When Uncle Jack and the children find some homesick baby meerkats sad and lonely in a cage they decide to take them home to the Kalahari Desert. Getting there is easy in Uncle Jack s balloon. But the desert is a dangerous place. Can they keep them safe Vocabulary areas Animals nature feelings town Grammar and structures Past simple regular and irregular forms Verb infinitive Verb -ing Could Must for obligation Shall for obligation Adverbs never sadly a lot Comparatives superlatives better best