Protector Pouques- Nano-occupation of Guernsey

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They watched as one of the sick humans came to the door to collect her shopping. The little crown balls were being breathed out by the sick person. The birds looked around them and realised that some of the non-sick people on the street were also breathing out the same balls. They flew to the hospital and looked through the window. The air was full of the same little balls from the sick people on the wards. The pouques looked at each other in amazement – they realised that they could see which humans had the sickness because those humans were breathing out the little crown balls. They knew how important this was and headed back to tell Sammy and Jacob. They explained to her what they could see. Sammy excitedly told her mother. “Now dear, don't be silly,” said her mother, “nobody can see the virus germs which cause the sickness, because they’re just too small.” The two children were horrified and wondered what to do. The adults didn't believe them. “I know,” said Sammy, “we’ll write you some notes to drop for the people who look perfectly well but have the sickness.” The two children wrote lots of little notes and gave them to the pouques in a small bag. The pouque maoues spent the rest of the day flying around the island checking people who were on the street or in their garden and they dropped a note next to anyone who had the sickness. 12
They waited for the workers from the hospital to come out and also dropped notes there. Drawn during lockdown by Thomas-3 rd Guernsey Cubs The humans were surprised to get a note but as they were scared of the sickness, everyone did ask the medical laboratory to be tested. The island had its own testing lab, so it was able to cope with these new requests. The authorities were amazed that all these people with little notes had tested positive. They put an appeal out on the radio for the person who was dropping the notes. Sammy and Jacob told their parents what they had done and repeated the story about the birds. The authorities were very excited to hear this, and they knew that some animals had much more sensitive smell or hearing than humans. They wanted to know where to find the birds. Sammy and Jacob wondered how to contact the 13
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Page 5 and 6: The two pouques each changed into a
Page 7 and 8: “Is everyone else alright? What a
Page 9 and 10: The two pouques arrived at the big
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Protector Pouques- Nano-occupation of Guernsey

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