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JENNY’S SINGING NOSE CONCLUDED

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January 17, 2013

JENNY’S SINGING NOSE – Final part

PART FOUR : THE STORY SO FAR : Not only does Jenny’s nose force her to smell bad things like cabbage and soap, it’s now started singing after a bee bit it. How was she going to get through the school day?

At lunchtime in the school canteen the nose began singing again. Only this time it didn’t sound like Jenny at all. It was like one of Dad’s funny opera records where the singers are all very fat and have voices that can break windows. At first she couldn’t understand what the nose was singing, then she knew it must be Italian because that was the language of opera.

Sono un vesperino
La la la dee dee dee
Non puoi prendermi
feedle deedle dee

Fa un buzz qua
Fa un buzz qui
Mi fa buzzare
Ovunqueeeeee!

When the song reached the highest note several glasses in the school canteen broke into tiny pieces and Miss Stew the cook screamed.

Jenny had to see the Miss Cane the headmistress. “Why did you sing so high and break the glasses” she asked.
Jenny told her that a bee had stung her nose and that now she had a singing nose.
Miss Cane looked very angry. “Don’t try to be clever! I’ve got my eyes on you. If it happens again you’ll be in big trouble”

Jenny just wanted to go home and hide in her bed until her nose got better. But in the afternoon there was gym. Mr Stretch made them jump up and down and throw balls at each other. Then he told Jenny to walk along a thin piece of wood. As she was trying to balance, the nose sang again this time the singing was like the very loud music that rough boys like. In fact, this time you couldn’t even hear all of the words.

AAAAAAAAArm a leeeeetlebee
Lalaladeedee
*****************CATCH meeeee
fiddiddledee

AAAAAAAAArm a buzzzzzzzzing here
BUZZZZZZZZINGTHERE!!!
***************
EVRRRRREeeeeewhere!

Mr Stretch and all the boys and girls in her class put their hands over their ears and closed their eyes until it stopped. Miss Cane came running into the room. Her face and ears were very red.

Mom and Dad didn’t believe the story of the bee either.
“You can’t get out of going to school that easily” her Dad said.

Jenny had to go to bed without watching her favourite cartoon on television. The next day was a Saturday but she wasn’t allowed to play outside. She had to do loads of homework instead. She was very sad.

In her room she took off the bandage from her nose. When she did out flew a tiny bumble bee. It flew around the room three times singing the song in a happy voice

I’m a little bee
La la la dee dee
But you can’t catch me
fiddle diddle dee

I’m buzzing here
I’m buzzing there
I’m busy buzzing
Everywhere!

Then it flew out the window.

Jenny’s nose was back to normal.

From that day on Jenny never dared say noses were useless.

She always played with clean nature and she never spied on Mr Stoat or ate peaches ever again.

But she still hated cabbage!

THE END

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JENNY’S SINGING NOSE – A STORY IN FOUR PARTS : PART ONE

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January 14, 2013

Feeling the January lull and decided to post something different on the basis that a change is as good as a rest. Going through some writing I did a while back and I came across a kid’s story I wrote so I’m putting it in the public domain in four parts.

Read on………..

JENNY’S SINGING NOSE – Part one

Once upon a Sunday morning Jenny aged 9 was watching her Mom cooking.
“What’s that awful smell?” said Jenny.
“That’s lunch”, replied her Mom, “It’s cabbage”.
“I hate cabbage!” groaned Jenny.
“If you don’t like it, there’s plenty of bread and cheese” her Mom said. “Greens are good for you! They’ll make your hair curl”
“I don’t want curly hair and I don’t want cabbage” snapped Jenny
When she got angry her ears turned bright red.

Jenny went out into the front garden to play. It had been raining so it was very muddy. Jenny liked jumping in puddles and getting as dirty as possible. She was always being told off for coming home all grubby but she liked playing with nature. She liked picking up stones and watching all the creepy crawlies scurrying in all directions. Unless they were horrible pink worms of course. Worms couldn’t run because they had no legs. They just slithered or else disappeared back into the ground. Jenny liked frogs but her Mom said Jenny should only play with clean nature like leaves that have just fallen out of the tree or stones that have been washed.

In the house next to Jenny there lived a grumpy old man called Mr. Stoat. He lived on his own and only ever went out to buy the newspaper. The only time he spoke was to complain and he always waved his stick at the children if they got in his way. He always wore a dusty grey overcoat and a red and yellow checked cap, even when it was very hot. Jenny liked to spy on him when he walked to the paper shop. That particular Sunday she shouted “Good morning” when he came out of his green front door. When he opened the door there was a smell that was worse than cabbage. Jenny wondered what was in his house to make it smell so bad.

Mr Stoat didn’t say ‘Good Morning’ back. He just grunted and carried on walking.

Jenny was still in the front garden when Mr. Stoat came home. He was carrying a big bundle of newspapers and vegetables. “Hello again” said Jenny. Mr. Stoat glared at her and pointed his brown stick. “Are you still here?”
“Yes I am” said Jenny
He said “You’re a nosey parker, that’s what you are.” Then he turned his back on her and went into his house. He slammed the door loudly behind him. Jenny thought his ears looked a bit red.

Jenny remembered to take her boots off when she went back indoors but her Mom still shouted at her. “Just look at the state of you” she cried “Straight into the bath”.

TO BE CONTINUED …………..

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