Each slice of Moonberry Pie is another story
Moonberry Pie is a collection of stories for carers to tell young children; but there are no pictures. In the days before printing, story-tellers had to delight listeners with their own words; sometimes by relating actual past events, or by making up fictional tales of princes and paupers. Before continuing for the first time, anyone up for the challenge is invited to read the Introduction which provides a little guidance. Those who have no children, but just like a good story are welcome too.
The new story this month:
In Series 2, Starlight and Moonshine set out on a surprisingly HUGE adventure in three parts, here's the first.
Story seven: THE VERY BEGINNING
Danny and his Grandfather, Joshua, have somehow disappeared while reading the very first draft of the Starlight and Moonshine comics. Lucy eventually finds them, and they are trapped in the unfinished comic. If they are ever to return home, she must get help from Starlight and Moonshine to rescue the two from comic-book world.
Next month: Starlight and Moonshine Story eight - The Nick of Time
Previously:
Click here for: The HUGE Adventures of Starlight and Moonshine, a magical story in six-parts.
Other Stories:
THE CHRISTMAS BOX
Her friends at school have teased Alyssa for believing in Santa Claus, and she is convinced he is just an ordinary man in the red suit; until he gives her a present that proves magic can still happen.
THE LONELY LITTLE TABLE
The little table used to be happy with the children and pets around him; but then the family move house and things suddenly change for the worse. It takes an accident to give him a new lease on life.
THE GROWING-UP OF A SEED NAMED BRUCE
Seeds don't know much. In fact, one little seed doesn't even know his own name; not until he is forced from the gum-nut in which he was born and meets Matilda. What happens to them next teaches them both what growing-up is all about.
THE GREAT EGG MYSTERY
Whisky and Topsy are great friends. They are also chickens who, not being very bright, wonder why they bother laying eggs when humans just take them away. Prudence, the grumpy hen, shows them what egg-laying is really for.
CLAW CAMP FOR SOLDIER CRABS
The little crabs are on the beach waiting for Sergeant Grouch to arrive. He will teach them what they need to know so that they can be troopers in The Great Soldier Crab Army.
THE VERY BEST OF TRICKS AND TREATS
The new people who have moved in don't like garden gnomes and plan taking them to the tip. Fortunately, Halloween is a magical time for gnomes because it is the only day of the year that they can move about. What happens then is in the hands of trick or treaters.
THE FOX AND THE CHICKENS
Foxes are always a worry for farmers who keep chickens. But when Farmer Jones and his wife discover that their baby daughter has actually been playing with one they are horrified. This however, is a very special fox as their other children explain.
MELVIN THE EVER-SO-GRUMPY TROLL
Because he is uglier than the other trolls and always grumpy, nobody likes Melvin. One day, he leaves the mountain to go in search of a new place to live where he can find some real friends so that he can be happy for once in his life. And, lo and behold, he finds it!
HILARY, DICKY AND DOC
Hilary and Dicky are mice, and Doc likes to think he is; although he may well be a rat. They live in Mr. Klein's shop and help to keep all his clocks on time. But the town clock is running slow. Can the three mice put it right so that it chimes in the New Year exactly on the stroke of midnight?
THE BOWER BIRD BLUES
Ambrose bower bird doesn't know that girls love blue, and unless he can find lots of blue things to decorate his home before Hermione arrives, he will have lost the love of his life. All of his friends in the forest come to Ambrose's aid, and just in the nick of time.
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