(This story is best “experienced” by following the written words while listening to the audio)
The mother’s three daughters had all grown up and fled the nest. Once a year, they’d return at the same time and jolly their mother along for a few days and have a few rollicking laughs. Whenever they got together like that, they reverted to baby talk – not just in names (mother was Mumsy-Wumsy, Jennifer was Jenny-Henny-Penny, Sally was Sally-Wally-Bugsie-Pie, and April was Apie-Dopey-Dapey – but in the names for things as well. For example, a cabbage was a cabby-waggy, and a carrot was a yummy-yummy.
Anyway, they would go for walks…
“Look!” said Jennifer. “What an amazing butterfly!”
“Oh! It’s so pretty!” said Sally. April cupped the butterfly in her hands.
“You shouldn’t touch it,” said their Mum. “You might damage it wings. They’re so delicate.”
April opened her hands and tossed the butterfly into the air.
“There you go!” said April. “Free as a bird!”
“A butterfly is not a bird, you silly idiot,” giggled Jennifer.
How they enjoyed their little walks on such sunny afternoons; the four of them: Mum, Jennifer, Sally and April. It wasn’t much, but such walks were filled with moments that will be remembered forever.
To listen to the story being read click HERE!
No one died!
This story is certainly unforgettable. I love all the tricks you’re employing to shake your readers up, Bruce. Your creativity is inspiring!
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Thank you. I’m not trying to be creative though. I’m just trying to get to 1001 stories and not have a breakdown!
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If you breakdown, we’ll put you back together, better than ever, although that’s hard to imagine.
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That could be fun!
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And we’ll change your name to Humpty….
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That would be no yolk.
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“I am a humpty dumpty fixer
with my chin stuck out.”
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I love it when you quote great Literature…:-)
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… despite being a slow reader….
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You’d be a whole new man!
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I shell!
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Dandleedarnbury goodikens.
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Thanky
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A really wheely, touree woory dee forcie horsey!
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😀 😀 I really wheely do hate this baby talk stuff!!!!!!!
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After that audio, your tongue must hurt!
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More hurtful to the head than the tongue!
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I loathe it. I don’t even talk baby-talk to babies.
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Kitchy-koo!
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Now there’s an example of universal (English) language!
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Yes! Amazing really!
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Ha-ha Cynthia!!
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What! No footnotes?
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Footnotes are very “yesterday”. “Headers” are in!
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That was actually very clever and most creative! I can imagine you took ages to get all the silly baby talk right and reading and listening at the same time made me smile – see how I do as I’m told? And as someone else already noted, no-one died! 😀
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A lot less die in these stories than people think!! I don’t like “baby talk” in real life. I won’t ever use it, not even to my dog and cat and both (I’m not kidding) have quite large vocabularies!
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Haha, you are very good at baby-talk 🙂 Practice?
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Never practiced! But I did write out the audio script in full before reading it!!!
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The audio was most impressive 🙂
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😀
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Indeed the audio enhanced the story experience!
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Thanks – I went to untold trouble!!
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Untold Trouble!!! You certainly did some tongue twisting! I was amazed and very gratified that the butterflutterfly wasn’t accidentally crushed.
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It was probably one of those butterflies whose caterpillars eat your brassicas! You should deeply regret it not being squashed.
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Nah…I have more trouble with harlequin bugs, which are truly evil.
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That’s interesting. We don’t have harlequin bugs in New Zealand, but the cabbage white butterfly (introduced from Europe) is a plague in vegetable gardens.
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We do have those, but they may not be as nasty in my garden environs–not to say they aren’t a plague 50 miles away!
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As they say of a great author of a recent past, your stories are deceptively simple. There is a sea lurking just below the calm pool of water.
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Thanks – it’s good to make a splash!
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How Victorian! And no one died!
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No one died – and everyone is complaining. I can see a greater effort at killing people off will have to be made!
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