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The adventures of Sophia
from Queenstown, New Zealand.

Dear Sophie, ImaginedWbriyttFeenrbnyanJdeossHiucartSatdaoll&, IlJluesstsricaateSdtbayll Juan Chavetta
All our dream-worlds may come true. Fairy
lands are fearsome too.
As I wander far from view
Read, and bring me home to you
My love for you shall live forever. Daddy & Mom

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In Queenstown it was bedtime EHT S’HTRAE SNAECO REVOC DNUORA
RUO
And Sophia was up very late,
She was finding it hard to settle, GAREVA,
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She was in a terribly restless state SNAECO ERA DNUORA 4 LIK
SERTEMO
With a boom , a rattle, a shake and a wh z
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She was flying, the wind in her hair
EHT ECAFRUS AERA FO RUO TENALP HTRAE SI TUOBA 905 NOILLIM ERAUQS SERTEMOLIK RO 791 NOILLIM ERAUQS SELIM.
Sophia knew she wasn’t in [country],
But couldn’t guess exactly where.

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EVOBA AESELEHVTEPLOETRNAELTLTASEDLNLAUTONFIANITNAIUOM SA.

With a bump, a bounce, a hop and a rock

The girl and her teddy came to a stop.

Looking around Sophia could see top!
They were high
on a mountain

This was strange, and this was new
But she was brave and she was bold
She knew she could find her way home

Excited to let the adventure unfold.

Her blanket bundled into a bindle,
Sophia set off to find her way home
She says to her trusty teddy

“We may have a long way yet to roam.”

YAW PU N O NIATNUOM SPO T TA HGIH SEDUTIT EHT RIA SI “.NIH T”TI SAH ATO L SSEL
SERP E
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SESOLC OT EHT ECA FRUS. SUACEB Y TIVARG SDLOH TS O M FO EHT NEGYX

On the winding mountain path they meet
A old goat, beard as white as snow

“Hello,” he says, “I've news for you.
Important facts you need to know.”

“As you travel around the world
Many characters you will meet
As you help they’ll give you clues
To make your journey home complete.”

“Take this mountain rock with you,
It’s a clue to find your way home.
It will show you the first country
To visit as you roam.”

YA Meandering in a meadow in Norway
.VALO SLIN RIS ,NIUGNEP A DETHGINK YAWRON ,8002 NI
On the edge of a great big Fjord

troubleThe girl meets a moose with a Longship,
There’s with how it is moored.

“Hallo”says Mikael moose to the girl

“Velkommen, What are you up to?”
“Heading home on an adventure,

Why are you looking so blue?

W RON NI SEMAN ELAM RALUPOP ERA ”NEVE“ DNA ”DDO“ “It’s this rope” says Mikael moose,
“It’s all in a jam and a tangle.
If you can undo it I’d be so grateful,
It’s more than I can wrangle.”

TTHHEELAMROGOESSET A YLIMAF RYELELDAUETHCTANSI ILAMIN

She studies the knot to find the best way, NIAGA

With nimble hands, picks at the muddle. .RAEY YREVE HCTARCS MORF WORG
“Takk” says Mikael moose “You’ve done it!”
Then he says with a goodbye cuddle; ESOOM ELAM EHT YLNO
YEHT DNA SRELTNA SAH
“You followed a clue to my country

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It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye
As they leave Norway behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

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18 1 13 9 Easing through Egypt early,
2 21 9 12 The girl and her teddy bear

15 13 2 19. Meet Chemmis the confused camel

Tearing out his hair.

“Girl perhaps you can help me,
For tunnels under the sphinx I have a map
First I have to match this hieroglyph
Do you know how to play snap?”

“I do”says the clever girl

“You want that one over there,

It matches your map marvelously,
It’s over by that

BIG spear”.

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/ 20 8 5 9 18 / 5 25 5 19 / 6 18 15 13 / 2 12 15 23 9 14 7 / 19 1 14 4 “Shukran, it’s my turn to help you,

Tell me, what can I do?”

“I’m trying to get home” says the girl,
“Could you show me the way to?”

“You followed a clue to my country
One step closer on your way home.
Take this piece of rock with you
It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye
As they leave Egypt behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

WALES IS ALSO CALLED CYMRU WHICH
MEANS LAND OF FELLOW COUNTRYMEN

THE LETTERS K Q V AND Z DO NOT
APPEAR IN THE WELSH ALPHABET
WalesWandering past a castle in

The girl and her teddy bear met

Draig the great red dragon

Prowling and beginning to fret.

