Dear pandas,

Today we have some bad news for you. Our beloved pony who lives in the stables is not feeling well. He has been hanging his head low and not eating for the past two days. We don’t know exactly what the problem is so we called upon Prof. Bookworm to help. He isn’t a veterinarian but he knows how to handle animals very well, especially horses. His college mates used to call him Dr. Doolittle or Horse Whisperer!

But we have another problem, Prof. Bookworm is not currently here in Panfu. He has been in Honduras for the last few weeks on a research project. Honduras is pretty far away! But he will be back on Saturday which is the next flight he can get from the Honduran jungle.  But in the meantime, he has sent a telegram to all you pandas which he has asked us to print here in the blog:

My dear Panda bears,

I hope you are all in good spirits and have not been as sick as I hear the poor pony is. What I have heard from Max and Ella, the symptoms of the pony do not look promising at all! But I’m sure we will manage if we all work together like we have done in the past. I will be back in Panfu on Saturday and need all of you to help me cure the pony. As a reward, you will be able to stroke the pony. And for those pandas without the gold package (wood pandas), you will be allowed into the pony yard on Saturday!

I look forward to seeing you on Saturday. We simply need everyone to come there to help our lovely pony get better soon!

Panda greetings from Honduras,

Prof. Bookworm.

So there you have it! “The Bookworm” (that’s what Ella and I call the professor) has, incidentally, cut his research trip in Honduras short so he can come and help the pony. So please make sure you all help him out.

Will you be there on Saturday? We certainly will be!