“Hey guys just a few tips to help you understand this story, if you haven’t read the first few books we recommend reading them before reading this book also there will be some words in French and the translations will be at the end of the story. So let’s dive in and see what happens.”
“Hey guys if you haven’t read the first books, I’m Holly and this is Reb and John. As l’m sure you know we are travelling from Spain to France via Andorra.”
“Yes, we are on our way to France.”, said John, “Ivy, Ian and Flores are talking us to the café.”,
“I can’t wait!”, said Reb, “Ooo look a castle!”,
“Thanks so much!”, Said John,
“De rien.”, said Ivy,
“Now we must be going.”, said Ian,
“Oui.”, said Flores,
“Good bye!”, say everyone,
“Au revoir.”,said Ivy,
We’re going to go to a café not too far from here and we’ll be meeting some of Reb’s friends.”, said John.
At the café
“Hey guys I would like you to meet Ben, Michelle and Rosie.”, said Reb,
“Bonjour.”,said Rosie,
“It’s lovely to meet you, we have been friends with Reb for so long.”, Said Michelle,
“So shall we get a drink before we leave?”, asked Ben,
“Yes, let’s.”, said Reb,
Reb had a cappuccino; John had an apple juice; Holly had a tea; Ben had a lemonade; Rosie had a chocolate milkshake and Michelle had a tea.
“That was nice.”, said Michelle,
“Oh, yes it was!”, said Holly,
“So shall we go?”, asked Ben,
“Ok.”, said John,
It was only a short walk to their house and it was a very beautiful walk.
“Here we are!”, said Ben,
“Wow I love your house!”, said Reb,
“Me too!”, said Holly, “ it’s beautiful!”,
“Merci.”, said Michelle,
“So shall we have dinner before we go to bed?”, said Rosie,
“Oui, good idea.”, said Michelle,
“Yes, please!”, said Holly, her tummy rumbling,
Dinner was steak au poivre with red wine pan sauce
Ingredients
1 (1–inch-thick) rib eye steak, trimmed and tied with butcher’s twine
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
1 teaspoon of cracked black pepper
1/4 cup of butter, divided
1 tablespoon of neutral oil, such as grapeseed
1/4 cup minced shallots
1/2 cup red wine
1 cup homemade beef broth
“Wow thank you, that was amazing!”, said Holly,
“Yes, thank you!”, said Reb,
“De rien.”, said Michelle,
“Arrrr!”, yawned Reb,
The next few days were amazing, they got meet some wonderful people and some fantastic places, and now they were going to a restaurant before heading off to their next destination.
They had a lovely meal and there were fairy lights hanging up around them and they were so beautiful.
“That was nice.”, said Holly, a sigh of contentment slipped through her lips,
“Yes, it was,” said Reb,
“So we better be getting you to the airport,” said Ben,
“Good idea,” said Holly,
At the airport
“Good bye”!said the Garden Gang,
“Au revoir”! Say Ben, Michelle and Rosie.
Translations
Au revoir-good bye
Merci-thank you
Oui-yes
Bonjour-hello
De rien-you’re welcome
“See you in Iraq guys”! Say the Garden Gang.