18 March 2008
The Mousehunter
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And so one of the stories on here has now been magically whizzed up, shook around and stretched into a book. It's called The Mousehunter...
14 July 2006
The Annual Giant Rolling Festival
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Each summer on the mountainous island of Domdrum, giants from all over the world congregate to take part in the annual Giant Rolling Festiva...
13 July 2006
How to deal with giants
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There was a strange glow to the town of Grimple. It had always been there – at least ever since the fabulously overweight giant Bilderbung w...
28 June 2006
That Flaming Flower!
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That stinky flower with untold power, Has splattered me in its guff, I ponk of socks, old rusty locks - A dash of lemon puff. No-one’s come...
23 February 2005
Old Hokey's gone missing
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I'm just posting a message concerning the disappearance of Old Hokey. It's been a few months now since she was last seen wandering t...
18 December 2004
The Winter Wilders
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Snow started to fall on Tumbleton Moor. It was a beautiful yet quiet place when the world turned white. Walls and hedgerows vanished into th...
17 December 2004
The Magic Weed
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I once grew a weed with magical powers, That wriggled around when I tickled its flowers. When I pulled off its leaves it let out a scream,...
15 December 2004
Ordinary Heroes of the World
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I found this book in my attic last week. I hadn't seen it for ages, and I thought it might be nice to share some of the entries. 1. M...
12 December 2004
The Ghost Ship
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I suppose you might expect me to be rather old. And I am, of course. I'm at that point where my age defines how people respond to me rat...
10 December 2004
Old Hokey
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Well I thought I'd show you a picture of me drawn by my wonderful friend Milagro. He sat and drew it while we were making the most of a ...
05 December 2004
Captain Mousebeard of the Silver Shark
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In my younger days I travelled the globe - something I'll tell you about in due course, no doubt - but I thought I'd tell you about ...
02 December 2004
King Kandoo's lost dubloons
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King Kandoo of Kakdungdoo Has lost his gold dubloons He's left them in a little box With knives and forks and spoons. The little b...
28 November 2004
The Fisherman of the Clouds
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I've spent many hours of my life searching for lost things. Books, keys, pens, everything and anything has seemed to go missing at some ...
27 November 2004
The Bog Thief
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The village of Great Mingus, situated close to the Grunting river, had a very special toilet. It wasn't simply a hole in the ground, nor...
25 November 2004
Mrs Fluffbin's Earwax
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Have you ever had the sort of earwax that looks like an animal when you pull it from your ear? I admit it's a rare occurence for most, b...
23 November 2004
Old Hokey's Field Guide (part 3)
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So here it comes, the nastiest most horrible creature ever (well sort of). 1. The Bob-bob No, not this one. This is possibly the most ...
18 November 2004
Mr Fenfang's Arms
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I used to have difficulty keeping up with shoe sizes when my feet grew, as I always found my big toe poked through the side of my shoes befo...
17 November 2004
Old Hokey's Field Guide (part 2)
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Here are some more oddities of the natural world. I've tried to include a few of the nastier creatures in this part, although I'll s...
14 November 2004
Old Hokey's Field Guide (part 1)
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You get lots of strange creatures and plants round here. Not your usual kettle of fish or punnet of strawberries, and i thought it might be ...
12 November 2004
Munchbean and the caterpillars
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I must thank my friend Vanita van Tito for this tale. Unluckily for her she was a victim to this terrible scam while on her travels, and sti...
10 November 2004
Witches with itches
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Imagine three witches, All witches with itches, Which witch with the itch would you scratch? Would you scratch the first witch? A sh...
07 November 2004
The oldest giant in the world
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Whenever there's an earthquake it's because a giant has died, or so the saying goes. I presume they therefore always keel over while...
04 November 2004
The beautiful ogre
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The other day I pulled an ugly face. It seemed appropriate as I was teaching a little imp that humans could pull funny faces too. However, i...
03 November 2004
The man who liked to sleep
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Mr Penfold Twofold liked to sleep. He liked to sleep so much that he missed his first eight birthdays by dozing through the day. As ...
01 November 2004
10 things you need to know about the Snot Puffball
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1. The Snot Puffball is infamous for exploding and covering passers-by in green goop. 2. It is known to mushroom specialists as Fungi S...
27 October 2004
The ice house
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Last winter I awoke to see the garden covered in an icy sheet of frost. On my path, much to my surprise, lay a small dead bird, apparently c...
26 October 2004
A quiet halloween indoors
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A witch and a ghost raised their glasses to toast, The devils and demons outside. But tonight they would stay a long way away, For they...
24 October 2004
The last otter race
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Otter racing - a nasty sport if ever there was one. Thankfully people don't do it any more. I thought you'd like to know why. The...
21 October 2004
The witch and the curly cat
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I've avoided talking about witches because of the chance that they might take offence to seeing anything in print about them. But what t...
20 October 2004
Some friends
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19 October 2004
The fallen angel
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Portly Tumbledown was a large, and slightly overweight angel. Well, that wouldn't really be fair to the people of the world who are slig...
The hanging boy
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He slipped, got caught on a branch and had to wait until Autumn before he dropped to the ground.
The magic socks
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On Pongo Snodbury's sixteenth birthday, a surprise parcel arrived at the door. There was a small note attached: Dear Pongo, I had su...
16 October 2004
The Pishogue
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I heard of this from a traveller a long time ago. If you're squeamish it might be worth waiting for the next story... The town of Ca...
15 October 2004
Fairy Snuff
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I thought it was about time I told you about Fairy Snuff, one of those wandering minstrel types who roam the lands. He's an odd little f...
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