Saturday, 17 September 2022
Daybook Is About More....
It's more. It's all about story ideas and plans, which you can put down in a computerised notebook. Take that, Lagging!
Idea Of The Day: Nice & Soft, As Nature Intended
This story is set at a nudist colony and features me, Luke, Resus and Cleo wandering away from our caravan to explore the wonders of nature. From splashing in water and showering in rain to rolling down hills and smelling flowers in a field, we are in search of a bed that's nice and soft for our skin.
Draw Tigress!
I.B.F.Fs: Tigress' Bedtime Story
This is my first story featuring the new I.B.F.Fs characters. I changed them around to avoid copyright issues, and I even changed their parents too. Tigress is a copyright free version of Cleo, a yellow cat with black stripes, and this is her story.
Alright, Sophie, time for bed. We’ve had a lovely day, and now it’s time to go to bed. Before we do that, I’ve got a bedtime story I would like to share with you. Settle down while I tell you the story of how we found you way back in the stone age….
Chapter 1:
The Baby
A hundred million years ago, when mankind was just starting to develop, there lived a cave cat named Tigress. She lived with her brothers, Ashfan the robot and Ocean the dog, in a cosy cave with their parents, surrounded by lush fields, green trees and fresh water. It wasn’t always like this. Sometimes it rained. Sometimes it snowed. During cold weather, they’d wear their furs and keep warm by the fire. During hot weather, they’d take off our furs entirely, and run around without any clothes in the warm air. They’d go swimming in the lake, or have a bath there. There were no modern baths in those times, so a lake bath was just as relaxing. The only problem we had with their lives was the amount of food they had.
Every Winter or Summer, they’d go hunting other animals who roamed the plains. Ocean, Afshan and Tigress would be accompanied by one of their parents, who were expert hunters. They’d go hunting for snow lions, or mammoths, or woolly rhino…but all they brought back was a rabbit or two. A small, worthless rabbit makes a little filling meal for rumbling tummies, but at least they enjoyed our catch. They’d skin our catch alive and then eat its flesh. That’s how people ate these days, but Tigress and her brothers didn’t mind. They ate their fill in small bites, and drank mammoth’s milk every night before bed. One Winter day, everything was about to change…
The snow was swirling like a whirlpool as Ocean, Ashfan, Tigress and her father Loron trudged through the snow, trying to battle the cold and heavy wind as they held their wooden spears tight. “We’re almost there!” called Tigress over the wind, “I think we’re approaching some kind of cave!” “A cave?” asked Ocean, “Finally!” They trudged with life and limb across the snow, then they stopped. The cave was big and hollow, and quite huge. “Hello!” called Ocean, and his voice echoed. “Hello, hello, hello!” it went. He tiptoed inside to see if it was safe. In the darkness, he saw a huge white snow lion sleeping soundly. He tried to be careful and avoid any noise as he held his spear up and tiptoed up towards the lion…suddenly, he tripped! A small rock tumbled and bounced off a cliff and landed on the snow lion’s head. BUMP!
The snow lion instantly jumped up and growled at Ocean. Ocean raced out of the cave screaming, and Ashfan, Loron and Tigress all ran screaming too. The snow lion struck Ocean with its sharp claws, and Ocean felt red blood trickling down his back, barely visible on his red fur. “You get him from behind!” called Ashfan, “I’ll take him by surprise!” Ocean chased the snow lion across the snowy plain and into the forest. Tigress galloped across the forest the other way, trying to search for Loron. “Dad? DAD!” she cried, but she tripped on a stone and tumbled downhill into a steep ravine. Ocean was just about to stab the lion with his spear, when he tripped and a thorn scarred his chest, drawing blood. At that moment, Ashfan jumped out, screaming and waving his spear. He stabbed it in the lion’s side. The lion roared in pain. “Your go, Ocean!” called Ashfan. Ocean knew he wasn’t about to give up yet. He screamed, and leapt at the lion, biting into its back, harder and harder, until it drew its last breath from its mouth.
