Whats Up Duck

8 9 With that she took a nice, relaxing, calming, deep breath in, counting to 4 as she did it. Cat then held her breath, and put up her paw, and silently counted to 4 on it, using her fingers to show where she was. She then breathed out slowly, counting to 4 again as she did so. When she had finished, she gave Duck a big smile. ‘I call that my Fantastic 4’s’ said Cat. ‘It always helps me to relax, and, if I ever feel a bit nervous, anxious or scared, it helps me calm down again. I was practicing this for a few days before we came back to school as I was feeling nervous about coming back too’. 1 2 3 4 h o l d y o u r b r e a t h . . . 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Dog had seen what was going on and started to do the same breathing as Cat and Duck. After a little while all three animals were doing it together, and slowly, Duck started to feel a bit calmer. After 10 full goes of the Fantastic 4’s Cat spoke to Duck. Cat then got Duck to do the Fantastic 4’s with her. She spoke nice and calmly to Duck while he was doing it and if he got it a bit wrong, that was ok too. 1 2 3 4 b r e a t h e o u t - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 b r e a t h e i n - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 h o l d i t - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4