The Adventures of Freddie the Frog and Mixi the Mouse: Book One

By Lesley Day

Lesley Day was born in a small village in Staffordshire, England. As a
young girl she always wanted to write but it wasnt until her late forties
that she started to write seriously. When she is not writing she enjoys oil
painting as a way of relaxing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Nov 16, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465373328

Lesley Day

Lesley Day was born in a small village in Staffordshire, England. As a young girl she always wanted to write but it wasn’t until her late forties that she started to write seriously. When she is not writing she enjoys oil painting as a way of relaxing.

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Copyright © 2011 by Lesley Day.

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4653-7331-1

                eBook           978-1-4653-7332-8

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 11/07/2014

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1   Mixi’s Fall

Chapter 2   Freddie To The Rescue

Chapter 3   Royalty Begins

Chapter 4   The Start Of The Adventure

Chapter 5   Hedgons Plan

Chapter 6   Freddie’s Journey

Chapter 7   Mixis Journey

Chapter 8   The Journey To Plummies

Chapter 9   The Reunion

Chapter 10   The Healing Of Freddie

Chapter 11   Hedgon’s Arrival In Little Sunniwick

Chapter 12   The Plan Takes Place

Chapter 13   The Bullfrog Bash

Chapter 14   The Finale

This book is dedicated to the person who inspired me

With thanks to my sister and daughter who help me with the book and many thanks to Louise P who helped to compile and illustrate the book.

INTRODUCTION

A l ong time ago in a little village named Sunniwick, Elizabeth was walking with her father, Lord Henry. Everyone respected Lord Henry, as he was known as the magic man, because he had

the power to help people who are in need of some assistance.

It all started when he was a young boy and he was cycling home from the village school, a little girl named Lucy had fallen off her bike and badly sprained her foot.

As he approached her, he stopped Are you ok? he asked as he knelt down to help her up.

No she cried, It’s my foot, it’s hurting badly and I’ve got to get home, it’s my birthday and Mummy is making me a big cake.

Oh, Henry said (he wasn’t a lord at that time.) Let me help you up and see if you can stand on it. He helped her up, but as she put her weight on it she squealed,

"No, it hurts! He put his arm around her and said, Hold onto me, and I will see if you have broken it." He bent down and touched her ankle.

"Ouch! Then as he gently rubbed her foot, she said to him Oh, the pain’s gone!"

Are you sure? He had hardly touched her.

Yes I’m sure. You’ve got magic hands, would you like to come and have some birthday cake? She asked him.

He had forgotten it was her birthday, Oh yes, Happy Birthday and with that they cycled to Lucy’s home.

Mummy, Mummy she cried when they got there err, she turned around to him and whispered, What’s your name? Henry he told her

Mummy, I fell off my bike and hurt my foot, Henry came and helped me, he rubbed my foot and the pain went away he is magical, can we have some cake? She cried never stopping for breath. Lucy’s mother came out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron."

Slow down Lucy, I didn’t understand a word you said, tell me again," and with that Lucy repeated the story and from that day on, everyone knew all about Henry’s magical touch. As he grew older whenever there were any problems with anyone, he was always approached to help sort them out. He and Lucy married and to honor the wedding they became Lord and Lady Henry, then a few years later they had a little girl.

As Lord Henry and Elizabeth were walking they came up to what was once, a small pond but due to a very dry spell in the weather and neglect, there was very little water remaining and with no let up in the dry spell the whole pond could be completely dry within the next day or two. As she approached Elizabeth saw something move, she ran over to it and shouted Daddy, Daddy come quick, there’s something here. Her father joined her by the pond and looked down.

Oh yes, he said I can see what that is, or rather what they are.

What? asked Elizabeth.

They are tiny tadpoles and they are running out of water. He told her.

Elisabeth bends down and put her hand in what was left of the water, looking at the three tiny tadpoles Can’t we take them home with us? she asked

I don’t think so, by the time we get home and get a bowl to put them in, it will be to dark for us to find them.

We must do something Daddy, we can’t leave them here like this. She was almost in tears. Lord Henry looked at his tearful daughter, knowing how soft hearted she was, he then turned his gaze on the three tadpoles, then putting the palm of his hand into the water he said

"Water, you will remain as you are in this pond until those little tadpoles start to become frogs, then as you grow my little tadpoles you will become Bullfrogs, the strongest frogs in