Sammy is fast asleep in his tree. Sammy’s tree is cold, so he curls his tail around his body to keep warm. Sammy is cosy. ZZZZ, ZZZZ.
Sammy goes out to look for food. When he comes back his tree is gone. “Oh no!” he says. “Where are they taking my tree?”
Sammy sees his tree in a lorry. He runs after it and jumps in the lorry.
The lorry goes down the road. Vroom, vroom.
Sammy sees people put his tree in a big machine. His tree is cut into small pieces.
Whirr, whirr, chop, chop. Sammy is very unhappy.
The men put the bits of wood onto a lorry. Sammy follows the lorry to a big house called Calke Abbey. Vroom, vroom.
The lorry goes into a yard. It tips all the bits of Sammy’s tree into a bin.
There is a big boiler, next to the bin. It is warm here. Sammy curls up and falls fast asleep. ZZZZ, ZZZZ.
Sammy soon finds a new tree with food and friends. Sometimes, on a cold winter night Sammy creeps back to the boiler and has a nice warm sleep. Clever Sammy!
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This story was developed during a Dynamic Studio project for the National Trust, introducing the new biomass boiler at Calke Abbey. KS2 pupils from Dame Catherine Harpur's School worked with the class teacher, designer John Conibear, and illustrator Sarah Morgan. Scriptwriter Susan Cross adapted the original text for use on site by the Trust's education department with KS1 pupils.