At the same time, Tigress was recovering from her fall. She looked up, and saw the snow was falling lightly now, and up above, Ocean and Ashfan were cheering and whooping, shaking their kill in the air. “Woo! Look at that! We did it! We killed something other than a useless rabbit!” called Ocean. Tigress smiled and yelled back, then checked herself to see if there were any bruises. There weren’t. Her legs didn’t break. Her arms weren’t broken either. She had the strength to climb back up the cliff and reunite with her brothers again. Luckily, they helped her up as soon as she reached the cliff ledge. “Finally.” said Loron, “We killed something that’s big enough for the whole family to eat. Come on, let’s move forward and get home.”
They trudged home through the snow. It was a long walk, but they finally made it back home, only to hear a strange noise. It sounded like…like crying. They raced to the front door and saw a tiny baby lying outside the doorstep in the freezing cold, wrapped in furs and waving her arms in agony. “Who’s that?” asked Ocean. “Looks like a baby to me,” said Ashfan. “I don’t care, she’s mine,” said Tigress. She took the baby in her warm arms and began to cradle her gently. The warmth and gentleness of her arms soothed the baby and caused her to stop crying. “How sweet,” said Loron, “You’re just like a big sister to this baby.” “Let me guess - we’re going to adopt it.” said Ashfan. “We’ll take it indoors with us. She has no mother, so I guess we should look after it ourselves.” Loron smiled. “She’ll be my favourite too, I don’t care how beloved my new baby sister is.” Tigress said, “I promise to be good to her and watch it grow up.”
Ocean, Ashfan, Tigress and Loron went indoors and saw their parents sitting in the warmth of their cave, waiting for them to return home. “Are you alright, Tigress?” asked Collar. “I’m fine. I would like to introduce you to a new member of our family. She’s a little small, but you’ll soon get used to her.” Tigress introduced. Everyone at once sighed and chorused, “Aaaaaaawwww.” They said things like “Isn’t she cute?” and “Welcome to the family!” Once the cute noises died down, Kennel said, “We haven’t given her a name yet.” “What shall we name her?” asked Rachael. “Mammoth’s tooth!” said Ocean. “Tortilla Tail!” said Ashfan. “No. We don’t need those names. All we can name her is…Sophie.” said Tigress. “Welcome, Sophie.” everyone sighed, as they quietly watched Tigress hold the baby close to her bosom.
Tigress was still cradling the baby as the family sat round the fire eating the remains of the snow lion. The fresh smell of killed meat filled the air as the family tucked into their first real meal they had in weeks. The snow whistled and blew great flakes of white outside, but they sat in the warm, feeling full, and talking about their day. Ocean, Ashfan and Tigress were getting really tired, and the yellow, black-striped cat carried on holding Sophie, feeding her the right amount of mammoth milk. She even patted her on her back, burping her. The family’s pet, Scruff the sabre-toothed dog, and the sabre-toothed mouse Cheese, gathered to look at the new baby with their family, and tickled and cuddled the new baby. Giggles and sounds of “Coochie-coochie-coo!” were heard all through the family as everyone admired Sophie and kissed her. Sophie’s eyes were starting to get a little heavy from all this fuss and attention, so Collar said, “Time for bed, everyone.”
Ocean, Ashfan and Tigress prepared a bed for what was now four of them with Sophie by their side. They piled up some furs and placed a pillow made out of duck feathers at the very top of the bed. It was getting dark as they did that, as the sound of Winter wind blew outside, and yawning and calls of “Goodnight.” we heard throughout the house. Ocean, Ashfan, Tigress and Sophie relaxed in bed, snug and safe inside their very own soft bed, under soft furry covers, as if a giant sabre-toothed cat was lying on top of them, keeping them warm and protected from the cold wind and weather. Their eyes grew heavy as the soothing sound of the Winter wind played its song outside the cave.
Tigress was lying right next to her new baby sister, whispering “There there. It’s alright. I’m here. Tigress’ here. It’s okay.” She kissed her and nuzzled her, touching her soft skin and snuggling with her. Sophie was so soothed that she and Tigress instantly fell asleep right away. With a new baby in the family, things will never be the same for them, because the family will have a new kid to look after and watch grow up through the next few years.
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