Wow Yeti that’s some story!

_Elsa_

Yeti steps up to tell a story now.

‘Once, there was a little girl called Chii who lived in Japan, and learnt a game called Kageokuri from her father.

Her dad told her “you play Kageokuri by looking at a shadow and counting to ten. Then you turn to the sky, and you see the shape of what you were looking at outlined above you!”

She often played the game with her family. They even played it the day her father was deployed to go away to war. The four of them formed a line, looked at their shadows, and then turned to the sky where they saw their own outlines projected there.

Chii kept on playing the game with her mother and brother while her father was away, until fighter planes started appearing above her city and it was no longer safe to play outside.

One night she was awoken by an air raid siren. Her family ran outside to find fires burning all around. People were running every which way, her mother pleaded with her and her brother to stick together, but somehow Chii got separated from her mother.

Not knowing what else to do, Chii slept under a bridge with some strangers.

In the morning she found the place where her house had been. In the wreckage she waited, telling herself: “I just have to be patient. I am sure my family will come”.

She waited for what seemed like many, many days.

One morning she woke from sleeping amidst the wreckage with a bright light on her face. She heard a voice. It was her father’s voice saying “you play Kageokuri by looking at a shadow and counting to ten”.

Chii stared at her own shadow. Her father’s voice said “1,2,3”, she heard her mother’s voice join in “4,5,6”, and her brother’s “7,8,9”. When the voices reached ten, she looked to the sky and saw their projected 4 perfect white shadows. She felt herself becoming light, see through, as if she was becoming one with the sky. Before she knew it, she saw her father, mother, and brother running towards her. 

In this way, many decades ago, a little girl’s life became one with the sky.  But even to this day, if you choose to look long at your shadow, count to ten, and then turn your eyes upwards, you can see her waving back down to you, playing kageokuri.’ (Source)

“Does anyone else want to share a story?” asks Yeti. 

No one responds so he suggests a sing-a-long. Chewy, Philippe and Olivia volunteer to start.

Well that lasts a bit but Yeti wants his chocolate or he’ll just have the marshmallows toasted instead.

Let’s continue - Time to eat!  

Start at the beginning – Let’s have a bonfire!