LEAPING BEAUTY

THE STAR

NELLY

ADVICE TO CHILDREN

DO NOT DO

SONG – GOODNIGHT

A SONG FOR BEDTIME

THE DANCER

PINOCHHIO

NEVER EVER TELL A LIE

CLARA AND THE MARKSMAN

THE WHITE ELEPHANT

LITTLE TALKS

OF MONSTERS AND MEN

CLARA MILLY

Well now, we have some more good news.A baby sister has come along. Her name is CLARA MILLY. Nana has been too sad to write very much and Poppy has been too sad to write at all but soon they will be back with more and more stories for you.

In the meantime, we can tell you that the children from Phoenix Arizona have been to visit and Flora has joined us and here is CLARA MILLY.

FLORA joins us. “FLORA would like to be a TSS member, please.”

 

Saffron and Poppy are VERY happy. A REAL Flora has joined Triflora and she comes all the way from Queensland. She has a Grandmother of her very own just like their Nana. Grandmother Kathy takes care of baby animals and she writes BEAUTIFUL poems.

We will find out more about FLORA and her magical powers.

WE LOVE YOU, FLORA.

 

 

SAFFRON’S FIRST STORY : THE FAIRY WHO ATE THE APPLE

Once upon a time there was a fairy named Brianna. She flew up to a branch on a tree and she saw an apple and she ate it.

 

 

 

by  Saffron. Aged 2.

MAD O’BRIAN’S ADVENTURE PART 3

Sometimes, people have to do things that make them unhappy for a little while.

Sometimes, people have to do things that make the people they love unhappy – for a little while.

Mad O’Brian knows that Poppy is sad but he also knows  that she will be O.K.

When he comes back for her, he will be able to do MANY things. He has already been to the top of  the highest mountain in all of Triflora and is learning the secrets of the stars.

Poppy wasstill VERY lonely without her Father, Mumma Jo loved her and she loved Mumma Jo but she had been with Mad O’Brian every day of her life and had many things to tell him.

One night, she was lying on the couch and not  feeling very well. Sadness and loneliness can make people  feel unwell. 

She was lying there when she heard a lot of noise high up on the wall. It sounded like a giant cuckoo clock.  Poppy looked up. It was a Kookaburra clock. The only one she had ever seen.

And it spoke to her –very loudly.

 

At the same time, all her toys started to  move around and talk very loudly – just like the Kookaburra.

“Meet us  here every night at Midnight. Kookaburra will bring you all the messages from all over Triflora. Just wait till he laughs 12 times and then listen for his  news.”

CRAZY TIMES IN TRIFLORA–THE GREAT ADVENTURE

Things are a bit muddled up in Triflora, as you know.  People are moving all over the place. Some people are sick and some are sad. A new baby is coming and  Mad O’Brian is on his way to becoming a REAL Magician.

Just at the moment, his magic is a little bit wobbly and rather frightening.

Saffron is never sure what he will do next and because she is a very little girl – sometimes she gets worried.

People are still worried about Poppy and  they are doing everything that they can think of to make her smile.

Red Riding Hood AND the Wolf have made friends with one another. Wolf is going to follow Mad O’Brian and help him out and Red Riding Hood is heading down to Poppy’s Place to help her run the Shop.

“Don’t worry!”says the Wolf. “We are all watching Mad O’Brian and every night at Midnight, I will send you a message. Just listen for the Wolf Calls from the Forest. “

Even at sea, the boats and ships are watching for the Mad O’Brian. The Admiral sailed right up to Poppy this week and told  her that he had seen her father ( Mad O’Brian) at the beach with Nana and Wizzy and Saffron and Mumma Kate.

The Admiral told Poppy that the Whales were keeping watch in the seas.

 

Saffron heard all the news but  she did not understand why Mad O’Brian was away  on this big adventure.

She wanted him to come back.

Poppy wanted him to come back.

But Mad O’Brian had important jobs to do.  He was becoming a Wizard.

He had lessons to learn and Magic to make. He was learning how to fly across the whole of Triflora.

He was taking care of Grandpa  Trebor.

