Did you hear about the earthquake? It was sooooo thunderous and noisy!! It rattled and shook the Kiosk and made me feel quite trembly and shaky! The Kiosk shelves jumped up and down! I later found out what the cause of the earthquake was ! It was Eleanor the Elephant pet owner teddy who was holding a birthday party for her pet Elephant who is called Edwina! Edwina was sooooo excited when she saw the very pretty pink birthday cake which had been  decorated with gentle rose petals and wrapped around the edges with  a white ribbon!  Edwina the elephant was soooo happy that she jumped up and down in the air... which is not a very wise thing to do when you are an elephant! It does make quite a sound and shakes the ground, because an elephant is just a teeny bit heavier than an ant!  I do quickly have to say that Eleanor my teddy friend has been encouraging Edwina to do some fitness training with her each day, so Edwina is lighter than she used to be. They have been walking around the neighbourhood together, listening to music on their iPads as they are walking along. ( They used to have an iPod each , but unfortunately Edwina saw a mouse when they were on one of their fitness walks, and she is sooooo scared of mice! She got very upset, her trunk turned upside down in fear, and then when her trunk came to right itself into the right direction it accidentally hit the two iPods onto the ground... and the iPods never have worked since! )  

   Anyway, Edwina was so happy that she was excitedly jumping up and down on the spot, and caused an earthquake to happen! Did you know that teddies are good dancers! We really are great at disco dancing! We jive and waltz and tango and hip hop! Or perhaps us teddies  bip bop? Or you could come into the Kiosk and shop shop! But.. elephants are not the most elegant dancers! I think it is all because it is hard to find the right dancing clothes for them to wear. When you are dancing, you need to look like a dancer, don't you think?! You need to wear fancy clothes and nice pretty  pink slippers.  The only thing is, that there was recently a huge Stocktaking Sale on elephant dancing clothing, and all last season's fashionable outfits were sold off cheaply. But... there has been a hiccup and the new trendy outfits haven't arrived yet in the Target Elephants store! It means that elephants are missing out on buying and wearing these new fashionable dance outfits! Eleanor teddy very generously offered her dance clothes to Edwina for her to wear... but the clothes were just a little too tight  on her. It was a very nice offer of her though! 

     Well, I had better check to see if there has been any damage done by the earthquake. I can't see any cracks in the walls. I will have to get out my magnifying glass....

      Until next time,

              Happy birthday Edwina! Hip, hip, hooray! 

                    Your friend,

                 Kiosk Ted Strath