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My name is Bloecker, not Bond, and I live not far from the Bond-Uni in Robina, Gold Coast, where Life is Good!

And different as well! This is only the beginning of my Third Life, having retired in 2015 from active services.

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In a very dense forest where the sun’s rays played hide-and-seek with the trees, lived a curious young squirrel named Alfie. Alfie loved to explore and ask questions about everything he noticed.

One day, Alfie found a strange, flat rock covered in odd shapes. The shapes looked like wiggly lines, circles, and other strange marks. He had seen these before on the signs the humans left in the forest, but he never knew what they meant.

Alfie decided to ask his friend, Bella Block the wise old owl, who lived in the ancient oak tree. Retired, but not tired. Bella was known to have answers to the most puzzling questions young squirrels might ask.

“Hello, Bella,” Alfie chirped as he scampered up the tree. “I found this rock with funny marks on it. Do you know what they are?”

Bella turned her head slowly and peered at the rock with her large, knowing eyes. “Ah, Alfie, those are letters and numbers. Humans use them to communicate and count things. They are part of something called the alphabet and numbers.”

Alfie tilted his head. “Alphabet? Numbers? What do they do?”

Bella hooted softly. “The alphabet is a set of letters from A to Z. They form words that humans use to speak to each other. And numbers, like from 0 to 100, help them count things and understand amounts.”

Alfie thought for a moment. “Can you tell me more about them?”

“Of course,” Bella replied. “A is for apple, like the ones you like to nibble on. B is for butterfly, the beautiful insects that flutter by. And C is for cat, the mysterious creature that sometimes visits our forest. Just like that, each letter stands for something.”

“And what about numbers?” Alfie asked, his eyes wide with curiosity.

“Numbers help us count. For instance, there is only 1 sun in the sky, 2 wingsare on a butterfly, and you have 4 tiny cute paws,” Bella explained. “Humans use numbers to measure and understand the world around them.”

Alfie was fascinated. “So, if I wanted to tell you how many nuts I found today, I could use numbers?”

“Exactly,” Bella said with a slight nod. “If you found 10 nuts, you would use the number 10 to tell me that.”

Alfie looked at the rock again, imagining all the stories and ideas the humans could share with their letters and numbers. He felt a sense of wonder at the vast world of knowledge waiting to be discovered.

So good to have a wise friend, he said.

The owl nodded again. And she smiled.

You made my day, love!

With a heart full of curiosity, Alfie scampered down the tree, eager to explore and learn more. And as he ventured deeper into the forest, he carried with him the wisdom of Bella, ready to unlock the mysteries of the alphabet and numbers in his own special way.