Badger and Crab and the Flood by Catherine Trimby

Author:Catherine Trimby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Badger gasped and took in a big snoutful of fresh air and then he sneezed and spat out a great deal of salty water. He thrashed hard with his paws and let the seals steer him out into the deeper water. They swam with him round in a big arc, keeping clear of the muddy swirly stream water. Then the seals carefully guided him back in towards the beach. They kept his snout above water and although he gulped down lots more salty sea he wasn’t in any further danger of drowning. The tide helped to push them all towards the beach and it wasn’t long before Badger could put his paws on the sandy bottom again. The waves buffeted him a bit as he made his way onto the beach but he knew that he was safe, thanks to his friends. The seals watched him struggle out of the sea. He had a big shake to get rid of some of the water from his fur. Then he turned back and groggily gave them a wave of thanks. They raised their flippers at him to say goodbye before diving down under the water and swimming back to their rock.

Crab reached the beach soon afterwards and scuttled after Badger who had flopped down in a very wet heap as far from the sea as he could manage. He was exhausted.

‘If we had remade our pool like I suggested last time we met,’ Crab said a bit rudely as he eyed Badger, ‘you wouldn’t have needed to go on a wild-worm chase and we could be having a fishy feast right now.’

Badger was too tired to answer. He shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep, quite forgetting that he hadn’t had any supper or that it was nearly the end of the night. He had also forgotten to thank Crab for rescuing him.

Crab sighed. He had spent a lot of time and effort helping this big furry creature and now he was tired and hungry too. But Badger couldn’t stay on the beach. He was a land animal, not a sea creature and he should be back in the wood where he belonged and he, Crab, should be back in his pool, where he belonged. Crab drummed his legs on the sand in a worried way. How could he get Badger home again? He looked at the sky. It was still raining but there were slithers of morning light beginning to appear across the sea. It was becoming dangerous for both of them to be out in the open. He looked again at the sleeping Badger and made up his mind. He moved close to Badger’s face with his right pincer raised.

‘Ow,’ screamed Badger. ‘Ow,’ he yelled again, lumbering to his feet, ‘what are you doing? Get off, Crab. Leave me alone. That hurt.’ Badger raised his paw with his claws out ready to scratch Crab’s face. But Crab danced out of reach and then swiped at Badger’s nose again with his pincers.

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