Uncle Jack and the Meerkats

When Uncle Jack and the children find some homesick baby meerkats, sad and lonely in a cage, they decide to take them home to the Kalahari Desert. Getting there is easy in Uncle Jack's balloon. But the desert is a dangerous place. Can they keep them safe? Vocabulary areas: Animals, nature, feelings, town Grammar and structures: Past simple regular and irregular forms; Verb + infinitive; Verb + -ing; Could; Must for obligation; Shall for obligation; Adverbs: never, sadly, a lot; Comparatives / superlatives: better, best