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🎄I’m extremely busy in the run up to Christmas so I’ll be dropping in and out quite a bit. Please don’t think I’ve forgotten you!🎄
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Little Joe was having a lovely holiday at the seaside with his Mummy and Daddy. He woke up early looking forward to another day at the beach, so early that he watched the the sun rise from his window.
‘When I get out of the water I’m dripping wet’, he thought to himself, ‘the sun’s been in the sea all night, it must be dripping wet too.’
Several things had crossed his mind in the last few days. Why don’t fish drown, and why do crabs walk sideways? That’s just silly! Where do sandcatles disappear to?’
The seaside’s so interesting!
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Prod the Frog to visit the squares!
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Thanks to Rochelle for hosting Friday Fictioneers
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I’ve posted some pictures of my local beach for today’s Wordless Wednesday – if you’re interested they are HERE!
Very imaginative!
Dear Keith,
And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings. Sorry, but Little Joe’s thoughts sent me to the Walrus and the Carpenter. A poem I once had memorized when I portrayed Tweedledee in Alice in Wonderland in High School. 😉 I love his thoughts. So innocent and sweet.
Shalom and happy holidays,
Rochelle
You do you this Christmas season- after all you are the you we love.
Thank you SO much, Jodi.
A lovely evocation of a child’s thoughts
The mind of a child never ceases to amaze me. Lovely post Keith
curious children will save the world
I love the seaside. And thank you for your wonderful story, Keith. The ocean is full of mysteries.
Keith, Little Joe asks questions like my 4 year-old granddaughter does. She also finds the beach wonderful. Good story. Now I’m going to check out your beach pics 🙂
you capture so much beauty, wonder, and youthful curiosity in this fiction today 🙂
It’s such fun to listen to a child tell you what’s going on in that little noggin. Please enjoy your holiday season without worry!
Perfectly reasonable questions, IMO. Nicely done, Keith.
I.love this story and those innocent , cute questions.
I have become a grandaunt recently and will keep this story in mind to tell her when she is ready to listen , understand and picture it.
He is an intelligent guy- little Joe.
Next time Ivisit the beach I sahll do so with fresh eyes and mind.
Little Joe is destined for greater knowledge, by questioning his world. A lovely story that captures our childhood curiosity.
Ahh, the sea, the sea – how lovely… I have a bucket and spade! I’m just grinning…
You have captured the mind of a child so perfectly Keith 🙌….and it makes sense to me 😊
very cute.
Thank you for allowing us to be children for a minute. This is a lovely piece, dear Keith.