“Hylo, Hi, can you help me?

I’m trying to rebuild this castle wall.

My tools should be around here,

But I can’t see them at all!”

“Ok let me look and I’ll help you!”

The girl and her bear searched about.
They found them amongst rocks and rubble,
And pointed the dragon’s tools out.

LETGHEENRDEDSAWYESLSTHHADTRAGON DDRAIG GOCH THE RED DRAGON ON THE WELSH IFSLACGALILSEDSPCEYLMTRAYEG
IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE WHICH

DEFEATED ENGLISH “Diolch! Diolch! Oh, Thank you,
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THE Now tell me what you’re doing out here?”

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D I don’t know which way from here.”
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“You followed a clue to my country
AN One step closer on your way home.
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Take this stone-masonry tool with you
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It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye
As they leave Wales behind.

“I wonder where we’l go next?
And what exciting things we'l find.”

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Zig-zagging across Zimbabwe

The girl and her teddy bear

Met Lambert the Lion by a river

The water was not very near.

Moni,“
hello, can you help me?
It’s all dammed up and I need a plan.

If you can help me fix this problem,

key.I’ll help you to get home if I can.” Z HRTM LU
“It’s those logs” says the bright girl NVZG VEVIBZB
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“From the Umbrella Thorn tree.
We need to move just one,

The one that is the ”

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They tug and they turn and they twist, ILZI XZM YV SV ZIW UILN VRTSG PRO T ULI GSV KIRWV

In a rush the water comes down, Z ORLMH OVH ZMW WL NLHG LU G SV SFMG R M

“Zikomo! cheers Lambert Lion H ZIV YVGGVI S FMGVIH GSZM NZ
ORLM V H H V
Now, to find your home town…”

“You followed a clue to my country
One step closer on your way home.

Take this umbrella thorn with you

It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye
As they leave Zimbabwe behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

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To the Galapagos the girl does arrive,
3 On these equatorial islands
-15 3 1 14 - 23 5 18 0 - 15 6 - 5 1 1 4 15 18 Strange animals live and thrive.

TheBlue-footed booby Alvaro

Is dancing on the back of a tortoise
The girl asks the bird what he’s doing;
“Finding a mate whose feet are as gorgeous.”

bluer than blue,Can you help find the bird for me?

Her feet
If our feet are the same colour,
Our love will be nothing but true.

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20 2 8 5 “That bird by the rock on the shoreline,

- Her feet are the same hue of blue!”
3 “Gracias! Good spotting that’s amazing,

2 To get home let me help you…”

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“You followed a clue to my country

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It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye

As they leave Ecuador behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

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The girl and her teddy bear,
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Meet Cascabel the Rattlesnake

And her young in the night air.

“Bon bini – welcome to Aruba,

Will you please, please help me?

My ten kids are all around here
But I can only see

The girl looked at the landscape.
In the aloe and around the rocks,
The little snakes were well hidden

Some on spiky cactus tops!

EHT E BACSAC S ’EKANS ELTTAR YLASCNIKS SAH KNIP, EU ELNEBOAFCOSEAHCTSTESKEARANSRESDLETNKTAARAISNRIESSEHDELTETVTIRTELAARGYTINNLIBANEADOHEHTNINSDILEARSBGOUUNIW,RAECEABEHTB Pointing them out to Cascabel,
L DEYORTSED.
“Danki,The snake rattles in pure delight
G Thank you for helping!
L To get home, help you this might…”
B DNA N WOR B DNOMAID DEPAHS S NIKRAM.

“You followed a clue to my country

One step closer on your way home.

Take this with you

It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye

As they leave Aruba behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

LebanonLate in the forest in

The girl and her teddy bear

MCoeuenttHinagalcaethde aharircyohyneneas in despair.

four“I’m looking after my cubs

They each want a cone for a ball

I can only see three in the forest

They’ll have to share after all.”

“I can help,” says the girl to Haala

“There’s another two up in that tree.”

glee.Nimbly she climbs up and gets them

And hands them to Haala with

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Chokran“ my new friend! Thank you,

You’ve helped me more than you know.

So tell me why you’re in Lebanon.”

“Trying to get home, can you help me do so?”

“You followed a clue to my country

cedar coneOne step closer on your way home.
Take this with you

It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye HY EN AC UB SB E A P ED
WI TH TH EI RM OT HE RA T AN ON
As they leave Lebanon behind.
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“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.” S
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Roaming La Boca Argentina,

The girl and her teddy bear meet

Rufous Hornero, soon to be Gaucho
Flapping in a panicked sweat.