Just the same, Saffron was NOT happy.

So,  where is Mad O’Brian going and what is he doing? The Admiral is supposed to look after all the ships but he has decided to follow the newest Wizard. He has found a camel to ride. The Camel does NOT want to be ridden. Everyone is trying to make the Camel stand still and let the Admiral get on but the Camel will NOT stand still.

“ STAND STILL!  STAND STILL!  Mad O’Brian needs our help !”

A FAIRY SONG

MAD O’BRIAN’S ADVENTURE

Poppy’s Dadda is called Mad O’Brian. He has Wizard Magic.

https://grunkles.wordpress.com/category/wizards/page/3/

Here are some of the stories about Mad O’Brian.

https://grunkles.wordpress.com/category/mad-island/

https://grunkles.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/lessons-from-an-impchkin/

https://grunkles.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/poppys-confidential-report-page-3/

Let me tell you something that you might have forgotten.

Even on Triflora, things are not always happy.

Things are not all happy just now. Word is going around Triflora. Mad O’Brian is going away. Poppy is so sad that she wants to cry and cry.

Mad O’Brian is sad, too. He wants to cry and cry.

“Why is he going away ?” said Chatterer.

“ Well” said Weasel. “ Poppy’s Father is rather special and he has important  things to do. Grandpa Trebor is very sick and Mad O’Brian is going to help him.”

“What about Poppy?”

“Well” said Weasel. “ You know how brave Poppy is and how clever she is.  She will keep her shop open and take care of her detectives and every day, she will speak with her Father and soon they will be together again.”

Its times like this that EVERYONE has to help one another. Theadora Tinykins and her children are writing notes and sending them all over Triflora. This is what she has written on the notes:

“Dear Tinykin Family,

Poppy is feeling very sad and Mad O”Brian is on a BIG adventure. Please keep your eyes out for them and try to make them happy again. 

Thank you very much, Theadora and Children “

Katniss and Sapphira by Kathy

Katniss and Sapphira by Kathy

              Once upon a time there was a species of dragon named Chrystal. They ruled the land for centuries and centuries on edge. Until a race of humans came and destroyed the dragons. All but two dragons were killed during the monstrous battle between human and dragon. The dragons that survived started to form a family again.

   One day a young woman named Katniss was out hunting for deer.All of a sudden a huge gust of wind brushed passed her and she looked up and spotted a dragon sitting on the branch above her. The dragon started to roar at her, then the dragon stretched his wings and flew away. Katniss knowing the dragon was a Chrystal followed the dragon back to its home there she discovered thousands and thousands of dragons.

    Katniss couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw all of those dragons. The dragons saw her and one of them walked right up to her and told her about their ancestors survival. The dragon then told her his name ”I am Sapphira,leader of all dragons.And what might be your name.” My name is Katniss”Katniss told Sapphira. Sapphira then let Katniss ride on her. Together they rode among the clouds.When they landed Sapphira asked Katniss to keep the fact that Crystals were still alive and ready for the next invasion by humans. Katniss promised that she would keep their secret safe and if she was to say anything they could eat her.Katniss then went home.

The next morning Katniss went back to the dragons den there was not a dragon to be seen or heard. Katniss was heartbroken she didn’t know what to do. So she started to look for them. Five hours later she finds them. They all rejoice. Sapphira insisted that Katniss lived with them.Eventually Katniss agreed and became Sapphira’s rider.

     Katniss was never seen again in the village. Katniss and Sapphira and all of the other dragons lived happily ever after till the village found them.     

THE END

THERE BE DRAGONS

ROSE AND THE DRAGONS : NEW STORY BEING WRITTEN RIGHT NOW

Rose has decided to tell us her own story. She is busy in the Caves of the Dragons writing it right now. Watch this space !

The three fairy friends

FROM POPPY.

Once upon a time there lived three little fairies their names were Poppy, Rose and Lilly. They all lived in a big flower garden; they all were next door neighbors. They all made their houses out of sticks and flower petals.

