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This is the first part of my 2007 adaptation of Wallace Stevens’ poem ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’. The landscape is taken from “Kiso Mountains in Snow” by Hiroshige.
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“‘Don’t peck his nose,’ said Mary, who was sitting next to the manger. ‘He’s only just been born.’
So she gave them some bread.
‘Thanks very much,’ said Robbie.
‘That bread’s stale,’ said Ropey.
‘I like it best when it’s stale,’ said Rupert. ‘Stale bread is super!’
‘Why did you come here?’ said Mary.
‘We heard the angel telling the shepherds about Christmas,’ said Robbie. ‘So we thought we’d come too.’
‘I’m ever so glad we did,’ said Rupert.
‘It was a blooming long way,’ said Ropey. ‘And now we’ve got to go back.'”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
“They went into the shed and perched on the side of the manger.
‘Look at that baby,’ said Robbie.
‘Oh! Doesn’t he look sweet and lovely?’ said Rupert.
‘I’m starving hungry from all that walking,’ said Ropey. ‘Let’s peck his nose.'”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
“I been standing out here gettin frosbite
inna black night, feels like a fortnite
cos a shiny angel all dress in white
come down a beam of light, into my field, right?
and he says to the shepherds no need for fright
cos a new kinda prince bein born tonite
he gonna lift the lowly to a new height
he gonna fix up the wrong and gonna make it right
he gonna fix up the blind man and give him sight
and the unrequited gonna get his requite
and you can find this prince ’bout midnight
inna tumbledown shed fulla candle light
lyin in a manger wrap up in white
if you follow that star that’s a-shinin bright”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis
“Outside the shed was a lamb.
‘Excuse me,’ said Robbie. ‘Is Christmas inside this shed?’
‘Yeeeah,’ said the lamb.”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
“‘Is it that shed over there?’ said Robbie.
‘The very same,’ said the camel.
‘Look at it!’ said Ropey. ‘It’s falling to bits! If that’s Christmas, it must be a shambles.’
‘I think it looks nice and cosy,’ said Rupert.
‘Come on,’ said Robbie. ‘We’ll take a closer look.'”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
“‘Once,’ said the camel, ‘I lived in a beautiful palace, in a hot country full of elegant palm trees. Now my master the King drags me here against my will, and he leaves me shivering in this field of snow, while he goes to take a look inside a shed! A lowly shed! He who once reclined on a throne of gold! And all because of Christmas!'”
From the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
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“Then they saw a camel.
‘Excuse me, Mr Camel,’ said Robbie. ‘Do you know anything about Christmas?’
‘Don’t talk to me about Christmas,’ said the camel. ‘I hate Christmas.’
‘There you are!’ said Ropey.
‘How can you hate it?’ said Rupert. ‘It’s the best thing ever!'”
The fifth picture from The Christmas Robins, the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.
“‘I can’t go on!’ said Ropey. ‘I’m ill. Look how red my breast’s gone.’
‘It’s supposed to be like that,’ said Robbie.
‘Is it?’
‘Of course it is! That’s how people know we’re robins!’
‘That’s how we look so smart and cheerful!’ exclaimed Rupert.
‘Cheerful!’ said Ropey. ‘Cheerful he says! What about my thin legs? Look how thin my legs are! Who can be cheerful with legs like these?'”
From The Christmas Robins, the new picture book by myself and Mollie Macgregor-Kinnis.