Op 'n sonskyn dag in Kaapstad het Johan besluit om 'n piekniek in die pragtige Groenpunt Park te hou.

On a sunny day in Cape Town, Johan decided to have a picnic in the beautiful Green Point Park.

Dit was 'n park vol lewe, met kinders wat gespeel het, honde wat blaf, en mense wat op die sagte gras gelê en ontspan het.

It was a lively park, with children playing, dogs barking, and people lying on the soft grass and relaxing.

Johan het sy kombers uitgesprei en sy mandjie vol lekkernye geopen.

Johan spread out his blanket and opened his basket full of goodies.

Net toe hy 'n hap van sy toebroodjie wou neem, het hy 'n sagte geluid gehoor.

Just as he was about to take a bite of his sandwich, he heard a soft sound.

'n Klein, swart-en-wit dier het nadergesluip.

A small, black and white animal was approaching.

"Miaau," het Johan gefluister, dinkende dit is 'n katjie.

"Meow," Johan whispered, thinking it was a kitten.

Hy het sy hand uitgesteek om die diertjie te aai.

He reached out his hand to pet the little animal.

Op daardie oomblik het Anika, 'n vriendelike meisie met bruin hare wat in die park gedraf het, geskree, "Moet dit nie doen nie!

At that moment, Anika, a friendly girl with brown hair who was jogging in the park, shouted, "Don't do that!

Dit is nie 'n kat nie!

It's not a cat!"

"Johan was verbaas.

Johan was surprised.

Hy het vinnig sy hand teruggetrek, net toe die skunk, wat Anika se troeteldier was, sy stert opgelig het.

He quickly withdrew his hand just as the skunk, which was Anika's pet, lifted its tail.

Johan het net betyds besef dat dit 'n fout sou wees om daardie stert te ignoreer.

Johan realized just in time that it would be a mistake to ignore that tail.

"O, genade!

"Oh, goodness!"

" het hy uitgeroep.

he exclaimed.

Anika het nader gehardloop en haar skunk, Bella genoem, opgetel.

Anika ran over and picked up her skunk, named Bella.

Sy het verontskuldigend na Johan gelag.

She laughed apologetically at Johan.

"Jammer oor die verwarring, maar Bella hier is 'n vriendelike skunk en heeltemal onskadelik.

"Sorry for the confusion, but Bella here is a friendly skunk and completely harmless."

" Johan het sy hartklop voel bedaar en kon nie help om te lag nie.

Johan felt his heartbeat calm down and couldn't help but laugh.

"Ek het nog nooit 'n troetel-skunk gesien nie," het hy gesê.

"I've never seen a pet skunk before," he said.

Van daardie dag af het Johan en Anika vriende geword, dikwels saam in die park piekniek gehou, waar Bella altyd die ster van die vertoning was.

From that day on, Johan and Anika became friends, often having picnics in the park together, where Bella was always the star of the show.

En Johan het nooit weer enige swart-en-wit dier vir 'n kat aangesien nie.

And Johan never mistook any black-and-white animal for a cat again.