But one day it was storming and Poppy went out with her wand to get some sticks for her fire. But a big gust of wind came and blew Poppy’s wand off the log she put it on.

So Poppy went round to Roses house and said “can you help me look for my wand” then Rose said” yes but how did you loose it.” I was outside getting sticks for my fire and a big gust of wind came and knocked it of the log I sat it on” said Poppy.

Right said Rose let’s go and tell Lilly what happened. So they went over to Lilly’s place and told her what happened Lilly said “well then what are we waiting for let’s go ask people if they have seen your wand”.

When they got to Jumbo Park they saw a monkey in one of the trees so they went over and asked the monkey if he had seen a wand anywhere he said that he just saw a fairy called Kate that picked up one that flew towards the pearl beach.

So the three fairies went to pearl beach and saw Kate so they went and asked her if she had seen a wand anywhere.

Then Kate said she found a wand and gave it to her friend to give to her cousin because it is her cousin’s birthday tomorrow and she needed a new wand.

Kate said to the fairies come on we need to get the wand back before tomorrow let’s ask some of my animal friends if they know where Bindie is. First they went to a butterfly’s house called Blossom but she didn’t know where Bindie was so they went to a frog’s place called Fred. He didn’t know where Bindie was either but he said to go and see if Greeny the grasshopper knew where she was.

So they went round to Greeny’s place and asked him if he new where Bindie was. Greeny said yes she just went to Jumbo Park thanks said the fairies and went to Jumbo Park.

When they got there they saw Bindie turning the sprinklers off so they went over to her and Kate said hello Bindie then Kate said you know that wand I gave you well I’m sorry but I didn’t know it was Poppy’s wand can I have it back Bindie said OK I’ll just buy a wand for my cousin.

So finally they all went home and Poppy got her wand back

SITTING ABOUT IN THE CAFE

Wizzy’s Tower has a very beautiful café because he does love his food. The café is on the ground floor just near the Menagerie. The Wiz experiments with recipes. Everything is totally Vegetarian and grown in the gardens of the Tower.

That is, unless he gets a bright idea about a new kind of food.

This week he has made a new bean soup.

Stanley seems to like it. However, Frank doesn’t look like he’s enjoying it at all.

The Wiz is very fussy about his Café. He has music playing and he wears a special café hat. He likes fancy plates and tableclothes. Nana likes chatting to people at the café but she is not interested in getting the food ready and she doesn’t play music. Mumma Kate and Dadda Jai, Mad O’Brian and Mumma Jo help with the food and the decorations.	Mumma Kate has a huge spoon that she waves at people who complain. The café spreads from the bottom of the Wizzy’s Tower right across to Poppy’s place and has a swimming pool right in the middle. The Seashellians and the Mer People love to come up to the Café.
Freddie brings in the eggs from the Women. The café is famous for its eggs a la wiz.	The Café de Wiz even has a jetty where boats can sail up and stop in for a meal.
Mrs Bond feeds the ducks and brings their eggs up to the kitchens. She likes to pretend that its HER café and she puts a sign up saying THE TAKE INN. Every day, Horace takes the sign down and every morning, Mrs Bond puts it back up.	Lots of fish come to the Café as well. They know that nobody will try to catch them or eat them so they come bubbling up in the swimming pool and have something nice to eat.
The Café has a very BIG menu. It has food for all kinds of Beings all through the day and the night. Horatio Horatius stands just inside the Main Door and hands out the Menus. He can speak almost every language in Triflora and knows more about food than anyone else at all. Just ask him if you need help.	Bears like honey. We all know that but Edward prefers MILK. Edward loves milk. He drinks more milk than all the other Beings in the whole of Triflora. He grabs the milk of people’s tables. He sneaks it from the kitchen. Edward is a problem when it comes to MILK. He spills it all over his fur. He spills it all over the floor. Its lucky that Edward is not very big.

IN THE CAFÉ TODAY

HELP NEEDED

Down at Poppy’s Place, there is a very big noticeboard. Triflorians put all sorts of notices on it.  One thing they can put there is HELP NEEDED.

