Winter Worries


written by
Zach Preston
edited by
Jackson Snyder
title by
Quinn Holmes
picture by
Nightingale Eminem



Hedgehog lived alone in an untidy patch of garden, behind the weeds and under the log where she could hide away during the day.

‘Time I was up and about’, she said to herself as the sun was setting.

It had been raining. Wet weather meant lots of slugs and worms and beetles.

But, as slugs and worms and beetles were what hedgehog ate, she didn’t mind at all.

She had just found a juicy-looking slug when she heard a voice.

‘Oh dear’, said Hedgehog.

Hedgehog didn’t like company. Other animals made her jumpy. It was a good job she had her prickles to keep her safe. She...