Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
Sunny lives in the Kalahari Desert. It is VERY dry and VERY hot. Sometimes Sunny thinks it is TOO hot.
Sunny comes from a large family. They work together, play together, eat together, learn together
and sleep together.
In fact, they do everything together. They are VERY close. Sometimes Sunny thinks they are TOO
close.
Sometimes Sunny wishes that he could live somewhere else so he packs his suitcase and writes his
family a note.
Dear Everyone
I’m off to find somewhere perfect to
live. (Don’t worry Mum, I’ll be
staying with our mongoose relatives
so will be quite safe.)
Love from Sunny
P.S. I promise to write.
On Monday Sunny visits his Uncle Bob.
To Mum and Dad,
It’s a lot like being at home here. (Except that I am
the BIGGEST. The weather is sunny and the food is
fantastic (lots of scorpions, yum!). Best thing is no
one has to keep look out because there’s this bird
that goes SQUAWK when there is danger. I told
Uncle Bob that our family moto is STAY SAFE, STAY
TOGETHER. He told me theirs is RUN AND HIDE!
From Sunny
Uncle Bob’s family made him very welcome but he didn’t fit in!
So on Tuesday Sunny goes to stay with his cousins Scratch and Mitch and the rest of his family.
Greetings from Mongoose Country
Dear Mum and Dad
We have been living in an old termite mound but we are
moving.
There is plenty to eat.
Yours ticklishly Sunny
Sunny is getting itchy feet so he decides it’s time to move on.
On Wednesday he arrives at his cousin Edward’s.
Dear Mum, Dad, Grandad and Grandma,
I’m staying on a farm!
Ed’s favourite food is chicken. I haven’t tried it yet
but I have had plenty of eggs!
(Tell Mickey they are not as good as scorpions.)
Love from Sunny
Sunny is not at all sure that eggs totally agree with him.
On Thursday he heads off to stay with his cousins Mildred and Frank.
Dear Mum, Dad and everyone,
It is raining quite hard. Hope the weather is better back
home.
Loads of love from
Sunny Rainy
P.S. Great Aunt Maureen was right. I should have packed
an umbrella.
Sunny hates getting wet so he decides to leave.
By Friday evening Sunny has reached Madagascar.
Dear All,
Arrived at Auntie Bea’s and Uncle Rob’s. It is very late and very
dark. I think it may be past my bedtime. (Aunt Bea and Uncle Rob
don’t seem to have noticed).
I am leaving (as soon as it gets light).
Yawns faithfully, wish you were here.
Sunny
Sunny is afraid of the dark. He can’t think of anything worse.
Until, on Saturday, he arrives at Great Aunt Flo’s.
Dearest family,
Great Aunt Flo lives on her own in a marsh!! It is dark
and wet! The food is disgusting (slimy) and I am lonely,
cold and tired.
I really, really, REALLY wish you were here (or that I was
not!)
All my love, kisses (and snuggles)
Soggy Sunny
xxxxxxxxxx
Sunny is beginning to worry that nowhere is right for him.
But then on Sunday, Sunny arrives somewhere very dry and very hot where everyone is very close.
And it is …
… perfect!
