Two weeks ago, there was a knock on the front door and Percy the Postman stood waiting with an exceptionally large parcel. Verity and I were so excited as a parcel from Postman Percy usually meant something for us both. Beanie and Huyey could not stop barking as they were excited too. The more they barked, the more excited we became. Verity climbed onto the sofa and jumped up and down. Mummy told us to settle so she could get the parcel. It was very heavy, so Postman Percy placed it inside of the front door.

“Hmm!” said Mummy. Verity and I both looked at one another and wondered what the parcel was. Mummy gave a big sigh and said, “We will need to wait till Daddy comes home from work!” Verity and I looked at the big box, and we both gave a big sigh. “Hmm!” we both said.

All day long, Verity and I kept going to the box to take a look. We thought it would magically open, but it did not. “Olly, shall we see if there is any writing on the box or a picture?” Verity said. We both took a look but could not see anything that would give us a clue. We just noticed Daddy’s name and our address. “Hmm!” we both said again.

We tried to keep ourselves busy and played in the lounge room so we could keep an eye on the box. It was like we felt it was safe if we were nearby. We looked out of the front window in anticipation of Daddy coming home. We looked at the clock to try to see what time it was. Even Beanie and Huyey could not work out what was going on. They would go and sniff the box to try to work out what they thought was inside. “It is not dog food!” I said to them both.

Daddy pulled out long metal pieces and short metal pieces and what looked like two round plastic plates. He went to the shed and brought back a screwdriver. It took a while for Daddy to arrange the parts on the grass and then he started screwing pieces together. Daddy then moved quite quickly like he was putting a jigsaw together. He then stood back and said, “Ta dah!” Verity and I still looked at one another as we were not sure what it was that Daddy had made. “A seesaw!” he said.

Daddy took my hand and helped me sit on the seat at one end of the long pole. Daddy then placed Verity on the other end. Daddy showed us how we could both go up and down. It felt a little strange at first but then it became fun. Daddy then showed us how we could move around in circles. Both Verity and I were surprised that the seesaw had come out of a box. He called Mummy to come to take a look and Daddy and Mummy watched us on the seesaw. We played on the seesaw till dinner time.