THE BALLAD OF THE LAUGHING SEAGULL

I was walking down the beach enjoying the sun and sand, with a delicious ice-cream dripping down my left hand.   With the wind in my hair and the waves at my feet, I was so full of joy and enjoying my treat.   Then swooping by with such gentle grace was a sight that…

THE BALLAD OF THE BALD HEDGEHOG

Have you ever heard the tale about the hedgehog with no spikes, such a sweet little boy who all the other’s didn’t like?   A case of Alopecia, there was nothing they could do, such a sad little hedgehog who cried and cried, “Boo-Hoo”.   But soon the lad grew older, he wanted to look…

CHANTING

“Mum, what’s that noise?” asked Johnny Duboise as he sat on the comfy settee. “Its your father”, she replied as the dishes she dried, “say’s he’s trying to set his mind free”.   “By singing a song?” he asked with a grin as he as he looked for the TV remote. “He says that he’s…

THE BALLAD OF COLIN THE COW

Colin the cow stood out from the herd, sad and alone, with no friends but the birds. The other cows in the lush green pasture, would point at him and moo with laughter.   But why did they single him out in this way, why did they mock him and then walk away? Poor Colin…

A MOUSES TAIL

“But it’s not my fault”, cried the mouse in dismay, “I though I knew where I was but appear to have lost my way”   Sat at the foot of my bed with his hands under his head, he tried through his tears to relate what is here. … I set out early this morn…

A CHILDS EYE

Imagine a world of love and laughter, fun filled days and freedom till after the tea time call or the playtime bell, get back into line or you’ll catch some hell. Imagine a world of wonder and jest, questions and answers; adventurous quest. When time was your own and life was a whim, to run…

THE BALLAD OF THE SINGING STORK

A special delivery is often made, of a loving couple’s sweet young babe. Wrapped in a blanket and dangling out there at the end of the bill of a stork, in the air. Sleeping and happy the babies, they ride through the summer skies as the storks gently glide. Gracefully flapping their powerful wings, not…

THE BALLAD OF BOB THE BUN

Our friend Bob the Bun, just loved to have fun and exciting adventures galore, he’d laugh all day and jump and play and roll around on the floor. Its a very rare sight to see a bun take flight but one day he went flying so high, he held onto a kite by the tail,…

THE BALLAD OF THE SKATEBOARDING ANT

If you’ve ever seen an ant go whizzing by faster than his friends and with goggles on his eye’s, then without a doubt, skidding through the plants, you’ve met my friend Albert, The skate-boarding ant. From the day he was born he was rushing around hither and thither, like a spring unwound. His mum would…

THE BALLAD OF ZOLA THE ZEBRA

Zola the Zebra lived far, far away and always had so much fun, with lots of friends they laughed and played and sang beneath the hot sun. At first, her friends were a little confused and thought her a curious sight, for unlike her friends with their wonderful stripes, Zola was born purest white. She…

THE BALLAD OF THE LOOPY HAMSTER

“You’ll be safe, I promise”, reassured his mum. “But it’s not you, Mum, who’ll end up on your bum!” A conversation they’d had almost every week but it didn’t make his knees feel any less weak. “Now come along, Harry, stop messing about, go finish your homework whilst I clean up this house. The show…

THE BALLAD OF KEVIN THE KANGAROO

Kevin the Kangaroo just couldn’t hop and jump, whilst all his friends were playing he would sit there like a grump. They’d jump across the fences and jump across the land leaping and laughing and waving their small hands They’d race all around on their powerful back legs, then jump over washing lines with colourful…