[ Kate settles back down once Johanna has, shifting into a more comfortable lie on her side with her arm folded up beneath the pillow. She holds in a smile at the corners of her mouth when told to keep going. Storytime it is. ]

So at first they try to kill the tiger. But they're used to hunting with guns, and the tiger is huge and strong, not like any animals they have back home in Switzerland. It's got massive teeth and giant paws with big nasty claws on them and it just swipes [ she mimes some more with a hand past Johanna's chest, fingers spread and curled into claws ] and snaps their spears in half and they have to run back up into their treehouse to escape. The next time....

[ Kate spins the tiger story out into a longer and more thrilling tale than 'and then they dug a pit and the tiger fell in and they kept it there', one involving tiger families and tiger training and then there's exploring the island with animal encounters along the way and strange girls disguised as boys found in swamps and escapes from pirates and more pirate attacks and pirates being eaten by a pack of trained tigers. She keeps it going as long as Johanna seems interested, far more adventure and battle shoved into the story than the original, even if she's yawning hugely by the end. ]