The trip begins
A short time later Paul and his friends are ready to depart in front of his house. Cat Kira is waiting with the aviator mouse in her bright red sports car and the parachuting frog is sparkling in his white elegant speedster, trying to outshine the sun. Full of anticipation, Paul fidgets excitedly back and forth. Just as they're about to start, someone comes storming up on a scooter and pulls up in front of their hoods. It's Paul's neighbor, Colin Crashpilot, a real daredevil. 'Hi guys!' Colin greets everyone exuberantly and casually pushes his sunglasses up onto his round helmet. 'I can't believe it, you're having a car race and I'm not invited?!' 'Uh, why a car race?' Paul stammers in confusion. But Colin interrupts him: 'My freshly polished sports car is just waiting to be driven out! Come on, boys and girls, show me how many horsepower your vehicles have under the hood!'
Paul looks puzzled first at Kira and then at the parachuting frog and the aviator mouse. Everyone shrugs. Once Colin gets something into his head, he doesn't give up easily. Paul starts the engine - it was supposed to be a quiet drive, not a wild race! 'Stay behind us, we'll show you how to get to the picnic meadow!' he calls to Colin as they set off.
Careful, it's getting narrow!
After a few traffic lights they pass fields, meadows and woods. Paul is admiring the pretty flowers by the roadside when Colin Crashpilot suddenly speeds past him like lightning. 'I hope that goes well, the road gets so narrow here!' murmurs cat Kira. Colin turns briefly to wave to his friends, loses control as a result and ends up in a mud hole in the roadside ditch.
The friends immediately stop and rush to Colin. 'Are you hurt?', 'Are you okay?', 'Are you all right?', they call anxiously all at once. Thanks to a good safety device in the car, Colin Crashpilot luckily only has a small scrape. The aviator mouse and the parachuting frog quickly fetch the first aid kit and tend to Colin.
But he's still shaken. 'What have I done, now my beautiful car is ruined! How are we going to pull it out of the mud hole?' he wails, standing at the roadside with dripping shoes. 'But you're almost unhurt, that's much more important,' purrs cat Kira and takes the racer in her arms. 'I'll call my friend Anton right away, he's a towmaster and will surely know what to do,' Paul tries to cheer Colin up.
Towmaster Anton to the Rescue
Shortly after, Towmaster Anton examines the racecar stuck in the mud thoughtfully. 'Oh dear, you should never zip around so fast! At least you were buckled up, Colin, otherwise something worse might have happened.' Skillfully he loads the car onto his tow truck and the friends drive along behind. At the workshop a big tear rolls down Colin Crashpilot's cheek. 'Come on, your car will be roadworthy again soon!' the parachuting frog comforts him.
Suddenly they hear a loud clatter! The friends look at each other questioningly. 'Don't worry, nothing happened,' Anton Towmaster reassures them, 'it gets loud over here sometimes. That's actually how it's supposed to be. But see for yourselves!' 'Wow, what's that?' the car fans exclaim excitedly when they hear a voice. 'Hi guys, my name is Steven Stuntman! I'm up here on the crash ramp. We test Kullerbü cars for safety, so it can get pretty loud. You better cover your ears!' he warns, before rolling down the ramp with momentum.
The crash test track
The friends are breathless as Steven Stuntman soars in a high arc off a kind of jumping ramp. The mouse covers her paws over her eyes in fright: 'Oh no, I can't look!' Steven Stuntman rolls over to her confidently. 'Don't worry, for me this is perfectly normal. A little risk is part of my job. But I know crash tests inside out. Come, I'll show you the site!'",
As he explains everything to the friends, they don't know what impresses them more: the great crash test track or Steven Stuntman's courage. 'I've heard about your accident,' he says to Colin Crashpilot. 'Thanks to our tests your car withstood so much and you can keep rolling around healthy and cheerful!' he winks at Colin.
After so much excitement the friends need a snack. After all, the picnic basket is still brimming in Paul's car and next to the crash test track is a lovely meadow. So everyone has a picnic together after all. Their new friends Towmaster Anton and Steven Stuntman of course also get some of the treats.
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