Saturday, April 23, 2011

Hello and Goodbye....


while
little bunnie fu fu waited to hear about
her bun across the big pond
she spent her time wisely
collecting clouds
but she made sure that she only collected the ones with silver linings
she had heard that
Auntie said it was a good thing to do
so she did it



she spent time with her friend
blue
who was still hoping to fix up his house
but the news about the economy
wasn't getting any better
so fu fu suggested that maybe with help
they could do something
to help pass the time



but blue said he's rather sit and talk
about this and that
and wait a while longer
to see if the
down
economy
got up
but fu just thought he was a little lazy
but she was too polite to say so
so she spent time with him
talking of
this and that


this and that
included
JOE
and the worry that he was lost for ever
fu fu would look at his image
on the thing that shows all
and sigh a little bunnie sigh
and the globe reminded her of JOE's second cousin twice removed
who was having his own problems
and she wondered where and how he was
too
the last news she had had was that
Henri was getting closer to
Auntie's
Beautiful English Country Garden
but that had been a while ago



when
and
if
the sun shone
she would sit and think about all that had happened
since she made her appearance on the desktop in the
roomontheleft
for a tiny little bunnie she had gone through quite a lot
in a short time
but she wouldn't rest until
JOE
and Henri
 were safe and sound
and with Auntie
.....


when she got back to the desktop
 the thing that shows all
showed
little bunnie fu fu some
images that had come in
and there fu fu saw some strange looking things
she asked the thing that knows all
who are these strange things
and
please tell me that isn't
Henri
stuck under that bush thing in the water
I can't take much more of him getting lost and turned around

and when fu fu saw
JOE
there with the strange things
she knew they were not strange
not
at all
one little bit
 an iota
a dash
a dot
an itsy teeny tiny ......
well, you know

but helpful creatures
that would help
JOE
find his way back to
Auntie


and she learnt that their names were
Fuzz and Wuzz
and they were very
very very
wise birds
who told
JOE
he needed to find a
machine that knows all
JOE
got on a bus and went to the only place he knew
that would have one

other than Aunties machine that knows all

the library
where Auntie had taken him a few times
there you can find all sorts of things that know
all sorts
they are called books
and librarians
and together
they can know anything you need to know
so on the bus he got
and as he passed a shop that had so many pretty flowers outside
he thought of
fu fu
and hoped that soon he would be able to tell her that
even though he was still a little lost and turned around
he was getting closer to being home
back in the
Beautiful English Country Garden
back with Auntie
how he missed her
even when she
came over all unnecessary
......



but
it was
not to be
wouldn't happen
kiboshed
unattainable
shot down
the monkey would throw the wrench
you had to have an id, you had to have a password
you had to have things that
a bun doesn't have without his Auntie


so back he went to Fuzz and Wuzz
where he met a very handsome bear called
Edward
or
ED
 to his friends
and told them it was a no go with the machine that knows all
what am I going to do now
 Fuzz said brightly ...I know what we can do.
We can pop over to the pom-pom project
and learn how to make a smart new tail for you,
ready for when you go back to Aunties
and to your new home.
 Oh yes, he said, cheering up at once, and  I'll make one for fu fu too
Of course you can Joe, there's plenty of wool for two

for
JOE
 had noticed that fu fu didn't have
a little cotton bunnie tail
and he would have to fix that



all fu fu noticed were the words
"and to your new home"......


^..^

Friday, April 22, 2011

the end of the line for Henri...




when Henri and the
fantastical creature
who had taken him across the
really big pond
landed
after being tossed and turned in the
big storm
they landed by a beautiful
Swedish lake
Henri hoped that he could stay here an few days
and rest a bit


he found some strange but wonderful marine type vessels
 things that swirled and twirled
 down the
fast moving rapids
and he laughed and screamed as they spun around and around
and he got quite dizzy
so he got off

 with all the travelling he had done
he was quite
tired
pooped
knackered
spent
out of juice
all in
tapped out
tuckered
wiped
bushed
.

so he found a quiet beach
and sat down to catch his breath
and then
he noticed that his
finely stitched duffel bag was moving
thinking that maybe a crab had crawled in
or some other marine type thing
he opened it
and
out of it
came his


magic shell
it was an old mariner's secret that only old mariner's knew about
shells are able to communicate
 and this one
that
Henri had had for many many years
as can be seen by the chipped edge
began to emerge
and
Henri knew that something
must be up
be amiss
not right
gone astray


someone
somewhere
in this big wide world was in trouble and needed his help
and
fast

he held the shell up to his ear
and it whispered to him
that
 JOE
had found a magic shell
among all the many many shells on the beach
and he needed help

that young buck needs to grow a little and settle down
and stop getting so lost
thought Henri
we do not get lost in our family
and the shell
whispered

