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Ollie learns about

forever homes

That night Ollie could not sleep. He could hear Mollie crying in the spare room. This made Ollie sad, and Sad would not settle no matter how much Happy told him jokes to try to cheer him up. The next morning Mollie was very quiet at breakfast.

“Right, Ollie, today I am going to take Mollie into the hospital to see her foster mummy, so Mr Wilcox and Mrs Bowler are going to look after you till we get back.”

“OK,” said Ollie, looking at a very sad Mollie.

While Mollie was brushing her teeth, Ollie asked his mum what a foster mum was.

“Well, she is a very special lady who looks after children when they don’t have a mummy of their own, or if their mummy can’t look after them for some reason.”

“Doesn’t Mollie have a mummy of her own?” asked Ollie.

“Everyone has a mummy, Ollie, but sometimes a mummy can’t look after them for grown-up reasons, and so special people called foster mums and dads look after them until they can find forever homes.”

“What’s a forever home?” asked Ollie.

“A forever home is like what we have, Ollie. It’s where you stay forever with the same mummy and daddy.”

“Oh,” said Ollie, not really sure he understood. “So is Mollie’s foster mum Mollie’s forever home now?”