AR ROGME NTTHI N A C I “I’ve lost my boleadoras
E L AT
(Balls on the end of a rope)
T HE NAM E I threw them around here somewhere
O MES F
They’ve gone without a hope!”

N WORD FOR SILV “Don’t worry Rufous, I’ll help you!
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ER ARGENTUM windows

They’re wrapped around a hook!”

“Gracias! Thank you, thank you, THE RU FO U S H
S HE
I didn’t see them over there!” I T
ORNERO
“To get home can you please tell me BIRD
Where next to go from here?” NATIONAL

“You followed a clue to my country IN ARGENTINA
One step closer on your way home.
HORNERO BIRDS
Take this red scarf with you CALL

It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye
As they leave Argentina behind.

“I wonder where we’ll go next?
And what exciting things we'll find.”

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Nepal,Way up Mount Everest in N
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The girl is enjoying the snow. E
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She meets Giri, a great big Yeti V
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And asks him which way to go. E
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For his naughty set of kids,
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‘Cause they’ve been telling fibs! I
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“Will you help me to build it? ST
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Thirteen stones we need to find,
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Look around, would you be so kind?”

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The girl found the thirteen stones

“Adbhuta,And gave them to the big Yeti
wonderful, thank you!”

“To find my way home will you help me?”

“You followed a clue to my country
One step closer on your way home.

Take this snowflake with you

It will show you where next to roam...”

The girl and her teddy wave goodbye T H E Y E T I A R E S A I D TOR O A N
A L B U T N O O N E H A S E N M
As they leave Nepal behind. L Y F U N VE R C
P O DO N E CL
“I wonder where we’ll go next? E
And what exciting things we'll find.” USIVE O

Standing on a shoreline in Denmark

The girl meets a swan named Sana

She had three cygnets on her back,

And was calling for one named Ana.

“Oh girl please could you help me,

My baby likes to play hide and seek,

But it’s time to go back to her father
She’s been playing like this all week!”

“Don’t worry Sana Swan I see her,

She’s on that red painted ship!
Now, it's YOUR turn to help ME ...
To find my way home.” the girl did quip.

“Tak, lovely girl, you’re amazing!

Now let me think how to help you,
For your adventure let me tell you
Something you’ll find to be true…

“You followed a clue to my country
One step closer on your way home.

Now, you’re closer than you realise

And don’t have far left to roam...”

DenmarkAs the girl leaves behind, THEMUT
ESWANIS
She says to her teddy bear,
THENATI
“I wonder where wneea’rl lygotnheextr?e...”
I wonder if we're ONALBIRD
OFDENMAR
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THE SWAN IS CALLED MUTE BECAUSE
IT’S A LOT LESS VOCAL THAN OTHER
SWAN SPECIES

“Look Teddy! If we put the clues together
We can find out where tthoegso,pelling

Let’s just think about
Of each country we‘ve come to know.

You know what my trusty teddy?
I think we found the final clue,
If we take the first letter of each country
The name of our home becomes true.

W S We’ve been to:
NU OY SE
RE FF ID MO RF Norway Egypt Wales
ID EH TL LA RE BM
GA EM ER UO YN AC Zimbabwe Ecuador Aruba Lebanon
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D RO WT NE RE FF Argentina Nepal & Denmark...”
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Heading home with a bindle of treasures, -

Clever Sophia knows exactly where, 18 14
She’s now in her country New Zealand, 5 - 23
So they dance and they whoop and they cheer.
5
Now to find her home in Queenstown, 8

Where Sophia’s family will surely await 15 21 20 8 19 - 19 14
Things are more and more familiar - 20 15 - 20
There’s a hop and a jump in her gait.
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She can see her house in the distance, - 9 19 - 8 15 13 5
Sophia knows she’s nearly home,
She can’t to wait tell them the story, -
Of how far she’s had to roam! 4

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Sophia’s “Sophia!” Says her family,
home
“Whatever are you doing out here?
I thought you were in bed sleeping,
Dreaming of wonders without a care.”

“I found the name of my country

And got home following a clue.

I had an adventurous journey,

But am pleased to be home to you.”

“Oh Sophia,” says her family,
“What a story you have told,
Now come and eat your breakfast,
You’ve slept in and it’s getting cold.”

Sophia’s Room As Sophia goes to bed that night,
She thinks of those to whom she was kind

“I wonder where we’l go next?

And what exciting things we'll find”

THE END.

My Way Home New Zealand Girl
© The Kids Book Company Ltd 2016 ISBN 978-0-947529-08-6