Gilpus & the Wild Boar

in Foreverness Forest

Martin & Michael Rasmussen

Foreword

Gilpus and his friends Arlie, Will and Calvin live in a village near a big forest. The children like to go exploring in the mysterious forest, which they are sure is a very special and magical place.

“Look! Isn’t that a wild boar over by the forest lake?” Arlie asked, pointing excitedly at the water. And sure enough, there was a little toffee-coloured wild boar with dark brown spots on his belly, drinking at the lake. The boys froze, thrilled at the sight of the little creature.

Gilpus and the Wild Boar in Foreverness Forest is a fun and exciting tale of childhood adventure with delightful illustrations to encourage children to explore their wildest imagination and appreciation of all things weird and wonderful.

Ideal for reading aloud from age 4.

The story is inspired by holiday adventures and our childhood in the countryside, near a mysterious forest.

Happy reading!

Martin & Michael Rasmussen

Chapter 1

Gilpus gazed out of the living room window at Foreverness Forest. He was thinking about the fun he’d had with his friends Arlie, Will and Calvin, splashing around in the forest lake the day before.

He went over to his dad, who was watching something on TV about a wild boar that lived in a wildlife park with other weird and wonderful animals.

“Are there wild boars in Foreverness Forest?” Gilpus quizzed his dad.

“Not any more. In old days there used to be,” said his mum as she wandered into the living room with a bouquet of yellow roses from the garden. Gilpus’ home always smelt of nice flowers.

He sniffed the fresh-cut flowers which his mum had arranged on the coffee table in a dark blue vase.

“But yesterday, when we were playing at the forest edge, Arlie, Will, Calvin and me heard these grunting noises. We reckon it was a wild boar. Anyway, Foreverness Forest is a very special forest that a wild boar would surely like to live in.