Trevie Bear & Lazy Baba Go to Kathmandu | Page 4

the sign was Lazy Baba’s red scarf.
“We can go and see this Goddess Kali and she will help us find Becky. Goddesses
have magical powers,” said Lazy Baba.

Trevie Bear walked over to the tree and was about to start climbing when a small
gust of wind took the scarf and blew it gently to the ground. It landed at his feet. He

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picked it up, thinking. Lazy Baba was right. This was their only chance and just the
idea of the Goddess and brought Lazy Baba’s scarf back.
“Ok. Let’s go to Durbar Square and meet the Goddess,” he said. With that they linked
arms and trotted happily back down the dusty hill. They knew that Durbar Square was
somewhere in the centre of town. It shouldn’t be too difficult to find.

Chapter 6

They had been walking for about an hour. There were signs everywhere pointing
them in the right direction. Their mood was light and they walked happily knowing
they were on the right track. They turned a corner and came to an extremely busy
road. There were rows and rows of cars, taxis, buses and rickshaws all stopped. The
road was completely jammed. On the pavement where Trevie Bear and Lazy Baba
were walking there were hundreds of people all queuing and pushing to see
something.
“I wonder what is going on,” said Lazy Baba. “Can we go and see?”
“Yes. I would like to know too,” said Trevie Bear. He took her by the hand and
guided her between the legs of all the people. At the front of the queue there was a
man selling tickets. People would take their ticket and then a small gate would open,
allowing only one person through at a time. Trevie Bear waited for the gate to open ad
then he sneakily squeezed himself and Lazy Baba through.

Once through the gate they could see a huge field. Around the field were tents of
all shapes and sizes. Each tent was selling something; food, drinks, snack, souvenirs
etc. At one end of the field there was a stage with a man talking into a microphone.

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He wasn’t speaking English so Trevie Bear and Lazy Baba couldn’t understand him.
He was dressed in long red and yellow robes wrapped around him like an ancient
Greek toga.
In the centre of the field were six massive elephants. They were standing in a row
swaying from side to side. Their ears were flapping to get rid of the flies which were
buzzing lazily around their heads. The elephants were happily munching on straw as
they stood there.

“Wow! Look at those elephants!” exclaimed Trevie Bear. He had never seen a real
life elephant before and now here was standing in front of six!
The elephants were all dressed up. They had colourful paint on their trunks and were
wearing sparkly jeweled head bands over their heads. They looked lovely. Each one
had a different coloured blanket draped over their back.
“I wonder why they are all dressed up,” said Lazy Baba thoughtfully. She didn’t have
to wonder for too long because just as she had said it the man with the microphoine
stopped talking and some music started. It was extremely loud.

As soon as the music started the elephants stopped eating and took hold of the tail
of the elephant next to them. The elephant on the left hand side led them in a circle
twice with his trunk held high in the air. Once they had stopped the elephant behind
the leading one put his two front feet on his back so he was standing on his hind legs.
The other elephants did the same. It was very clever and fascinating to watch as the
elephants did a variety of tricks.

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This only lasted for a couple of minutes though because the elephants were then
used to give people rides around the field. There would be up to four people sitting on
one elephant as it paraded them around the field. After every trip the elephant was
given treats wrapped up in vine leaves. Lazy Baba wished that she could have had a
ride on an elephant, but she would not have been able to climb that