Our boy is pleased as punch today because this:
…arrived in the post this morning.
It’s 5 months since he rescued Ray The Bird. George wrote a post about it, but it was our Twitter friend @LicklePickle that suggested writing to Blue Peter to see if it might earn him a badge:
Since Ray flew away George has often said that he wishes Ray would have stayed around in the garden. It had been so long since we sent the letter to the BBC we’d given up hope of a reply.
Then this morning he got a lovely letter from the Editor saying how much they liked his story. They said he had been awarded a ‘Green’ Blue Peter badge, which is for viewers who care about nature and the environment.
Thank you Blue Peter for making one 9-year-old boy very happy.
Click on the photo to read George’s original post:
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Janice (Farmersgirl)
November 28, 2011
Well done George. What a cool badge, never seen a green one before.
Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide
November 28, 2011
That’s just wonderful!
Sally
November 29, 2011
Heartened to hear that Blue Peter still gives badges and that they still mean something (sounding very old here!). Congratulations to George – well deserved.
Kavey
November 29, 2011
When I was a kid, many long decades ago, about 7 or 8 I think, I rescued a baby thrush that had falling out of the nest before it could fly, was wandering about on the tarmac road, and with no mother in sight. It’s unlikely the mother would have come back for it, with no way of getting it back into the nest anyway.
So we took it home.
Over the next few weeks, it was my constant companion.
I got permission to take it into school in a large cardboard box with holes, and during play breaks, friends and I would find worms to feed my little bird.
At home, I eventually taught it to fly by throwing it a few inches up from my hand, and then more gradually, until it could fly.
I loved it so much that when it died, my mum told me it had choked on a piece of cucumber it had found on the kitchen floor during the night.
I found out only a few years ago that in fact my enormous visiting grandmother had sat on the poor thing, as he’d been resting on the sofa.
😦
Jules
November 29, 2011
A huge congratulations to George.
MothersHeart
November 29, 2011
What a wonderful thing ..lll.. I had to share on tweet!
Lee Poteet
December 6, 2011
Thank you so much. There is still so much real beauty in the world.
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
December 9, 2011
OMG that’s awesome! I didn’t even know they did green Blue Peter badges (although I’ve not watched it for 20 years so this is hardly surprising). Wondering how old Ted needs to be to get into Blue Peter… not sure he’s quite ready for it yet although I likes NewsRound clips on the CBeebies site!