Near the break of dawn, Bree walked down the path in Icelandic along the Tongue River. It was rather windy, and she was very cold. She looked around and saw the Bluebirds nesting in the trees, tweeting softly. In her hands was her canoe, Magnolia. Magnolia was excited to see all the sights of the river.
Once Bree got to the edge of the river (where she was going to launch Magnolia), she squatted down and let Magnolia go. Magnolia splashed into the water, startling the Minnows which swam away. She looked around and saw a River Otter eating a Paddlefish which he seemed to be enjoying. A tall Box Elder hung over a mouse, who was enjoying himself while taking a quiet nap.
Magnolia soon found herself in the Pembina River. A Bald Eagle was circling over her while squawking loudly, and Magnolia wondered what he was looking for. She hoped it wasnՉt her! To calm herself, she looked at an American Elm which held a Tree Swallow singing a lovely tune. Magnolia was so into the tune she almost ran into a beaver dam. She made a sharp turn and luckily got away.
After that nerve racking event, Magnolia was surprised to already be sailing on the Red River. She looked near an aspen tree and saw a raccoon eating American Cranberries. Looking at the cranberries made Magnolia hungry, but she knew she had a mission to attend to. While staring at the cranberries, Magnolia got bumped by a large Sunfish. Even though this aggravated her, she kept on trucking and turned her mind onto bats. She hated bats and hoped she wouldnՉt encounter them. This made her go faster because she noticed that it was dinner time and the evening was approaching.
Magnolia was bored so she checked where she was on her built-in GPS. She was already in Lake Winnipeg! She peeked into the water to see the Sturgeon swimming around, and boy they were big! On the shore, there was a Masked Shrew hiding beneath a Riverbank Grape leaf, and he was vigorously nibbling at it. Magnolia slowly turned to the right and found herself under the shade of a large Cottonwood tree. While enjoying the shade (as it was getting rather hot and Magnolia felt like she herself was in the sun), she wasnՉt being careful and got herself stuck in between two tightly packed branches. Feeling the roughness of the sticks, she knew there would be too much friction to be able to escape. She still tried, but as she thought, it didnՉt work. It was night time, and she was tired, so she decided to go to sleep.
It was around 7 oՉclock in the morning when Magnolia woke up. The light shone through the leaves of the Cottonwood tree and she was covered in cotton. Minutes later, she heard rustling in some bushes and a little girl came out. She picked Magnolia up and studied her carefully, looking at the flower designs marked on. Eventually, she set Magnolia back into the water, said goodbye, and ran off. Magnolia was glad the girl picked her up because now she was unstuck and on her way to the Nelson River.
Once she reached the Nelson, Magnolia was worried she was taking too long. She sped up and passed many animals and plants. Once she slowed down she saw a White Tailed Deer buried in a ChokeCherry bush, looking for some berries because almost all of her fawns had already eaten hers. She heard a Leopard Frog croak loudly while sitting on a dark green lily pad. She was so happy that she was almost to HudsonՉs Bay. After that, she would reach the Arctic!
After passing a forest of Green Ash trees on the riverbank, Magnolia finally found herself in the salty waters of HudsonՉs Bay. Turning to the right, she saw a gigantic ship exporting from the Port of Churchill. Magnolia paddled as fast as she could away, just missing the ship's propeller. Being mesmerized by this, she almost ran into a young Arctic Fox laying in a sedge bush. She paddled to the left a bit and stared at a gigantic mountain, in which a beautiful, white, spotted Lynx was standing on top of.
Staring off into the distance Magnolia saw glaciers of all sizes. This exited her. Wondering where she was, she checked her GPS. She was in the Arctic! She paddled in circles (this was her party dance), with excitement. She made sure to capture every moment (as she had a scrap book and she wanted to write down everything that she saw), so she looked around. A mother Polar Bear was in the water fishing for her cubs. The bear found a big Cod and walked away with it. Six seals were huddled up together on top of a shallow piece of the glacier. All of these things amazed Magnolia. She knew that it would amaze Bree, too.
Epilogue
After Magnolia was found by an Inuit who was fishing, he sent a message to Bree about finding Magnolia. Bree was overjoyed! After sending the message that he found the canoe, he let Magnolia go back to the sea. A treacherous couple months later, Magnolia was found again by a Norwegian girl, along the coast of Bergen. Here, the girl took her and kept her room. Many of her friends came to her house to look at it. They all hoped that they would find one too. Now, Magnolia sits in her owner's (Abby) room, writing in her scrapbook about her adventures.