Any kind of problem. Any kind of help. That noticeboard is the place to look. If you have any ideas and know how to help, please write it in the COMMENTS box below.

HELP NEEDED	HELP NEEDED
	As soon as I go outside, people can see straight through my clothes. I have tried everything I can think of but they can still see my butt. Can anyone help me? Toot the Sweet.
	HELP NEEDED. For Rami. We are all stuck walking sideways and don’t know how to turn around or bend over. Can anyone help?
Does anyone have a rooster to spare ?	SNAKE EXPERT NEEDED.
Has anyone seen the Old Woman of the Mountain? We think she might need HELP.	Can anyone tell us whether or not Simon is a good snake catcher or a bad man ?
THE MOON IS MISSING. HELP NEEDED. URGENT. The 3rd moon is missing. Has anyone seen it ?	We have decided not to leave the house until someone brings us some MODERN clothes. HELP NEEDED.

OTHER GOOD BOOKS TO READ

http://www.archive.org/stream/curlyhairedhen00vima#page/n0/mode/2up

WIZZY’S TOWER Part 2

Larry Larjikins is a real muddle headed Larjikin baby, and the Larjikin Village was pretty fed up with him. Now, Wizzy is known to be very kind and so the Larjikins sent Larry over to the Tower and asked the F’Realies to see if they could do anything with him. 

The very first day that Larry was in the Tower, he tripped over and broke the Kitchen F’Realies’ favourite plates and radios. Larry says he was sleep walking but nobody is sure about that.

Wizzy thinks he might have to get the walls padded if Larry is going to stay there much longer.

For now, Wizzy has asked Mahalia from the 3rd Island to come to visit and take charge of Larry. Mahalia has had a lot of experience with Babies of all kinds. She will be drifting over the Bay soon as the wind picks up and lifts her veils.

Then Larry will find out what a 3rd Islander can do.

Noone can be clumsy around Mahalia. When she walks, she flows.

When she talks, her words ripple.

She will have Larry well coordinated before he knows what has happened to him.

We had best wait till tomorrow to look at the rest of the Tower. Its getting late.

 

OTHER GOOD BOOKS TO READ

WIZZY’S TOWER

Let’s take a look in Wizzy’s Tower. Wizzy says that he LOVES having people drop in but I am not sure that he does. He gets up to lots of different things in there and it is NOT easy to get in. Not easy at all.

Sometimes he has all the windows and doors locked and sometimes he puts traps all over the place. He hides things because he thinks someone might steal them.

Wizzy can be VERY suspicious. He has 121 F’Realies living in the Tower with him.

 

If you are very quiet, we can take a look around Wizzy’s Tower right now.  He does have a telescope. Up on the 15th level.  The Telly F’Realies take care of the Telescope. They are keeping count of the Flying Beings, watching for any changes in the skies and trying to find new colours and soft fluffy things. Wizzy is looking for many, many different kinds of shapes and sizes, all behind one another and leading to adventures and the Telly F’realies keep watch day and night.

The Woody F’Realies are especially strong. Wizzy sends them out into the Forests and the over the Bay to the Islands. Wizzy loves wood and is always looking for more. He says he needs wood to make his gardens and build his shelves. Wizzy is always talking about building something.

Before the Woody F’Realies came to live in the Tower, not much actually got built.  Wizzy was so busy that he never went out chopping up wood.

He wouldn’t use magic to get it either. Wiz is rather strange about when he will use magic and when he will not.

The Four Woody F’Realies think Wiz is very funny and they take good care of him.  He makes them laugh.

One of the things Wizzy has done is to build a MENAGERIE in his Tower. Almost everyone agrees that Menageries are NOT modern at all. A menagerie is a collection of wild animals. The collection is specially for SHOW.

Menageries have a bad name in the World up on Top. Mostly because the “Wild Animals” don’t have any choice at all. In Triflora, things are a bit different. Wizzy is a “PERFORMER” and the Critters in his Menagerie are plumb crazy about being there.  They are also  Performers. The Menagerie is on the Ground Floor and is most exotic. Wizzy loves Critters and they love him.

