Kat and Helen's Adventure.

Once upon a time in a beautiful but frightfully cold city called Durham, there were two girls called Kat and Helen. They lived in a lovely house with three other lovely people, but because it was he beginning of the holidays, all the other girls had already gone home to their mummies and daddies. Now today was a special day for Helen because it was the day that she was going to go home to her mummy and daddy. So when she got up in the morning she started to pack all her clothes and books and toys into a bag to take on the train. She was very excited about going on the train again. As the things went into her bag, one after another, Helen realised that she wasn't going to fit everything in this one bag. So she had to get another one. And then another one after that! Helen had a lot of things to take home!!!

The two girls checked that Helen had everything she needed for going home and then they had lunch. After lunch they got ready to take all Helen's things to the train station. It looked quite complicated and they tried a few times to pick everything up before they were both happy with what they were holding. But Helen hadn't realised that her suitcase was so heavy and so she had to ask Kat to help her to pull it up the big steep hill. When they got to the top of the hill they both had very red faces and were struggling to breathe! But it was alright because the way was downhill from then on. Well, almost all the way from then...

Even going downhill wasn't all easy. Kat decided to carry the big bag on her hips because she said that girls are made to carry things on their hips, not on the end of their arms, otherwise they would grow babies on their fingers! Helen thought this was very funny, but later, when she carried the bag on her hip she realised that Kat had been right. It was much easier! Helen's suicase kept getting caught up with lots of leaves and it kept falling over the paving stones that weren't straight. It was very frustrating! But they made it to the bottom of the hill with plenty of time to spare.

Kat carried the big suitcase all the way to the top of the steps in one go and by the time they arrived at the station platform they were both tired out! They had a rest before getting ready for the train to arrive. When it did, Kat helped Helen to put her things on the train before standing well back to wave Helen goodbye. Once the train had pulled out of the platform, Kat walked all the way back up the hill for her tea.

What an adventure!