tall (ish) tales

while Henri, JOE's third cousin twice removed slept the sleep of a world travelling mariner

always alert and ram rod straight, so as not to take up too much room

on a ship or the desktop

fu fu busied herself with gathering clouds

especially the clouds that have silver linings

she is a great believer in

silver linings

she is not one to just sit and stare

well, not for too long

so she sorted out her things and tidied up a little

and made plans to make something a little later

while Henri was sound asleep

the friends took the chance to sneak a peek at all the things on Henri's sailor suit

they saw his medal and a strange looking nautical something

that looked like a hurricane or maybe a star to navigate by

and a snowflake made of the finest silver

two mittens to keep his paws warm

when the winds blew cold

as he sails the angry seas

and they admired his finely stitched bag

and wondered what it held

because when little joe had climbed inside it,

 it was so full of things he couldn't make out what was what

and the elegant marine  hat

with it's colourful band

that must hold all the colours of all the flags of all the world

for Henri was a world traveling 'are to be sure

 after a while fu fu brought Henri

a tall (ish) glass of carrottss juice

and he drank it down in almost one gulp

not very mannerly

though fu to herself

but Henri must have been very thirsty after his long and complicated voyage

over the big pond

at last Henri got up and they sat in front of the big window that looks out over the

beach

and Henri showed fu the light house that had guided him in

on that cold and stormy night

and he said it was a good thing it hadn't been so.....

fuzzy

 when he arrived

fu fu told him it was a good place to ride bikes and have picnics

and that she had plans for one soon

but only after

Henri had told her the tale

that had brought him here

to the shores

of the big pond

and

Henri

said

yes

I will begin

..........

^..^