Herd Word Trail

"Let's walk the herd word trail!" said Suzy.

Little Thunder bounced along the path. "What's a word trail?"

"Each cow teaches us words from her home place," said Spike.

First they met Madrid. "In Spanish, one, two, three is uno, dos, tres," she said.

"Uno, dos, tres!" counted Little Thunder.

Next was Paris. "Red in French is rouge. Blue is bleu."

Little Thunder pointed at the red barn. "Rouge!"

Then they met Tokyo. "Dog in Japanese is inu," she said, looking at Spike and Suzy.

"We're inu!" laughed Suzy.

Nairobi was by the water trough. "In Swahili, cow is ng'ombe."

"Ng'ombe," said Little Thunder carefully. "That's you!"

At the end of the trail stood Canberra. "Can you remember all the words?" she asked.

Little Thunder thought hard. "Uno, dos, tres. Rouge. Inu. Ng'ombe!"

"Brilliant!" said Spike.

"Now let's walk the trail again," said Little Thunder. "I want to learn more!"