Children's Stories

Firecreepers:  Large lizard-like animals. They do not breathe fire,

but derive their name from the fact that they like warm places and creep close to fires. Their wings are two small for their body’ and are used as a warning sign when they are afraid or angry. They can still fly but use telekinesis to do so. Highly valuable and rare. Firecreepers must be protected at all costs from unscrupulous scientists who would like to chop up their brains to find out how they can fly and move objects with their mind.

Flobberdibbers: Look like large, squashed fruit gums. Luminous when immersed in water. Like damp areas, and have gooey, glue-like substance that allows them to stick to almost anything. Flobberdibbers love the taste of salt and are very friendly. They are cool to touch and have eyes on stalks similar to those of a snail that they can retract. When Flobberdibber slime is mixed with a little silverbloom dust it can change a person’s mood to incredibly happy but may cause slight memory loss. There is now a problem of reduced habitat due to new buildings having no cellars, cellars in houses being turned into dens, and marshland being drained for building.

Silverblooms:  Similar to a butterfly, silverblooms have three sets of double exceptionally fine but strong wings placed one above the other. Sometimes mistaken for a blossom or flowerhead. Their wings change colour depending on their mood, and a glitter like dust is left where they have been hiding. Silverblooms love paper and mostly like to hide in libraries. Loss of habitat is due to Libraries and bookshops closing down, plus more online paperwork and eBooks means the silverbloom population is in decline. 

Stonewarts: Hedgehog-like creature that has hard wart-like lumps instead of spikes. These pop open when the creature is threatened and form a hard shell. When a stonewart curls up it looks like a stone ball similar to those used in gardens as ornaments. In fact, many of them are stonewarts and garden owners frequently wonder when they bought them! Very gentle creatures with high temperatures. Like cosy places and make good foot warmers old a cold night.

Stingers:  Highly mischievous creatures. Insect-like body and legs. Can be very vicious. Its bite is sharp and can go deep into the finger. Its sting does not leave its body but pumps venom into its enemy before the stinger pulls free. Stinger venom is not toxic to humans but can cause drowsiness and a person who has been stung cannot tell a lie. Side effects last for twenty-four hours, therefore, can be dangerous in the wrong hands, or quite useful in the right hands. Numerous and not endangered as they breed well. Important to keep a stinger population limited to prevent infestation.