Henry and the Zooper Zoomer Rocket
Henry the Bunyip was buzzing with excitement.
He knew that every year, kiddie winkles celebrate Book Week.
This year's theme is
Book an Adventure
Book Week event is coming up soon! I suspect you'll quickly be searching for your favourite book and making a costume too. Good luck to you all.
Henry loves books.
Big books, small books, joke books, books about space, books about animals, books about cooking, books about adventures.
His friend Queenie is a librarian.
Once Queenie found a map in the back of a book, but that’s another story…
This story is about Henry the Bunyip and the Zooper Zoomer Rocket.
One day, Henry was at his local library, flipping through a book about Space.
When— suddenly there was a huge BUMP!
A book fell from the top shelf and landed at his feet. The title read
The Great Book of Flavour
Henry opened it—and to his surprise, a ZOOPER DOOPER fell out!
But this was no ordinary icy treat — it was his favourite flavour too. Henry loves the pineapple ones.
The Zooper Dooper shimmered and sparkled like a shooting star, with colours like a rainbow.
Suddenly—ZOOM!
The floor shook and WHOOSH!
Henry, the book, and Zooper Dooper were lifted into the air! When Henry recovered, he found himself inside a rocket — the rocket was made entirely of Zooper Doopers and was very colourful! A loud voice echoed:
“Welcome aboard the Zooper Zoomer 5000!”It was Captain Raspberry—wearing sunnies and a captain's cap. He looked very cool indeed.
Behind him stood the crew of Flavourites—each with an important job to do, making the Zooper Zoomer fly. There was Oscar Orange—he was courageous and always ready for adventure. Then, there was Priscilla Pineapple, who was quite clever and full of bright ideas. Lenny Lime was calm, cool, and great under pressure. Bob Bubble-gum was always giggling and blowing giant bubbles. Connor Cola seemed to be a chilled-out, terrific bloke; he had headphones. Faith Fairy-floss is sweet, and sometimes she wears her pink fluffy slippers. Belinda Blackcurrant, with her spy gadgets, always keeps an eye on what's going on. After introductions were finished, Captain Raspberry said: “We’re on a mission to deliver the Great Book of Flavour… to the Moon Library!” The favourites lined up and saluted. Henry said, "Can I help?" too. They all said yes. Use this telescope to make sure we are going in the right direction.
“Yes, absolutely, that will keep us on target,” said Captain Raspberry, handing him a silver party hat. They all took their places; Oscar took control. Up, up, they went, bursting into space and zooming through the galaxy and dodging popcorn Meteorites, flying through clouds of fluffy marshmallow! Henry could see stars and cosmic dust. Then he saw a tiny planet. Captain Raspberry and the Flavourites landed the rocket. Henry was a little scared, but once the Flavourites told him that Planet Frostonia, where they had landed, was safe, Henry relaxed.
Eventually, they reached the Comet Café.
The menu looked tasty, with astro bites, cosmic crumpets, lunar lasagne, and asteroid apples, as well as Pluto pops. The space drinks menu was even better,featuring rocket fruit juice and milky meteor smoothies. Henry ordered a Moon Mist mocktail and a delicious Milky Way mousse. After finishing their snacks, the group continued on foot to the Moon Library,
Where the moon librarian eagerly awaited them. Henry proudly presented the Great Book of Flavour to the librarian.
It was now in its rightful place.
The library also had many other books. After checking out the other space books,
Captain Raspberry called, "Favourites and Henry, it’s time to go." Back inside the rocket, he said to Henry, “Press the big red button.” Henry gave it a gentle push… Suddenly, he was back in his library, still holding the book. Had it all been a dream? Maybe. But when Henry checked his pocket, he found a melted Zooper Dooper; the wrapper had been written, 'Thanks for the adventure. Let’s do it again soon.' Your friends, the Flavourites.
Have a fantastic Book Week! And enjoy your Zooper Dooper!#love always, Henry