Marty the
motorcycling Giraffe Story 47
Marty’s great North
American adventure part 1 Marty and the Birdman of Boston
Today is a very exciting day for Marty the motorcycling
Giraffe as today his about to start out on a very exciting adventure to North
America
Marty’s friends, Peter, Gloria, Emmanuelle, Victor and of
course his special friend Gillian, have all turned up at the airport to wave
goodbye to Marty.
“What things are you planning to do on this trip Marty?”
asked Victor
“Well first I am going to Boston where I hope to meet up
with my friend Andy, who I met in Peru, and then hire a Motorcycle and ride to
Canada to see Niagara Falls and then
catch a aeroplane to Los Angeles, where I hope to meet up with some of the
friends I met the last time I was in LA and also I have friends there that I
met when I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro” replied Marty and he added “ and of course I hope to have
lots of adventures along the way!”
“Ooh that sounds like you’ll be gone for a long time, I’m
going to miss you” Said Gillian sadly
“I will miss you too” replied Marty “but I will be back
before you know it and when I return I have something very special planned”
“You keep mentioning this special plan Marty, but you never
tell anyone what it is” said Peter
“You will all find out in good time” laughed Marty
It was now time for Marty to catch his plane so he said Kwaheri
to everyone and gave Gillian a little kiss before making his way to the plane.
“Kwaheri, na safari njema” (Goodbye, have a good trip) they
all shouted after him.
It’s a long flight from Kenya
to the USA but as Marty
managed to fall asleep for most of the flight it didn’t seem long before the
plane was landing at Boston
Marty was very glad that his friend Andy was there to meet
him at the airport
“Hello Marty welcome to the USA
“Its good to see you too and I am very excited about being
back in America
“Well I have got lots of things planned for your visit,
today I am going to show you all around Boston and tomorrow I have got you a
ticket to come and see me play American Football for the New England Patriots
against the New York Giants”.
“That’s sounds fantastic" said Marty, "I don’t know anything about
American football but I am sure it will be very exciting. I remember you
telling me your football nickname is the Birdman”
“That’s right” laughed Andy “that’s the nickname our teams
supporters have given me”
First they went to Marty’s hotel so that he could book in
for the night and unload his luggage (just a rucksack as Marty likes to travel
lightly).
“I’m very hungry, they had no twigs and leafs on the dinner
menu an the aeroplane” Marty told Andy
“I know just the place to go” replied Andy “Follow me”
So they set off to a river side café on the banks of the
River Charles that runs through Boston
Marty and Andy sat on outside table to eat their dinner and
chatted way catching up on what they each have been up too since they climbed
to the lost city of Machu Pichu
Marty told Andy about all his adventures and Andy tried to
explain the rules of American football to Marty.
After they had finished their dinner Andy took Marty on what
is know as the freedom trail, and explained how Boston took a very important role
in the USA gaining its independence from England hundreds of years ago.
Marty was very impressed, especially at some of the
important buildings like the Old South Meeting House, Old State House, and Paul
Revere House, that they visited on the tour.
But it was soon getting quite dark and as Marty was a little
tired from all the travelling he told Andy that he was going to go back to his
hotel to get some sleep.
Before he went Andy gave Marty ticket for the match the next
day and explained that the New England Patriots play in the Gillette stadium
which is in Foxborough a few miles away.
“Hakuna matata” said Marty “I will hire a big American
motorbike and I will be able to get to the Stadium no problem”
Marty slept well that night and woke up just in time to get
some breakfast and head out to Boston to find a motorcycle hire shop.
At the motorcycles hire shop, Marty managed to hire a lovely
big American motorcycle and the shop agreed that he could return it to the shop
they own in Toronto in Canada
“I will enjoy riding this Motorcycle all the way to Canada ” said Marty to the man in the hire shop,
but today I am going to use it to ride and around Boston
“Well you have a nice day” said the hire shop man and Marty
got on the motorcycle and whizzed off into Boston
Marty spent the morning riding around Boston
and getting very used to riding the large American motorcycle and also finding
out more about Boston
But soon it was time for Marty to head off for the Gillette
stadium to see the big football match, Marty was feeling very excited about
seeing his good friend Andy play in such an important match.
As Marty headed out of Boston
So Marty weaved his way through the stationary traffic.
A little way up ahead Marty could see someone had got out of
his car and was looking at the traffic jam and shaking his head. As Marty got
closer he realised it was his friend Andy
Marty pulled up alongside Andy and said
“Jambo Andy, shouldn’t you already be at the stadium”
“Yes “ replied Andy “ my friend Sags was giving me a lift
but now it doesn’t look like I will make it in time for kick off, my coach will
be furious”
“Hakuna matata” shouted Marty “jump on the back of my
motorcycle and I will get you to the stadium in plenty of time”
So Andy jumped on the back of the motorcycle and soon they
were whizzing through the traffic towards the stadium.
At the stadium Andy went to get ready for the game and Marty
took his seat in the stadium. The people
sitting near the Mary were very surprised as Marty sat down, as they had never
seen a Giraffe at a football game before.
The game started and Marty found it very exciting if not a
little painful looking as the players kept bashing into each other.
With all his football gear on it was difficult for Marty to
tell which one of the players was his friend Andy but luckily he had his
nickname “the birdman” written on the back of his jersey.
As the game went on the New York Giants took the lead and
looked like winning the game. Near the end of the game Andy’s friend Sags
arrived.
“Phew I have just made it in time for the finish” said Sags
“whats the score?”
“21-17 to the New York Giants” replied Marty “I don’t think
Andy’s team are going to win”
“It’s not over yet” replied Sags
With that Andy managed to break away from the pack of New
York Giant’s players and one of the New England Patriots team threw the ball
very high and very long to where Andy was running.
Andy jumped up and caught the ball and kept on running to
take him over the “touch down line”
All the crowd were jumping up and down shouting Andy’s nick
name “Birdman, Birdman, Birdman” over and over again.
With that a loud hooter was sounded.
“That means the game has finished and the Patriots have won,
and Andy scored the winning touchdown” Sags Told Marty
“Hooray for the Birdman” shouted Marty.
After the game Andy introduced Marty to all the Patriots’
players and gave him an American football signed by all the team.
“Oh asante sana this is a lovely gift” said Marty and then
added “but now I have to say kwaheri, as it is time for me to go, I have a long
ride ahead of me to Canada”
“Well it’s been great to see you again” said Andy “I hope
you enjoy the rest of your time in America
With that Marty jumped on his motorcycle and headed out on
the road to Canada
Marty liked visiting Boston
and was pleased to meet his old friend Andy and thought the football match was
very exciting but now he couldn’t help wondering what sort of adventure could
be found in Canada
Marty the Motorcycling giraffe.
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