OH YEAH!!
how come we are here
when we should be there

and Henri put the shell back in his finely stitched duffel bag
and tied it up tightly

and went down to the lake to see if he could find help




another fantastical creature was sitting there looking very sleepy
but Henri said
Excuse moi mon ami
I need to get across the other sea
the one that leads to
the land of
Beautiful English Country Gardens
I made a promise
and
I have a quest and I must finish it
NOW

and the fantastical creature said
you mean
England
is that where you wish to go
oui said Henri
can you somehow help me find a way
welllllll
if you need to go
I can take you
I met the others who brought you here
and they said you are a man of your word
and as a marine creature
I too hold the code
of help if you can
assist when possible
lend a hand
or in my case a wing
aid and abet
support
do you duty to your fellow creatures

so
hop aboard matey
let's go

and once again
Henri
climbed aboard the back of a
fantastical creature
and
up up
up into the air they went
over land and sea
hill and dale
hither and yon
until they landed

in the only place the
fantastical creature
knew
the place of the two story buses and the tall tower
that made a big noise often
about every fifteen minutes or so
Henri looked at the clock and saw it was about to
make a
bruit terrible
so he hailed the first
two story bus that came along
hoping it would take him in the right direction

and because he was so small the driver let him on for
free
which was a
 very very
very
good thing
Henri didn't have any money
he would have to do something about that
at his first opportunity
hm mmm
he thought
I may have to settle down myself soon
and get a job
OH but I cannot think of these things now
I have to get to
Aunties's
Beautiful English Country Garden
and see what is wrong



and for once
 luck was on his side and he discovered that the bus was going in the right direction
so he settled back and looked out of the window
thinking of all that had happened to him
in what seemed like such a short time
...
of meeting JOE in the lane
hearing of the little bunnie across the big pond
who had stolen JOE's heart
over the machine that knows all
of seeing her on the thing that shows all
of finding her
on her desk top with her poppy and her friend the blue bird
who was having a hard time fixing up his house
what with the down economy and all
of
little joe
who had caused all this last trouble
by keeping Henri's little globe that had helped him get around and around this world sooo many times
and now here he was
on a bus
in the
Beautiful English Countryside
about to reach Auntie's house
and soon his quest would be over
his promise kept
his journey over
and he would have more
tall tales to tell
of this trip 
across the big pond
and back
..........................




and then the bus stopped
and he got off
and there was a familiar sight



he was at
Auntie's house
she lived across the street
so he
looked both way
and crossed the road
.......................................

Thursday, April 21, 2011

lost and found....

while little bunnie fu fu and her friends
were waiting to hear more of
JOE's
adventures
the thing that shows all
showed them something they were not expecting
.......
news of Henri



we remember the fantastical creatures he had met
when he got
so very very lost
a little turned around



the beautiful water bird had taken pity on
Henri
thinking that this worldly traveller was maybe a little weary of travelling such great distances
and now that he didn't have his little globe to show him the way
because,
well, we know why!!!
and


when it saw the boat that he would have had to sail the mighty pond it just knew that
some how
some way
any way
all ways
possible

it had to help get this tall(ish) dark stranger
back to the other side of the big pond so he could help look for his
third cousin
twice removed
who was
missing
gone
vamoosed
scarpered
somehow missed the turning
one sandwich short of a picnic

and it
told Henri that it was going his way anyway
it said it was time for his kind to fly up North
to spend the summer there in the North
where it was just a little bit cooler
than this place



so turning around
it showed Henri where he could sit






for the long journey across the
big pond
which this fantastical creature knew
was no
pond
Henri
pulled his very fine mariner's hat
with the coloured band
that must have all the colours of all the flags of all the world
down tight
held on to his
finely stitched duffel bag



and climbed aboard
this time
he thought to himself
this time
I shall end up where I am supposed to be
and I shall hurry to Auntie's
Beautiful English Country Garden
and help her find
JOE
even
if she doesn't know
I am there
 if she never sees me
isn't aware of my presence
never sets an eye on me
doesn't cotton to my
........
OK Henri we get it!!!!


so while
little bunnie fu fu stood and watched as the rain came down in sheets
and her view was blurred
and she worried so much for her bun across the big pond
and his cousin on route to assist in finding him


Henri
our brave and worldly
mariner
climbed upon the back of this
fantastical creature
bid
adieu to all those he knew
sent up a prayer of
hope to the gods of the air
land and sea


and after being caught up in the great storm that was raging
the fantastical creature
carrying him on his back
sailed the great ocean of air that
 rushed hither and yon
here and there
over and under
up and over
and
when
finally they saw land and knew they had to land
the fantastical creature
told Henri to hold on tight
and it swooped down out of the clouds
and
down
down
down
it
landed
........................................................................
in

the

wrong

 place
.........................................


^..^