Mon, Mar 7, 2016
'THE BEAR' Theodor is pretending to be a bear and asks Great Grandad if he has ever came across a real, live bear. Great Grandad recounts his 'Fatso tale' - about the time when, as a boy, he and his pal, Fatso, came across a real bear when they were in the forest picking blueberries. Theodor wants to meet a real bear too. He ventures into the forest alone, looking for bear tracks. He finds plenty of blueberries, large animal tracks and claw marks on the tree trunks. Convinced he has spotted a real-life bear, Theodor makes a run for it, finally climbing up a tree to safety - but don't bears climb trees? Luckily, Great Grandad comes to the rescue and helps Theodor down from the tree. The day ends with a mug of hot chocolate, which tastes all the better after you've been on an exhausting bear hunt.
Mar 2016
'THE SOAPBOX CAR' Theodor builds a car out of Lego bricks and plays with it while Great Grandad gets ready to recount the day's 'Fatso tale'. Theodor's Lego car reminds Great Granddad of a car that Fatso once built. Great Grandad tells Theodor about how he and Fatso met and became friends on the day when Fatso raced past in an amazing, homemade soapbox car that Great Granddad also wanted to own. Theodor listens intently with growing excitement until an idea comes to him. Inspired by the story, Theodor decides to build his own soapbox car, but he doesn't have a steering wheel. Luckily, Great Grandad has one lying around and he helps Theodor to attach the steering wheel. And suddenly they are ready! Great Grandad shoves off - doot, doot - and together they set off into the great unknown in their very own, homemade soapbox car.
Mar 2016
'THE WAFFLE BAKERY' When Theodor comes down for breakfast one morning, he finds a delicious-looking slice of bread covered in Nutella on the kitchen table. Unable to resist the temptation, Theodor gobbles it up. Great Grandad walks into the kitchen to find his Nutella sandwich gone. Theodor makes up a story about a wolf eating it, but Great Grandad thinks that sounds a bit like a tall tale and proceeds to tell Theodor about how his pal Fatso was always peckish - just like Theodor - and one time, they baked a whole load of waffles even though they weren't supposed to because they were feeling so hungry. Theodor and Great Grandad bake their own waffles - and in the middle of it all, a real wolf appears! Theodor and Great Grandad quickly lock the door so it can't come in and steal their waffles. They eat till their bellies are full, but just as they reach the last waffle, Theodor feels sorry for the wolf - and decided to leave the last waffle outside the door.