The Wildlife Games by Bindi Irwin

Author:Bindi Irwin [Name, Author]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2012-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

THE BINTURONG VISIT MARKED the end of the first challenge. The contestants were all allowed into the animal’s enclosure and were given a talk by the keeper about its likes and dislikes.

While they were busy, Bindi was organising the next challenge. It was one she was particularly proud of.

She’d been at her friend Josie’s house for breakfast a few weeks ago, and they’d been talking about what kinds of activities would make for a great Wildlife Games.

‘I want it to be more than just a fitness and information type of day, you know? I want it to be heaps of fun as well,’ said Bindi, looking on admiringly as Josie broke eggs into a glass mixing bowl without any of the broken shell dropping in as well.

‘Oh, B, what about a cooking challenge?’ suggested Josie, now sprinkling cinnamon into the egg mixture.

Bindi laughed. ‘Now, how did I know you’d suggest something to do with food?’ she joked, watching as Josie took a vanilla bean pod and, with a knife, carefully scraped the inside of the pod into the mixture. ‘Oh, that smells amazing!’

Josie beamed. ‘It’s going to taste pretty good too.’

For a 13-year-old, Josie was already a really accomplished cook. As long as Bindi had known her, Josie had always loved preparing food for her friends and family. If Bindi had been at home, she’d be eating cornflakes with milk for breakfast, but Josie had already organised a fruit platter, and was now dipping the bread into the vanilla bean and cinnamon egg mixture for a second course of delicious French toast.

Once they were sitting down and eating on the back verandah of Josie’s house, they continued their conversation. ‘Remember how last time I visited the zoo, you told me that one elephant could eat up to 150 kilograms of food a day?’ Josie asked.

Bindi nodded, pouring a glass of fresh orange juice.

‘Before then, I’d never really thought about how much time and effort goes into preparing food for all the animals at the zoo,’ mused Josie, cutting into her French toast.

Bindi’s eyes lit up. ‘Not only are you an awesome chef, you’re a genius to boot.’ She put a forkful of French toast into her mouth. ‘Hmmm. Did I mention that I think you’re an awesome chef?’

After that breakfast, Bindi had come back home and written down the ‘ingredients’ for challenge number two.

And now, as the contestants trailed out of the binturong enclosure, thanking the keeper for the great background chat, they saw Bindi wearing a chef’s hat, standing behind a table with five dishes of food.

‘Thank goodness, I’m starving,’ said Declan, as he reached into one of the bowls.

Mimi grabbed his shoulder. ‘Uh, I wouldn’t if I were you,’ she said.

Declan took a closer look at the contents and withdrew his hand hurriedly. ‘Ewww.’

The camera turned to Bindi and she began the intro to the next challenge.

‘Congratulations on finishing the Trivia Treasure Hunt, team. Because there was no outright winner for the first act, you have all been given 10 points, and the chance to get up close and personal with a binturong.

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