MADRIEL PEACOCK. Madriel’s Aviary is very colourful and he likes sitting on a branch and flourishing his tail feathers at the People who come to look at him.	THE FOX AND THE LION. These are two of the best performers in the Menagerie . They have a fabulous act where the Lion leaps across the creek with the Fox in his mouth and pretends to eat him.  It scares people half way to silly.
ERNIE is a bird of his very own. He sits on his branch in the menagerie and looks ARROGANT. That’s what he likes to do. Look Arrogant.	The only Critters who ever get locked up in the Menagerie are the SPRITES. Sprites are Spirits who are totally mixed up.  Sprites really enjoy spooking people and they try to mess up the Menagerie. Wizzy gets VERY upset with SPRITES.
The SPRITES seem to like Wizzy’s Tower  more than any other place in Triflora and they really try to cause problems for him. They shimmer all through the Menagerie. They scare some of the Critters and irritate others.	THE WANDEROO MONKEYS. Their cage very often has a sign on it saying “ NOONE HOME”. The Wanderoo Monkeys love to go a’wandering. Wizzy says that if they are not in the Menagerie 4 days a week, they will have to go back and live in the Forest over on 3rd Island.
SHERINA SHIMMERER. Shimmerers do some funny things. You know that already. Sherina liked to show off. She likes being in the Menagerie and showing visitors how clever she is.  Sherina IS one of the best Shimmerers of them all.  Her room in the Menagerie is filled with flowers and paintings and beautiful furniture. Sometimes she shimmers so fast that you cannot find her amongst the flowers and paintings.	RENATA REDLANDER. Renata like to think that she is a normal REDLANDER but she is actually very old fashioned. Wizzy has given her an enclosure of her own because he has a soft spot for Redlanders. Renata is always dressed perfectly  and she loves having crowds come to watch her.
THE JAGUARS The Jaguars come from 3rd island where it is very hot almost all the time. The keep a huge heater in their enclosure because they do not like being even a little bit cold.	THE ESQUIMAUX DOG The Esquimaux Dogs come from the Ice Lands and their enclosure is kept very cold. They are Friends of the Ice Girls.

 

OTHER GOOD BOOKS TO READ

http://www.archive.org/stream/zoologicalkeepsa00zool#page/n7/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/towermenagerieco00benn#page/n7/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/animalsinmenager00swai#page/n7/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/zoologicalgarden00peel#page/n0/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924031265675#page/n0/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/scenesofanimalli00blac#page/n3/mode/2up

http://www.archive.org/stream/childrenofotherd00moor#page/n0/mode/2up

ANGELS

The Angels of Triflora are quite interesting. Like Angels everywhere, there are many kinds and many different personalities and they each have a special thing that they do.

Red Stephen is a Messenger Angel. That could be a good thing. It could be a bad thing.

In the case of Red Stephen, its not very good at all. I wouldn’t call it BAD. But I certainly would not call it GOOD.

The problem with Red Stephen is that he makes the Messages up before he brings them. He comes flying along and says things like

Run! The Black Grubs are coming up from their holes to eat you!

or.

Repent now – the End is Nigh!

He wears dark red robes and is capable of scaring small children in a single bound.

 

OTHER GOOD BOOKS TO READ

http://www.archive.org/stream/etchings00mrrich#page/n7/mode/2up

THE WHITE ELEPHANT

Log Boy Louis learns the Secrets of Triflora

Welcome to Ev.

Ev is our next new Member. He is a wonderful person to have in Triflora. He can paddle any kind of canoe or Kayak and know ALL the magic lagoons and rivers. He is also in charge of Nana’s special vehicle, Alfie. He polishes it and keeps it running perfectly.

Ev is kind and clever and Trilfora is very happy to have him come and live there.

 

SHAKEY COWS

Triflora has been shut down for a long time now. All the doorways have been blocked and strange things have been happening. The time has come for us to begin telling you about them.

ANT

THE TINY MOUSE

 

PIRATE WHO WOULDN’T WASH

THE STORY OF THE LITTLE MOLE

RED RIDING HOOD

LEAPING BEAUTY