B. Ware first met Oaklee in the summer of 2025, when she visited Bridgewater Library. He and his mum have been in touch a number of times since, and they recently treated her to this wonderful story he’s written.
If this is what Oaklee can come up with at just seven years old, B. Ware can’t wait to see the stories he’ll be writing in the years ahead.
Well done, Oaklee! You’ve definitely got a very exciting writing journey ahead of you!
HIDE AND SEEK
A green giraffe with blue spots called Groot went on a mission to explore Earth, to look at lakes. He wanted to explore every single one, big ones and small ones.
Meanwhile, a small yellow giraffe called Pippa, who had no spots and no neck, went on an adventure by herself, even though she was only small and little!
She was very sad, so she walked and walked until she saw a cloud. The cloud was very, very fluffy.
She got even sadder because she wanted to be fluffy like the cloud and be high in the sky.
So, she walked again and again until she saw a tree. The tree was very long and tall.
It had a brown trunk and branches with green leaves. Pippa wanted to be like the tree and other giraffes at home, as tall as the sky, but she wasn’t.
So, she set off until she saw some flowers. They looked really beautiful. She liked the colours.
She picked one and said to the flower, “You’re even brighter than me,” as tears dropped down to her chin and made a puddle.
Groot had explored 84 lakes and then he saw a puddle and a giraffe tail. It was quite small.
Then Pippa looked up and saw Groot with another small giraffe.
Groot said, “Why are you crying, and why are you so sad?”
“I want to be like everything else,” said Pippa, “but I’m too small and I have no spots. I want to be like other giraffes.”
Groot said, “I know you are small and have no spots, but you’re good at something.”
On the way home, they went to a football pitch.
Pippa tried and tried, but the ball went past her hooves.
So, they went some more until they saw a play area. But it had a sign: “Little giraffes are not allowed.” Pippa got sad.
They went home and they tried playing hide and seek. First, the big giraffes hid while Pippa was counting.
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8… Wherever you are, here I come!”
Pippa found them all straight away because their heads were poking out. One in a pool, the other up a tree, and another small one on the slide.
Now it was the big giraffes’ turn to count.
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10… Wherever you are, here we come!”
They checked everywhere in the park, behind the tree, on the slide.
After they were exhausted, they went to sleep.
Pippa poked her head out and shouted:
“HIDE AND SEEK from behind two yellow leaves!”
The other giraffes were shocked, and Pippa said happily, “Yay! I’m good at hide and seek!”
Groot said to Pippa, “It doesn’t matter if we are the same. Everyone is special in their own way. Even if you’re plain yellow, you’re good the way you are.”
Pippa agrees with a huge grin… being different is fun.
