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Draft storyAt the farm

The short menu

Eddie plans a grand lunch, but Hamish only wants grass.

A draft: the words and pictures are waiting for an educator’s review.

Who’s in it

Meet everyone in Gullbrae

The story

Eddie makes a grand welcoming gesture towards Hamish, who waits in the grass behind a closed wooden gate.

Eddie stood at the gate and gave Hamish’s lunch a very grand introduction. Hamish just waited calmly in the grass.

Fiona smiles and holds up one small sprig of grass while Eddie, still mid-gesture, listens.

Fiona held up one little sprig of grass. Hamish, she said, would probably like a much shorter menu.

Eddie shows Fiona three picture cards in turn: a tractor working in a field, tall growing grass, and a cow grazing.

Eddie showed Fiona three cards, one at a time. First the field is looked after, then the grass grows, and later a cow can graze.

For grown-ups: The three cards, in order: the field being looked after by a farmer with a tractor; the grass growing later; a cow grazing later still. There is no set waiting time between them, and the grass does not grow instantly.

Hamish lowers his nose towards the tall grass in a quiet field.

Hamish lowered his nose to look at the tall, ready grass.

Hamish chews a tuft of grass, looking happy and a little amused.

Hamish munched happily. His thought was just one word: grass.

For grown-ups: Hamish’s thought is one word: grass.

Eddie laughs kindly with Fiona outside the closed gate while Hamish grazes behind the fence.

Eddie laughed and pointed at the field. The shortest menu was the right one, and Hamish had it already.

Draft, 20 October 2026. The words and pictures are not yet reviewed by an educator. The story follows the outline in our story guide.

The real-life bit

A cow’s ordinary meal here is grass growing in the field. Getting a field ready to graze takes professional care and time, and there is no single waiting time that fits every field. Gullbrae is made up. Your council’s own rules are the ones to follow.

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