Mr Gumpy was going for a drive in his car.
He drove out of the gate and down the lane.
“May we come too?” said the children.
“May we?” said the rabbit, the cat, the dog, the pig, the sheep, the chickens, the calf and the goat.
“All right,” said Mr Gumpy.
“But it will be a squash.”
And they all piled in.
For a while they drove along happily. The sun shone, the engine chugged and everyone was enjoying the ride.
“I don’t like the look of those clouds. I think it’s going to rain,” said Mr Gumpy.
Very soon the clouds were right overhead. Mr Gumpy stopped the car. He jumped out, put up the hood and down came the rain.
The car sank deeper and deeper into the mud.
“Now we’re really stuck,” said Mr Gumpy.
They all got out and pushed.
“We’ll drive home across the bridge,” said Mr Gumpy. “There’ll be time for a swim.”
“Goodbye” said Mr Gumpy “Come for a drive another day.”
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