ERIKA D.

MY WAY AROUND THE WORLD

5

FRUIT LAND



Collection: My way around the world (9

books)

Original title: Moja pot okoli sveta First electronic edition: Železniki, 2024

Published by Erika Drobnič

Canva illustrations

Published on Amazon.com, Kindle books Kataložni zapis o publikaciji (CIP) pripravili v Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici v Ljubljani

COBISS.SI-ID 192957187

ISBN 978-961-07-2070-6 (KPF)

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The path around the world is a path we walk from birth onwards. The countries that the main character visits in the story are different periods of our lives. The experiences in these stories show our perception of life in a humorous way. For example, the land of the giants is the period when we are babies or small children and everything around us is huge and upside down when viewed from the stroller. In each country, we also learn a new Spanish word.

Read all the stories and find out for yourself in which period of your trip each country is. I wish you lots of fun reading and don’t forget to learn all the Spanish words.





WITH THE MOTORBIKE WAS FASTER. I TELL YOU, I DROVE AT SUCH A SPEED

THAT I OVERTOOK ALL THE SNAILS ON

THE WAY. EVEN THE TURTLES

COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH ME. THIS

TIME I ARRIVED IN A NEW COUNTRY

QUICKLY AND I IMMEDIATELY KNEW

WHERE I WAS, AS I WAS GREETED BY

HUGE FRUIT TREES AT THE

ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTRY. WELL, THEY DIDN'T GREET ME WITH A VOICE, I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING BY AND

THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S CALLED.





AFTER DRIVING AROUND THE FRUIT

COUNTRY FOR A WHILE, LOOKING AT

ALL THOSE JUICY, DELICIOUS FRUITS

ON THE TREES, I GOT HUNGRY. I APPROACHED THE FIRST TREE ON

WHICH GREW PEARS, APPLES, AND

STRAWBERRIES. HA HA, FUNNY THAT

STRAWBERRIES GROW ON TREES. I WANTED TO TEAR ONE OFF, BUT IT

HAPPILY GREETED ME. THE TALKING

STRAWBERRY SCARED ME, NOT ONLY

DOES IT TALK, BUT IT'S ALSO AS BIG

AS A WATERMELON.

THE STRAWBERRY ADDRESSED ME:

"BITE ME, COME ON, COME ON, QUICKLY!" "HOW CAN I BITE YOU

WHEN YOU'RE ALIVE, AND I DON'T EAT

LIVING THINGS!" I RESOLUTELY

SNAPPED AT HER. "IT'S OKAY, IT'S

OKAY, TAKE A BITE AND YOU'LL SEE."

"WHAT I'LL SEE, I ALREADY KNOW

EVERYTHING, I'LL EAT YOU AND YOU'LL

BE GONE, AND THEN YOU'LL KEEP

TALKING IN MY TUMMY AND IT WILL

TWIST AND HURT." "NO, NO

BECAUSE YOU WON'T EAT ME!"

EAT ME

CÓMEME

MEANWHILE, A BOY RODE BY ON A BICYCLE. HE HAD EYES ON STALKS LIKE

SNAILS HAVE. HE STOPPED AND TOOK

A BITE OF A STRAWBERRY. "YUM, HOW GOOD SHE IS," HE SAID AND

DROVE ON. I LOOKED AT THE

STRAWBERRY, AS IT IMMEDIATELY

GREW BACK. IT LAUGHED AND SAID:

"WELL, YOU SEE, I'M FINE, YOU CAN'T

EAT ME, "I GOT THE COURAGE AND

TOOK A BITE. "WATCH OUT, YOU'RE

TICKLING

ME,"

JOKED

THE

STRAWBERRY.

I ATE SOME MORE PEARS AND APPLES, THEN A BANANA THAT GREW RIGHT

OUT OF THE GROUND LIKE A MUSHROOM. IT WAS FUN TO SIT

UNDER THE FRUIT TREE AND TALK

TO THE FRUITS. "BUT WHERE IS THE

BOY I SAW EARLIER? ARE THERE ANY

MORE GUYS LIKE THAT?" I ASKED. "YES, YES A LOT, THEY LIVE FAR AWAY FROM

HERE, IT'S HALF AN HOUR'S ROLLING

TO THEIR VILLAGE." "HALF AN HOUR," I REPEATED. IT'S A GOOD THING I HAVE

A MOTORBIKE BECAUSE IT WILL GO

QUICKLY.





I THANKED THE STRAWBERRY AND

DROVE OFF. SHE WAVED GOODBYE TO

ME AND CALLED: "COME AGAIN

SOMETIME!" BUT SOON I CHANGED MY

MIND AND RETURNED TO THE

STRAWBERRY. "WOULD YOU LIKE TO

GO ON A TRIP WITH ME?" I ASKED

STRAWBERRIES, APPLES, BANANAS, AND PEARS. "YES!" THEY SAID OUT

LOUD, "HOW EXCITING, LET'S GO!"

SHRIEKED THE FRUITS. A BASKET FULL

OF THEM HAS ACCUMULATED AND

TOGETHER WE WENT TOWARDS NEW

ADVENTURES.

You have to try the fruit too!

Tell us which one is your

favorite?

The following story can be

found in book 6, titled:

THE MAGIC FOREST