It follows the adventure taken by Gator. When the crowds stop coming to the fairground, where Gator is the happiest merry-go-round animal, he decides to leave his home on the ride and sets off on an exciting journey, not knowing where he is going or what he is going to find.
He left his friend Duck, who had always been with him and walked out the gate, but with a hole in his heart where the pole used to be.
He soon became lost in a deep dark forest, until he stumbled upon a bridge and looked over to find ducks. These ducks reminded him of the friend he left behind. When he went to saw hello, he slipped and fell into the water. As he laid there, he heard laughter and turned around to find a zoo. However he didnt know it was a zoo, he thought it was another fairground, but as he looked around, he couldnt find the lights or hear the sounds of the fairground.
After looking around he found some alligators, but they were much bigger than he was.
Just when he had given up home, a boy and his father walked past and recognised him from the old fairground. Gator realised he had been forgotten and he began to lead the way home back to the fairground.
By the time he got home, he was leading people through the gates. The sounds and the lights came back on and the merry-go-round started moving again. Gator felt back at home and everything was just the way it used to be and the hole had been filled again.
The book appeals to many age groups, as young children will understand the story on the simplest level while older children may understand the book on a deeper level of the desire to go back to the way things used to be and the idea of change.
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