When you're very, very small, With no hopes of growing tall...
 When you said: Son, we don’t eat mortals.
Ever. It’s against the rules - I disbelieved you, disrespected you, now it seems I was the fool. I didn’t understand, I didn’t know, so I crunched on skulls and bones. Mortal morsels were so tasty, I didn’t want to misplace any, waste any. Now I want to go back home but I’m stuck here all alone in a maze of ice and stone. Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell |
Poem © 2016 Em Lynas
Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell
When I am in a panic and I'm feeling rather manic...
Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell The Watcher sat and waited as the storm raged fierce and strong,
The sea slapped waves against the rock he’d sat upon so long,
The moon made trails of silver that led to the lighthouse stair
As the Watcher sat and waited,
Waited – watched and waited –
The Watcher sat and waited, though nobody else was there.
The sea slapped waves against the rock he’d sat upon so long,
The moon made trails of silver that led to the lighthouse stair
As the Watcher sat and waited,
Waited – watched and waited –
The Watcher sat and waited, though nobody else was there.
| “Don’t worry,” said Iguanodon, “No need to look so woebegone. I’m sure that thing that’s in the sky Will soon have gone and passed us by.” |  Illustration © 2016 Chris Riddell |
| Parrot fish, angel fish, Jellyfish, and clam, Panic when they see me, They swim away, they scram. |  |
Poem © 2016 Em Lynas
Illustration © 2016 Jion Sheibani
A mix of orange, green, or red, Is healthy food, my teacher said...
| There might be ghosts in spooky fogs. There might be snarling, snapping dogs. If I am brave, I’ll be ok. There might be witches on the breeze. There might be spiders in the trees. |  |
| I want to eat my cake now, I’ve eaten all my cabbage. I want to eat my cake now, I’ve eaten all my peas. |  |
| A shark was out hunting and spied a wee fish, ‘I’ll have her for dinner. She’ll make a nice dish.’ But as he gave chase, he felt an emotion-- stronger than hunger--it was love and devotion. |  |
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