Mountain Mona

Mountain Mona

Chapter 1 Mona was a goat. She lived at the top of a mountain with her brother, her sister and her mother. Her brother was good at jumping. Her sister was good at leaping. Her mother was good at climbing and scrambling.

Mona didn't think she was good at ANYTHING . . . except growing flowers. Mona grew big yellow sunflowers - huge yellow sunflowers that nodded in the sunshine. Mona loved them. She fed them and watered them. She watched them grow . . . and she smiled.

" Mona, " said her brother, " goats don't grow flowers. JUMPING is what goats do. If a fierce lion comes along, goats must JUMP out of the way. Jumping is easy peasy. Watch me jump over this bush! " Mona looked round.

“ What bush?" she asked. “ THIS bush, " replied her brother. " Oh, " said Mona. I thought it was a rock. ” Mona's brother jumped over the bush. " There! ” he said. " Now you try! " Mona tried . . .

“ OW! " she said. " You should look where you're jumping, " said her brother. “ I did! ” Mona replied, and she went to see her sunflowers.