Nursery World - A Dormouse's Tale (1)

All summer Dol the dormouse lived in shadowy hedgerows, sleeping during the day and waking up at night to look for flower buds, insects and hazelnuts to eat. Hazelnuts were her favourite. Then when the leaves turned orange and gold and red, she felt even more hungry. She couldn't stop eating. 'You'll get fat,' said a voice.

'You'll get fat,' said a voice.

'Who's that?' said Dol.

'Only me,' said a friendly bat hanging upside down on a branch, 'I live here, under that flap of an old tree trunk.' 'I think I might like to live here too,' said Dol, 'I've got to find a good place to build my nest.' Dol popped under the flap.

'This is perfect!' she said, as she dragged leaves and grass and bark inside to make a cosy nest.

Night after night Dol scampered around finding things to eat, played with her friend the bat and went to bed in the morning.

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