I've a new idea on how to get me to sleep - writing soothing stories about soothing and sometimes fun adventures Luke, Resus, Cleo and I have - and sometimes they focus on Furaha the lioness cub too. Inspired by Cam's story about the White Bird in The Dare Game, I call them Sleep Stories, after the term for dreams in The Land Before Time. My first two stories are based on polar bears and cavemen, featuring me (I'm a young girl in all my stories) and my friends Luke, Resus and Cleo.
In the first story, Luke, Resus, Cleo and I were raised by a polar bear mother and her family - two cubs. If the mother polar bear, who we call 'Mama', would speak, she would say upon finding us alone in the snow: "I'll take care of Sybil, Luke, Resus and Cleo like they're one of my two little cubs." We'd slide down snowy slopes, hunt for fish in the ocean and eat them raw and play with the cubs - all day, every day. Every night, we'd float across the Arctic ocean on a large ice floe, then I'd fall asleep on Mama's back as we journey under the gentle glow of the Northern Lights. When we reach the polar bears' cave, we'd snuggle near Mama to keep ourselves warm in the peaceful, tranquil darkness of the bears' humble abode, listening to the lullaby of her large bear-sized heart. I did this story based on the French film 'L'Enfant Qui Voulait Etre Un Ours' which sees a little Inuit boy raised by polar bears, and tonight I'll do a sequel to the story, where Mama, the cubs, Luke, Resus, Cleo and I swim across the Arctic sea back to her den in an effort to snuggle up to her for warmth from the cold. Yes, we'll need all the warmth, protection and food Mama can offer. For more about polar bears with the help of CBeebies' world-famous animal expert Andy, watch CBeebies Snow Babies on iPlayer:
The next sleep story is based on the fourth and final episode of 'Walking With Cavemen', 'The Survivors'.
Luke, Resus, Cleo and I lived in a big cave as cavemen together. You could say Luke, Resus and Cleo were the first werewolf, vampire and Egyptian mummy ever to roam the earth during the prehistoric ages. We'd go out hunting together for raw meat and fish, and if there's a bit of time during warmer weather, we'd play outside in nature. On this night, we shared a luscious meal of mammoth meat and cooked fish around an open fire. Being reunited, being warm and being well-fed are the simplicity we'd love to get when we live our lives as cavemen. With all that in mind, and with full tummies from our hearty meal, we sure felt that all this eating has made us tired, so we'd snuggle under a pile of furs together and fall asleep in the quiet and the warmth of our cave.
I'll be doing more each night, so I'll fill you in on updates each day! Good night...
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