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The Adventures of Smudge

Dreams Come True

You've heard of the Good Fairy in nearly every fairy tale, but have you ever heard of Smudge, that well known Fairy Godmother of the animal kingdom. For centuries Smudge has brought happiness to creatures throughout the universe with her cheery nature, kind heart and ancient magic spells. Sometimes it's easy to be a good fairy, but other times Smudge has to pit her wits against the most dreadful wolf wizards, and other disastrous events, in her efforts to help bring a peaceful ending and happy beginning to the lives of so many animals. In the following Waggy Tale you will hear how Smudge was very nearly destroyed when the most evil wizard sought to kill her and the gorgeous Panther cub she was trying to help.

Leonie sat on the log beside her parent's cottage weeping. She started with a few sniffles, then gradually built to a crescendo of huge gulping sobs. " It's so unfair", she sobbed, "Why can't I be as pretty as everyone else. Why must I stay home while everyone else goes gallivanting to the summer picnic party. It's just sooo unfair", and she sobbed even louder. Her crying could be heard all the way down the valley. Unfortunately for Leonie the sound of her crying was positively music to the ears of Habba the horrid old Hyena who hated Leonie and her family. You see Habba and his nasty friend Teega the wolf wizard had cast a spell which deformed Leonie's face so she looked terribly ugly, and they had made their spell so strong that none of Leonie's family could travel outside the woody enclosure where they lived. This meant that all her life Leonie had never been to school in the village, nor run and played on the lush green grass with the other panther children, nor had she ever even seen the lions den over the hill from where she sat on her log. Though she had heard the lions calling in play, and roaring, many times in her 6 years of life. She wasn't even sure what a lion looked like since so far none of them had bothered to visit.

Young Leonie looked up with a jerk when she heard a loud explosion. She sat spellbound as well as shocked for quite a few moments just watching the huge billows of black smoke rising skywards. Then she shrieked as she realised that the smoke was coming from somewhere very close to the impenetrable barrier. With her heart racing in fear for her family, she ran towards the area where the smoke seemed to be coming from. She heard a lion scream, and then the sound of a hyena crying out in terror. On she ran until she reached the barrier. She stood on a large rock to see what was happening. Below her was chaos with animals bumping into each other as they moved, terror stricken, trying to escape. "Escape what", worried Leonie. "What caused that dreadful bang"? She looked first to her left, but she could only see masses of creatures running hither and thither. She looked to her right, but again she could only see the chaotic melée of animals. "I'll have to get higher", she told herself. There was a nice tall tree quite near her, so she quickly climbed up to perch herself on one of the thicker branches. Now she could see everything below in all directions.

About 55 yards away a small airplane had crashed, exploding into flame just after it had landed. Sadly, the trees surrounding it had caught fire, and the fire was spreading rapidly. Now, Leonie could see a baby lion, a cub called Isobel, who had been caught under one of the fallen branches. Isobel was screaming, both because she was afraid and also because of the pain in her trapped back legs. The branch had landed across her back just above her tail.

To be continued shortly so pop back to find out more..........


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