Rain, mud and mermaids in Hayfield

Hayfield Library

Thursday 21st August

spiky rocks and a hill where bears live

Rain falls,

Mud grows,

Mud spreads.

The river runs.

Fish swim in cold pools.

Stepping stones might take you to safety.

Children run through

A forest of mysterious creatures,

Past a goblin house,

Past trees to hide in,

Clambering over spiky rocks by 

The Bear’s Cave,

Past Castles and Caves,

And a tower where a princess waits,

While dragons watch from the hilltops

Skeletons wake and walk,

A wolf hunts,

A hill holds  a hole,

A cave that leads nowhere,

Or anywhere.

Who knows?

But they run and run

Down to the Torrs 

And the bridge to cross the river.

But there in the water

A mermaid rests on a rock

Inviting picnics....

a mermaid rests on a rock, inviting picnics

a hole in a hill

with many thanks to our Hayfield storymakers, artists and puppeteers!