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A Monday Story (or listen to the voice recording below)

Farley is ready for bed. He’s propped up on a big plump joy pillow. He used to be afraid of the nights because of very bad dreams - but not now. When Lillian comes with her Mevali Hounds Farley just has to close his eyes and start to dream. As he goes to sleep The Mevalis will take him to the lovely Gemma Garden. That’s a safe place where nothing horrid or frightening can ever get in. The Twisted Silk Gates turn hard like steel if the wicked Skilverino or the nasty mean Skorcers try to get past them. Somewhere between dreaming and waking maybe you will find that special place. Don’t forget to take a dream cushion with you. The Mevali Night Angels will give you one. Before you go to sleep just think about dumping all the bad things outside the gates. Anything that hurt or upset you today. Just bundle it all up and let go. Shai-Dora, queen of the Mevali Hounds is waiting to let you through the Twisted Silk Gates. Inside the Gemma Garden you will find all the things you like most. Just good things. What would you like in the Garden today? Close your eyes and see the lovely M hounds coming over the MH2 Bridge to help you. You can choose a favourite one to come too if you like (learn everything about them on the ‘Nomoni Characters’ and ‘The Beloved Ones’ pages). ‘Who are you taking to the Gemma Garden tonight?’ Lillian asked Farley. ‘Pogs,’ said Farley. ‘Only Pogs?’ Pogs is Farley’s best toy penguin. ‘Yes, only Pogs. Pogs on Mondays.’ ‘Oh yes of course. Well what colours do you want in the Garden?’ asked Lillian. ‘Green!’ Farley shouted. ‘Just green?’ Farley bounced up and down on the bed shouting louder, ‘Green! Green! Grrr-Green! I do so love green.’ This was something Farley often said. So Lillian asked, ‘Don’t we need to take Gerald Frog as well then? – he’s green’ ‘Umm.’ Farley mumbled but picked up his green and purple beanbag frog. ‘Great,’ said Lillian, ‘now you are ready - which is just as well. I think I hear the Mevali hounds coming. Quick close your eyes!’ Farley giggled then shut one eye. Lillian gave him a look. The other eye closed and it was very quiet for a bit. ‘Now……let me see who is here tonight,’ Lillian said after a while, ‘oh the M hounds are running very fast. It must have been a bad day. Did you have a bad day Farley?’ Lillian knew that if Farley was ever upset then the mean Skorcers and their skinny snappy dogs would come. They could smell fear. ‘Kerry had sandwich.’ ‘Oh. What was wrong with it?’ ‘Cheese. Blue cheese. I only sniffed at it…. got wheezy. Didn’t like it.’ ‘It was a bit scary then?’ asked Lillian. She knew this was one of the things that made Farley ill. Farley nodded and buried his face in Pogs’ fur. ‘Ah well that’s why the M hounds are in a hurry. I expect they had to get away fast from Skilverino and his ugly band of Skorcers.’ Farley opened one eye again but then yawned and shut it. ‘Who’s there? Is Tamzi coming?’ he asked in a sleepy voice. ‘No. Tamzi is already in the Garden picking Mevalin herbs with Perido, the green princess. She’s going to make some tea with them. It will be nice and hot when the others come.’ Farley was just going to sleep as the M Hounds arrived in a mad rush. The Skorcer’s dogs were running after them. The wicked Skilverino and his band of nasty Skorcers followed. They carried fearful big black bags. ‘What’s happening?’ asked Farley. ‘Oh the M hounds are running much too fast for them. They are over the MH2 bridge already – here they come!’ There was just time to see who they were. Lillian whispered their names, ‘Princess Paskali. Prince Ahmu of the Sand and Sky. Princess Charma. Prince Romi……’ ‘Oh and here comes Princess Blissie on her white superbike. Now she’s caught up you can go into the Gemma Garden with them….’ Farley began mumbling their names too Paskali, Paskali, Romi, Char…..ummm…….. but he was already dreaming. Shall we follow Farley and have a peek in the Monday Gemma Garden? Queen Shai-Dora is there waiting. She always calls out the names of the M hounds first, ‘Princess Paskali?’ ‘Here!’ shouted Paskali. She trained in the Nomoni Army so she saluted as well. ‘Prince Ahmu?’ ‘Oh yes, I’m here too.’ Shai-Dora smiled at the big black coated hound – she was particularly fond of him. ‘Princess Charma?’ No reply, ‘Princess Charma!’ ‘Oh sorry. I was just putting some more Shaima pins in my lovely hair.’ The queen tutted and ticked off the name on her MPad. ‘Prince Romi?’ ‘Oh er yeah I’m here, I think I’m here’ ‘Good,’ said the queen ‘lock the gates Tamzi. Hmm. Put down the tea and THEN lock the gates!’ ‘Oh yes, sorry. It’s got a bit spilt I’m afraid. Oh but here comes Princess Blissie on her bike. I’d better get out of the way quickly…’ ‘Get out of ze way,’ yells Paskali, ‘she’s coming through!’ See how they all jump out of the way as the silver and white superbike flashes by. Blissie’s hair is tucked up tightly under her cap. Her white cycle shorts fit smoothly on her legs. She likes to be as trim and fast as possible. Tamzi is closing the gates just as Farley drifts in on a dream. Lillian watches from the bedroom. Farley opens his sleep eyes. Perido, the green princess, is sitting under a willow tree. Green and white butterflies are resting on the tiny lilies in her long cornsilk hair. The Mevali hounds are lazily lapping at some of Tamzi’s tea. Queen Shai-Dora smiles and is gone. All are now safe in the Garden. She catches a Hope cloud and goes back up to Nomoni. ‘I like your pyjamas Farley,’ says Tamzi, ‘the green frogs on them are just right tonight.’ Farley is surprised as he was sure he had been wearing ones with blue spaceships on. Pogs seems to have found a green hat and scarf – but Gerald is just as himself. They drift through the green garden. All is quiet and peaceful. Green spiders are spinning silver webs but soon fall asleep and catch nothing. Princess Perido casts some Mevalin plant food into the sticky webs. No flies will be trapped tonight. Tamzi helps spread some for the Mevalings nestled in their cocoons. In seconds they grow. They rise up on the warm wind like giant lacewings. The sky is full of their pretty pale green wings. Farley seems to float up with them…… And lands on the cricket pitch. ‘Oh I say Farley! Get off, I was just about to bowl’ Prince Moonspoon is a bit put out but he is just trying out the move. There is no game today. ‘You’ll have to get me some dreamy-creamy twifle from the Goodie Shop,’ he grins. Farley gives a loud giggle, ‘Yum-yum, jummy jums. Trifle and green ice-cream.’ Tamzi lollops in and says in her way, ‘O num-num, yes,’ but adds, ‘but not the green ones made with nuts. That makes you ill Farley.’ Princess Perodo chimes in ‘No Nomoni problem! I‘ve made some from Mevalin secret sweet stuff. No sugar. No nuts. All green. All good.’ In a blink of a Mevali eye – all the M hounds arrive at the Goodie Shop. The doors open. Inside is all the delicious food that Farley loves. He can hardly choose what to have but Perido says, ‘Its nearly time for you to go – have some ice cream and a Mevchoc biscuit. I’ll take some trifle to Moonspoon.’ Soon Farley is sitting on a green dream cushion eating happily. Lots of M hounds are sprawled out on big joy pillows eating Mevalin trifle. Then they are very drowsy. It is time for the Dark Night Angels to come. Farley is yawning. The Gemma Garden is fading. He’s very, very sleepy……. Lillian is watching Farley now. He is fast asleep tucked up with Pogs and Gerald. They are all smiling.