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Wed, 14 May 2008
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NEWS FLASH NEW ADDITION TO THE BADGERS OF FINGLES WOOD
Well that was it, the hustle and bustle of
arranging all the class rooms began. The lighting
was finished. The cave walls had been decorated and
one of Uncle Cled's nephews from the lower sett
came and painted beautiful murals over the
classroom walls, some of them on boards even, they
looked so real. (Would you
like to see them? This one is outside, do you all
like it? Uncle Willowdown did it for
us, arn't we lucky xxx
Immy.)
Everything seemed to be going really well,
Great Aunt Izzy made sure that Immy and Eddy
were not overdoing things. "I really can't think
what we used to do all day before those two
teenagers came here to live. Why even the youngest
ones seem to be behaving themselves." She said to
Mrs Clarissa Buck, "They just don't seem to get
tired and yet I'm sure they talk half the night as
well." And so it was things kept being done;
paths to clear, the few odd trees to be felled to
make access easier for the weasels and stoats who
were coming to get through. It had taken Eddy and
Immy quite a while to persuade even one of them to
attend the school but something happened the
thursday before the school was to open on the
Monday. It was rather a cold day, there had been
quiet a heavy fall of rain and all the paths were
very slippey in parts. To the left of the old church
yard that had long since become a ruin there was a
stairway that was carved out between two pieces of
rock by the Elves of Fingles Wood, many years
earlier. The "Big people" called it the "Devil's
Stairway" when they found it, which made the Elves
laugh, however they let the name stay because it
kept the little ones from playing around them
because they had become very unsafe at the
bottom. Eddy was busy helping Uncle Buck,
William and Stephen to clear away some fallen rocks
from the top of the rise above the old huntsman's
cottage. Suddenly they heard a loud yelp, followed
by a lot of screaming. It sounded as if someone had
got themselves caught in a trap. Within minutes the
girls had bounded away through the undergrowth and
there lying near the bottom of the Devil's Stairway
was Wilhemina Walls, the four year old daughter of
the Wall Weasels, nothing was to be seen of her two
brothers. "Immy you say with her and I'll
go down to the bottom and see if I can find a way
up to her." And without furthermore ado, Eddy was
climbing down the side of the rock face and inching
her way towards the stairs. The Elves were right
the bottom three or four steps had become dislodged
in thesmall gap and as Eddy placed her foot on the
closest one to her, the one beneath it slipped.
Wilhemina screamed, Immy let out a yell and eddy
grabbed hold of a piece of ivy. It held fast to the
ground and Eddy managed to regain her footing and
pull herself onto the first safe step. By this
time the brocks had arrived with some rope and a
ladder, but it was no use there was no where for
the ladder to stand safe. "Uncle Buck, if you
give me the rope I can throw it to Immy she can
then take it ot hte top where the boys can tie it
off and hold it steady." She smiled at her sister,
"You ok Imm,"" Immy nodded her head she looked
almost as worried as the little Wilhemina, "I have
a good idea Immy, why don't you teach Wilhemina
here a little song, one that we will be teaching in
school." she winked at her sister. "I know just the
one," Immy said smiling, be it a bit forced. "We
shall sing Row, row, row your boat, do you know
that one Wilhemina darling?" Willy shook her
little head and gripped onto the rope that Immy
placed in her paws. "Right, then I will sing it to
you. Row, row, row your boat gently down the
stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is
but a
dream. Come on it's your turn now and as
we sing the row, row, row bit we will both
move up the rope, is that ok my darling," she
whispered in the little ones ear. For the first
time since they arrived at the steps the little one
smiled and with Eddy behind her helping her up the
stairs, Immy in front of her guiding her little
paws over the rope, and the whole lot of them
singing row, row your boat, they were up at
the top in next to no time. They were safe,
Whoops look at the time, Diddily must go to
bed now. See you all soon . xxx Diddily dee dot of
Seligor's Castle
Posted 19:05
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