In Memory of

Colin Thiele
1920 - 2006

Eudunda Storytelling
Festival 2009
"Harvesting the Yarns"
Home > Stories written at the event - Story 3

Long. long time ago -------

There was a man called Bob, who was such a little, little man that every one called him BIG BOB ...

One day Bob put on his little shoes and his little hat and went out on the river in his little boat. He threw out his fishing line and then he caught a banana. And he thought to himself, "... Why the heck is a banana in the water?

Then the banana replied "I is bananatron from the galaxy, ubamax". The banana did a little dance and died.

But then another one popped up from under the boat and squirted cream all over Bob.

At that moment a magic turtle leaped from the water and nipped Bob on the ear...wow. "YES" exclaimed the turtle and set fire to a posh hammer. "Oh no I appear to be on fire" yelled the posh hammer.

All of a sudden the turtle spontaneously combusted

And then he went to Japan. Japan exploded booooooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But it was all Bob's idea from the start, he had been thinking about a new kids' show while sitting out there on his little boat.

But of course he was going to need some kids to see whether they were going to like this idea but they didn't like his idea.

Instead, the kids wanted to travel to the magical land of floating pyjamas. They had always dreamed of this place, especially when they were fast asleep in their warm, snug beds.

In the land of floating pyjamas children could fly and they could journey anywhere that their imaginations allowed.

So Big Bob went with them to the magical land of floating pyjamas.

Bob had a great time because he was little and could fly in the pyjamas really well. He showed the kids how to use their imaginations and fly anywhere in that land.

The kids all said that Bob should be the one to take them there every year in the holidays.

The next year they took a camera crew so Bob got his TV show as well.

The end