India class investigated an unexpected sound in the wildlife area. We discovered many unusual things, including shells, pink and blue leaves, and a little house. After investigating further, we found a strange blue creature beside the pond and an item wrapped in spotty paper. The creature had a tag attached to him that read ‘please look after me.’

We took the creature and the wrapped item to the fire area. When we opened the wrapping, we found a book called ‘The Bog Baby’—how exciting! 

Mrs Long read the story, and we learned a little about this strange creature. By the end of the story, we decided that the creature we had found was, in fact, a Bog Baby. We took him to our classroom and discussed what he might be and where he might have come from. Someone suggested he might have come to the pond’s surface as he was hungry.  One child said that he was a predator. Two children thought he flew here from the continents of North America or Africa.  Many children thought he got lost as they had found his home near the pond.