A lovely story about an echidna that changes colour to match his environment. The story starts describing the echidna group and where they live. . . but one echidna changes colour with his environment. . no one knows why so he travels to ask other animals. Language benefits: Lots of descriptive, describing places animals live and excellent examples of role shifting. It can be found here : The teaching notes for part of the curriculum material on this site and highlight examples of Role Shift, Mime, Exaggeration and sign blending through the story.