Wanda and Quork E-Book

Ralph Ratz

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: Wanda and Quork
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 36

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Wanda the wander mouse gets shipwrecked and is washed up at the Lizard Isle. There she makes friends with Quork the frog dragon. Together they experience their first adventure. When Quork shows the island to Wanda, they find a treasure map on the Lizard Isle. Shortly after, pirates land on the island and look for the map. The pirate Grace Graceful is left behind in a rock crevice by pirate captain Blackbeard. Wanda and Quork free her and together with Grace they sail to the Parrot Isle. There, they meet Blackbeard and his pirates.

Leseprobe

Why I Wrote this Book

Ralph Ratz, born 1969 in Bruchsal/Germany

My family and I took a break in 2012 and travelled to New Zealand. All in all we were on the road for 6 months and 11 days, and already halfway through, we ran out of reading material for our goodnight stories. What now? Spontaneously, I told a story I made up in that moment. And that was the birth of Wanda and Quork! At first, I didn’t realize what was growing there. My children have encouraged me to write this book and for this, I’m very grateful to them! We all carry desires, longings and ideas in us (even if sometimes we are unaware of this fact).

This book is meant to encourage people to do things they would not otherwise do. Be brave and do it!

Content

Why I Wrote this Book

A Quork Gets a Visit

A Promising Day

Lizzy Lizard

The Find in the Jungle

The Pirates are Coming

A New Friendship

On to New Shores

The Real Treasure

A Quork Gets a Visit

In the middle of the Pacific, there is a small island. And on this island, a strange creature is sitting on the beach, fishing. The head of the creature looks like a frog’s head, it’s huge, about the size of a car, a little roundish, it has spikes on its back, a short tail, short strong arms and legs, and it’s blue.

As the creature sits there, it starts to cry. It feels so lonely. Suddenly, someone taps it from behind. “Why are you crying?” asks a little mouse. “I’m not crying, something just flew into my eye,” the creature replies, wiping away the tears. “I’m Wanda, the wander mouse, and who and what are you?” the mouse asks with wide eyes. “I am Quork, the frog dragon. And how did you come to the Lizard Isle?” Quork is curious to know.

“That’s a long story, but I want to tell it to you in a few words,” Wanda begins telling. “I’m a wander mouse from Germany and have seen so much of Germany that I decided to travel and to see more of the world. So I set out for Hamburg to find a ship that would take me to the other end of the world. It wasn’t long before I found an old container ship; its destination was New Zealand. I thought, great, New Zealand, I won’t get farther. Then I crept on board and hid myself in the storage room. The ship undocked and we travelled from Hamburg to England. In London, I visited my cousin Edward, who showed me the sights of London, Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. I would have liked to see more of London’s squares and its history, but unfortunately my ship wasn’t waiting for me. So I went back on board and we travelled from London across the wide Atlantic to America. We crossed the Panama Canal with its many ship locks. I was impressed as this huge ship barely fit through them. It was very interesting to see how the many locks worked and how the ship little by little was crossing the canal. From the Panama Canal, we went to Hawaii. I left the ship and explored O’ahu, one of the eight Hawaiian Islands. I’d almost had stayed there because of its beauty. But my urge to travel has driven me on. So I went back on board the container ship that was to go to New Zealand. A few days after we left the port, we got into a heavy storm, the container ship started listing and I knew the ship would overturn. I quickly ran into the galley and grabbed a large pot with a lid. I put some food and a bottle of water into the pot. I threw the pot into the water and sat down inside it. I put on the lid and all I could do then was waiting. I could do no more… Two days later I was washed upon this island. That was yesterday.”

Quork is deeply impressed. “Wow, that’s an exciting story. I watched the storm pass the Lizard Isle two days ago, and yesterday some things were washed ashore. So what are you going to do now?”

Wanda dodges the question with a counter-question: “Why were you crying earlier, nothing flew into your eye, right?”