The Irish Tales

Chapter Eleven
(Best in Show.)
　
Days come and days pass, but sometimes, the nights go on for ever.
Especially if you are little and young, or even large and old, but it is the former of which we talk now.
The Oldies can look after themselves.

Under Patsy’s tuition, Jay had learned to deal very handily with most monster-ish appearances in her sock-draw.
Many was the time she awoke for no good reason to find something dark and ugly baring its ...

Chapter Ten

And so it was that Patsy and Jay and Bravura set off into the bible black night in search of the Jabberwocky, a semi-mythical creature who may or may not exist and who may or may not have the power to steal a hound’s voice.

Sounds a little unlikely, doesn’t it ? Until you realise that there is a wondrous world out there, beyond the bedroom window, where many unlikely things may happen.

And where good, though it doesn’t always triumph over evil, ...

Chapter Nine


"T’was brilling and the slithey toves, did gyre and gimble in the wabe," muttered Patsy under her breath, as she and Jay sailed through the bible black night, towards the kennels of the Berkeley Hunt.
"All mimsy were the borogroves and the mome raths outgrabe…"

"Latin, I suppose," muttered Jay as she hung on for dear life.
"Nope. Just words of wisdom from a more whimsical age," replied Patsy as she ...

Chapter Eight.

(The Hound Who Wouldn’t Sing.)
　
One fine, furry night, when the moon was full and the mice were even fuller, having raided the grain store at old man Cooper’s place, Jay and Patsy were deep in conversation about the Berkely Hunt and puppy walking and other such arcane but fascinating details.

On the bedside table, sat two large fairy cakes, with a nice slice of cherry on top of each.
They were once two ugly, slimy monsters who ...

Chapter Seven


So…there we were : Patsy looming over the Fox, Jay right by her shoulder and Tina next to her, muttering sotto voce : "Red Herring ? Red Herring ?"

"Red herring ?" squeaked the Fox, suddenly a little perturbed, a little less arrogant and – to be honest – suddenly sounding just a little scared.

Patsy opened her mouth and show her teeth : this is what passes for a Scaremonster grin.
"A red herring, indeed, ...