WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE VILLAGE

IN THE AUTUMN WOODLAND COME IN ALL SHAPE
AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT  COLORS-LITTLE,ROUND,YELLOW
ONES;VIOLET,TRUMPET-SHAPED ONES;SHORT,FLUFFY ONES......A
WHOLE,LITTLE VILLAGE OF MUSHROOM HOUSES!AND IF YOU
LOOK LONG AND HARD,EACH ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE,
TILED ROOF .PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS WHERE THE ELVES LIVE.........
"WELCOME TO FLYPAPER TOWN!"CALLED ONE OF THE ELVES."I AM
THE MAYOR,AND THIS IS MY FRIEND,MR.MARTIN,THE CARPENTER,
WHO KEEPS OUR LITTLE HOUSES IN GOOD RAPER!THEN THERE  IS
OUR CHIEF COOK,MR.BARKER." "WE CALL OUR HOME FLYPAPER TOWN
BECAUSE WE DO NOT LIKE TO BE DISTURBED BY FILES!WE SLEEP
THOUGHT THE DAY,WHICH IS WHY NOBODY EVER SEES US
AROUND.IT IS AT NIGHT-TIME THAT WE LIKE TO GO OUT,GATHERING
UP ALL THE FILES ARE THE BIRDS TO EAT!"
"AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ONLY EXIST
IN FAIRY STORIES!"

the camera safari

DOMINIC,GARY AND SONIA WERE OUT WITH THERE UNCLE,
WALKING ON THE FOREST.WHEN THEY GOT T A SPRING,THEY STOPPED
RESTING THEIR RUCKSACKS AGAINST SOME ROCKS.ANYONE
LOOKING ON MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THEY SAW THE BUTT
OF A RIFFLE IN DOMINIC IS RUCKSACK
............THE THREE
CHILDREN NIBBLED BISCUITS,THE SAT IN SILENCE IN THE
FOREST,WELL HIDDEN IN SOME SEWN-UP BLANKETS.THEY
WHERE WAITING FOR THE WILD ANIMALS TO COME AND DRANK
AT THE SMART. SUDDENLY,THEY ALL BEGAN SPEAKING IN
WIPERS .COULD IT BE A SQUIRREL,A RABBIT,OR A HERE COMING NEAR?
NONE OF THEM WERE RIGHT! IN FACT IT WAS A DEER EARS
PRICKED UP,COMING UP TO THE WATER WITH LIGHT,GRACEFUL
LITTLE LEAPS.WITH OUT A SOUND,DOMINIC TOOK AIM,LOOKED CAREFULLY
-AND CLICK! HE TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH!
"I AM THE FEARLESS  HUNTER OF PICTURES,"HE SAID,"THANKS TO
DAD'S OLD CAMERA!"AND HE PATTED THE SHINY,BROWN CASE.

the mountain and the mouse

ONE DAY THERE WAS A BATTLE OF WITS BETWEEN A MOUNTAIN
AND A MOUSE.THE MOUNTAIN SAID"WHAT A POOR LITTLE THING
YOU ARE!"THE MOUSE SNAPPED,"I KNOW I AM NOT AS BIG AS YOU
ARE.BUT,YOU ARE NOT AS SMALL AS I AM."  "BIG SIZE HAS BIG
ADVANTAGES,SAID THE MOUNTAIN,"I CAN STOP THE CLOUDS
SAILING ACROSS THE SKY"
"SO YOU CAN,"AGREED THE MOUSE.BUT YOU CAN'T STOP ME
FROM
MAKING BIG HOLES IN YOUR VERY FOUNDATION,CAN
YOU?"THE TINY MOUSE OUTWITTED THE MIGHTY MOUNTAIN.

                  BIG OR SMALL,EACH ONE HAS 

                  HIS IMPORTANCE. 

A SURPRISE PICKING

  IT WAS A BLACKBERRY PICKING SEASON!DARRY
AND MARY IS MUMMY AND DADDY SAID THAT TOMORROW
THEY COULD GO OFF THE WOODS.BUT,NEXT DAY ,THEY
WERE GOING ALONE A LITTLE COUNTRY LANE,WHEN THE
CAR BROKE DOWN!ALL DADDY COULD DO WAS TO GO
AND TRY TO GET SOME HELP!THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT
WANDER AROUND .THEIR MUMMY SAID THEY JUST MIGHT
FIND SOME BLACKBERRIES TO PICK,AFTER ALL.......BUT
THE ONLY BLACKBERRIES WERE BEHIND THE HEDGES
ALL ALONG THE LANE!DARRY AND MARY WERE VERY,
VERY DISAPPOINTED."DO NOT SAY WE HAVE GOT TO GO
HOME EMPTY
-HANDED!SAID MERRY."OPEN YOUR
EYES!"SMILED MUMMY."THERE ARE DOZENS OF
HAZEL TREES ALL AROUND,WITH HAZELNUTS JUST
RIGHT FOR PICKING!"AND SO,ALL  THOUGHTS OF MAKING
BLACKBERRY JAM WERE SAT ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
BUT THE HAZELNUTS?WHAT A DELICIOUS TREAT THERE WERE!