a child in rememberings.
Greetings by Heidrun