2. Little Grim’s Little BIG Adventure
Written By Kate Jeanes
and
Illustrated by Ross Munro
3. Little Grim was the baby
in a family of
Reapers
He loved his family
He loved his
Mum and Dad and
Muertos, the cat.
4. His brothers, Mort and Anubis,
liked to tease him about how
small he was...
...but the rest of the time
they had fun together.
Little Grim wanted
to be just like his
brothers.
5. Mort was already a
Professional Reaper.
Little Grim would watch him get
ready every night.
Putting on his long black cloak,
polishing his scythe,
and his best shoes.
“Why can’t I be a
Reaper, Mum?”
Little Grim
asked every
night after
Mort left.
6. “Cos you’re too small!”
Anubis would laugh,
before disappering to make
mischeif with his firends.
“I’m not too small!”
Little Grim would shout.
He said this alot.
“I’m not, I’m not, I’m NOT”
7. One night near Halloween
Anubis had been taunting
Little Grim all day.
“You’re barely tall enough for
the beginner scythe” he said.
Little Grim sat awake after Mort went to work,
plotting.
It was time to show his brothers
that he was BIG now.
8. He crept down the dark stairs.
He slipped down the hall past a
sleeping Muertos and then, at last,
out the front door.
Then he headed for the hospital...
It didn’t take him long to find what he was
looking for.
9. In a small blue bed, a little boy
lay close to dying.
A sign hung above him with his
name:
Daniel.
“I’ll show Anubis
I’m big enough!”
Little Grim said bravely,
as he approached
Daniel’s bed.
10. But as he did Little Grim
noticed a hand clasped
tight around Daniels
An older boy, about
Morts age, sat crying
at the bedside.
“Please don’t go Dan,
please”
he sniffled, wiping his
nose on his sleeve.
11. Little Grim stood watching as
the older boy talked softly
to his brother. Little Grim realised that
being a Reaper meant
taking people away
from their families.
12. Horrified, Little Grim thought about
his family.
He thought about losing
his brothers.
He tried to think
about life without
Mort, or even Anubis
However annoying
Anubis could be,
Little Grim couldn’t
imagine not hearing him
laughing in the next room
ever again.
13. Little Grim saw the love between
the two boys and began to
back away.
14. A boney hand touched his shoulder and made him jump.
“Death is a natural part of life, little brother”
Mort said.
Little Grim
looked up at his brother
in his best Reaper robes.
“How did you find me?”
15. “I didn’t. I came here for him.”
He pointed towards
Daniel.
“But you cant! His
brother needs him!
It’s too soon!”
Cried Little Grim.
16. Mort walked over and
kissed Daniel’s forehead
“It’s always too soon when
someone loves us”
he said as the soul of the
little boy appeared.
“But death is a part of life.
We’re just here to guide
them to where they
belong.”
He finished as he
used his scythe
to seperate
soul and body.
17. Mort made quick work of snipping
a chunk from Daniel’s soul and
pressing it firmly into the heart of
Daniel’s brother.
Leaving a part of Daniel remaining
behind to guide him.
Then, with a smile,
Daniel faded into peace.
Little Grim couldn’t help but cry that night,
but as he fell asleep
he thought that he truly understood.
Death was just the next step
that everyone had to take.
Part of being Big meant understanding that.
18. lITTLE gRIM DREAMS OF BEING LIKE HIS BIG
BROTHERS, REAPERS, MASTERS OF
THE NIGHT, DEATH AND DARKNESS.
cONSTANTLY TEASED FOR HIS SMALL STATURE,
ONE FATEFUL NIGHT HE DECIDES HE WANTS
TO BE BIG.
bUT THE LESSONS ON BEING BIG STAND TO
CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
