and leaving this endless ice” So Snowy left his house. He went for a long time before he saw a big ship. He entered the ship which was sailing for the South. The bear cub hit in a cosy place and fell asleep. When Snowy woke up, he saw majestic scenery. The sun was shining brightly. Instead of white snow he noticed an island. There were a lot of high and green trees on it. Bananas and coconuts grew on these trees. Snowy had never seen them before. He was happy. He went out to the land. But suddenly someone’s hands caught him. Snowy wanted to run away but he couldn’t. These huge hands held him very strongly. In a minute he found himself in a cage. His heart beat high and he couldn’t utter a word. Snowy thought his travelling had finished. He remembered his Mummy telling him about people. The bear cub knew that he had to be careful with them. The strangers loaded the cage to their truck and drove to the unknown direction. When they arrived Snowy saw other cages with different animals. He never met face-to-face with them. There was Little Monkey with a long tail. She was making faces and screaming loudly. In another cage Elephant Calf with kind and sad eyes looked at Snowy with surprise. There was Zebra who was pounding her hooves and snorting. Snowy understood he wasn’t alone and he felt himself better. -Well, “white hank of wool”, people have caught you too,- said Monkey. The bear cub resented a bit, sat down in the corner and hanged his head. Elephant Calf stroked Snowy by his trunk and said, -Don’t be offended! In fact she is kind. -Friends,- cried Zebra.-We must get out or we will be taken to the zoo. But Snowy wanted to see the Zoo so he began to shake his cage and run in it. The cage overturned and the door opened. All animals were very glad. Snowy hurried to open all cages. Thereby Snowy, Monkey, Zebra and Elephant Calf set free. They rejoiced, hugged each other and kissed. New friends began to show Snowy their fantastic island. They ate different fruits, bathed in the warm ocean, played, run and jumped. The days passed quickly. Once in the morning Snowy woke up and understood he missed his mother a lot. He wanted to go home. His friends noticed his sadness and decided to help him. Zebra and Elephant Calf suggested to build a raft but Monkey said on the balloon would be faster. So they began to make it. They found a big straw basket, blew up a lot of balloons and fastened them to the basket. His friends gave farewell gifts to Snowy. The bear cub sat in his transport, said good-bye and went home. Snowy was very happy to see his Arctic, his parents. He decided he would never leave his home any more.