Max & Fiona

By Marco Mehring

Little Fiona and her family live out in the country.
Their neighbour is Mr Ronnie, a farmer who has lots of dairy cows.

One of the cows is called Louise and she is Fiona´s special friend.
Fiona visits her friend every day and brings her fresh grass because soon Louise will have her first little calf:
Max.

But when Max is born, and Fiona goes to see Max and Louise in their box, Max has disappeared!

Fiona goes looking for him and finds him locked up in a tiny little box on another part of the farm.

Why are Max and Louise not together?
Why isn't Max allowed to have Louise's milk?
And what are the grownups trying to hide?

"Max and Fiona" is about friendship, courage, believing in yourself, freedom and milk.

It shows that you can change something if you believe in it!

• Language: English
• Publisher: tredition
• Release date: Nov 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9783732369300

Book preview

Ilive on the edge of a small village in the middle of the country. Every morning I get on my red bicycle and go speeding down a narrow country road on the way to school.

My school is surrounded by tall trees in the middle of a forest.

The road leads along the banks of a small stream that splashes past our house.

In the afternoon I get back on my bike and ride home over fields and meadows, down gravel roads, with my hair blowing in the wind.

I am rushing back because of my best friend Louise. I can hardly wait to see her and tell her about all the things that happened during the day.

Luckily, she doesn’t live far away. In fact, she lives in a pasture just behind the house where I live with my mum and dad, my little brother Philip and our cat Molly.

Well, well, well, I can hear you say, your best friend lives in a pasture?

Yes, because my best friend isn’t a person. She’s a cow. She is the most beautiful, friendly and wonderful cow in the world. Come with me and I’ll show you Louise.

When I come home after school I ride through the garden all the way up to the fence of Louise’s pasture.

Then I ring the bell on my bicycle loud and clear even though Louise is already standing at the fence mooing.

Ringing the bell is a signal that we have. When I come home from school I ring the bell so Louise knows I’m back.

Her big eyes shine when she sees me.

Hello Louise! Are you glad to see me?

Louise waggles her head and wiggles her big ears and snorts:

Of course I am, but you haven’t introduced yourself yet.

Oh no, I forgot! My name is Fiona and I’m five years old.

Just a minute, you say to me. How can you talk to animals and understand what they say?

Well, I answer, I just imagine what they say and most of the time it’s true, isn’t it, Louise?

Mooooo.

See? She knows what I’m saying.

I open my bag and get out some fresh clover.

I picked this for you, dear Louise.

She moos again and eats the clover.

I climb over the fence into the pasture and watch her eating.

Apart from Louise there are fifty-nine other cows on the farm but I like Louise best.

One day when I was little, I was in the garden with Dad.

He was so busy pulling out weeds that he didn’t even notice when I wandered over to the pasture fence.

I wanted to meet the cows - they were so lovely.

So, I climbed through the bottom of the fence and suddenly I was in the middle of a herd of cows. They stared at me when I stretched out my hands and walked towards them.

Some of them got so excited when they