By Rob & Lisa Hi l lI l l u s t rat ions by Tony McNeightBy Rob & Lisa Hi l lI l l u s t rat ions by Tony McNeight

BEN andCrINKLE

Crink le was thrown f rom a car window by humans who did not want him anymore .

As he landed in the bush ,

he hur t his leg .

As darkness fe l l , Cr i nk le was a l l a lone .

Cr i nk le was very fr ightened

and his leg hur t a lo t . Cr i nk le cou l d not wa lk .

The next morn i ng Cr i nk le saw a big puppy

Ben wanted to he l p Cr i nk le .

smi l i ng at him . His name was Ben .

Ben ’ s owners were ca l l i ng and ca l l i ng .

He picked him up in his mouth .

Ben had run off to exp lo re the bush whi le

his owners were having a picn ic .

As they burs t out of the bush to say he l l o ,

Cr i nk le had a broken leg . What cou l d they do?

Ben did not panic .Ben thought very carefu l l y .

Ben had been there as a new puppy .

they cou l d see Ben ’ s owners dr i v i ng away .Now they were both orphans and

“I know ,”said Ben . “I wi l l go toDr Rob at The Happiness Cent re .”

Ben wa lked and wa lkedand wa lked . . .

a l l the whi le carrying his

l i t t le buddy Crink le .

He was not leav i ng

him behind .

Ben cou l d see The Happiness Cent re

in the dis tance .His leg hur t f rom carrying

Cr i nk le so far .

“Never gi ve up ,”he kept saying to himse l f .

Nurse Janet rushed to he l p .

Dr Rob needed a l l his machinesto he l p f ix Ben and Cr ink le .

He fi r s t asked the x-ray machine to he l p .

The x-ray machine cou l d see ins ide

wi th his specia l x-ray waves .

Ben and Cr ink le ’ s sore legs

Dr Rob looked at the X-rays.

He needed to operate to fixtheir sore legs.

The oxygen bottles were going

to help. They gigg led and hissed

wi th g lee , a l l want i ng to be the one lucky bot t le that

was chosen to he l p f ix Ben and Cr ink le ’ s legs .

Next i t was the s leeping machine ’s tu rn . He was ca l led an anaesthet ic machine .

Poppy had an app le

for lunch when

her f r iends had fr ies .

“Look into my eyes,” he said.

Ben and Crinkle fell fast asleep.

“You are getting very sleepy…”

Sudden ly a br igh t shin i ng l igh t f i l l ed the

operat i ng room . He was the surgery l igh t .

He lo ved to shine . He shone br igh t ly so

Dr Rob cou l d see to f ix Ben and Cr ink le .

The medicine bot t leshugged themse l ves .

Ben and Cr ink le too .”“We want to he l p

Dr Rob worked hard in the magica l operat i ng room for a long t ime to f ix Ben and Cr ink le .

When Ben and Crinkle awoke they

They were already getting better.They smiled at each other.

They knew they would always be friends

Ben had made the right choice under pressurewere both lying in hospital beds. and helped his litt le buddy to safety.

Poppy walked to school

with her new friends

instead of taking the bus.

When they were better , they sat with Dr Rob

and looked at the beautifu l rainbowthat shone over the town of Smi le-a-Lot .

“Happiness he lps heal al l wounds ,

Happiness Centre,”said Dr Rob .that is why we started a at the fron t of the Happiness Cent re

As Ben , Cr i nk le and Dr Rob looked out , they Chi l d ren were r id i ng a pony ca l led Soda Pop .

E verybody lo ved The Happiness Cent re because they had

so much fun .

Chi l d ren were learn i ng magic t r icks .Chi l d ren had ba l l oons .

cou l d see chi l d ren p laying and having fun .

If I don ’ t gi v

e up ,

things wi l l get b

et ter .

I can impro

v i se ,

adapt and over

come .

If i t’ s to be

,

Others might need

me

i t ’ s up tp me .

to lead the wa

y .

I must focus on

the

so lu t ion and forg

et

the problem .

See aff i rmat ions be low :

D r Rob said Ben

and Cr ink le cou l d

s tay there as long

as they l iked .

That madeBen and Cr ink le

very , veryhappy .

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“Courage is not the

absence of fear , i t islearn i ng to overcome i t”

- Ne l son Mande la