This is a present I got from Sally for Christmas yesterday - My Book Of Magical Stories. Hurrah! Now I get to write down my I.B.F.Fs & The Polar Bear story. I've currently written down about sliding down snowy slopes, eating fish, drinking from the cold Arctic ocean, playing with other cubs and learning to fish in a peaceful snowy glen with grass and flowers, playing with the polar bear family in the snow, journeying home on an ice floe and under the Northern Lights, resulting in the snuggliest bedtime ever back in the cave with me, Luke, Resus and Cleo snuggling near Mama for comfort and warmth, our baths in the snow and in the ocean, returning home swimming in the water and sharing a big, cuddly polar bear hug with Mama. You see, I was inspired by L'Enfant Qui Voulait Etre Un Ours' and various wildlife clips from the BBC to make this story, plus the sleep story I've made up where we were raised by polar bears, inspired by Cam's sleep story from The Dare Game.
I have never heard of a band named The Antlers before. Now I have, with their song 'Putting The Dog To Sleep', and this song reminds me of what happened to Luke, Resus and Cleo last month, when CBBC cruelly abandoned them in favour of shows like Itch and She-Ra...
When Halloween weekend hit, all of CBBC cruelly exiled Luke, Resus, Cleo, Luella and Six for violating laws and including what I love doing in their lineup. Everyone screamed and shouted at my best friends as they left, but Issie, star of CBBC's drama Mystic, noticed Luke and, with a dagger in her hand, attacked Luke, viciously scratching him round the eye, drawing blood. Seeing her, all of CBBC attacked Luke's friends, scarring them round various body parts and nearly killing them. Even the Stupid Siblings and the Grape Jelly Duo were in on the action, teasing and jeering mockingly. Luke was in tears seeing this, and had no choice but to run for his life, exiling himself into darkness for one month to see into his actions.
The song in the video above is what Luke sings as he wanders his eternal prison, blood dripping from his scar and his werewolf side appearing on one side of his body with every sudden drumbeat. He is shown visions of everyone laughing and joking and having fun on CBBC, friends joking with friends, CBBC enjoying great success, etc., including every episode of every programme shown last month, including Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed. He is also shown various visions, including a fetus changing into a sleeping version of himself changing into his werewolf form, and a dead wolf changing into a version of himself lying dead and naked, with his body covered in blood. Eventually, Issie appears in Darkness and fights with Luke in his werewolf form, causing blood to appear everywhere with every scratch and cut, and for Luke to lie there in darkness, covered in blood, all weak like in his vision of the dead wolf. Still having a second chance, Luke scratches Issie round the eye, causing a severe bloody injury which causes her to limp out of the darkness back to CBBC. Just as Luke was about to become weak and die, Resus and Cleo, having fully recovered from their injuries along with Luella and Six, emerged from the darkness and told Luke that they're allowed to go back to CBBC now. After a month in solitude without food, water, love or friends, Luke agreed, and they emerged from the darkness to go back to CBBC.
Upset? You should feel proud of Luke. Through all this bravery, he kept a straight face through his time in Darkness, and this week, he's back. If this story were an animatic, this would be the perfect subject. He'll be back in two weeks with normal Scream Street adventures, but until then, watch Scream Street on iPlayer:
Now that it's Christmas Eve, you may be missing your friends right now as much as I'm going to miss Luke, Resus and Cleo next week. Why don't you write them a heartwarming letter telling them how much you love them and wishing them a merry Christmas? That should raise spirits high. Or you can write letters to members of your family saying how much you miss them? Have a merry Christmas!
Fishing, playing and sleeping with polar bears, all the while stark naked and adjusting to cold Arctic weather. Can you imagine that? I can, and I'm doing it as part of my new story, I.B.F.Fs & The Polar Bear.
Someone very unexpected popped up on Tiny Pop whilst I was watching Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas. He's small, white, has big ears and eyes, an excited smile, a red shirt and blue shorts. Who is that long-eared new kid?
That's right - SIMON! I first saw him on the Tiny Pop website, and having him appeared in between the first and second half of Once Upon A Sesame Street Christmas is a hint he'll come back to TV soon. What's better, I'll have him as a new friend! If he doesn't impersonate Peppa Pig in most cases, which it probably won't. I'll find out soon enough.
It seems my sleep story has inspired the most fascinating dream I've ever had, very fascinating indeed...
Luke, Resus, Cleo and I were raised by a mother polar bear, who took care of us just like we were one of her two little cubs and was very kind to us too. The cubs who stayed by her side thought of us as their brothers and sisters. We'd slide down a snowy slope each day with Mama and her cubs by our side, then we'd go hunting for fish near the Arctic ocean, sharing our catch with our family. There's still plenty of time to relax and play in the snow, sometimes we'd tumble about with Mama and the cubs and chase each other in a game of Tag, or I'd play Hide & Seek with Luke, Resus, Cleo and the cubs. We'd play two very favourite Winter games, too - making snow angels and having joyous snowball fights, often getting Mama involved. We'd go for a swim in the Arctic seas, but in this particular dream, we were forced off our white clothes to feel nothing come between our skin (and bandages) and that water. Even though Luke, Resus and I are naked, we are able to withstand the cold, frigid temperature.
In fact, this happens in a story I've thought based on that dream, I.B.F.Fs & The Polar Bear, which sees us stripped off our clothes for the entire story - Luke, Resus and I withstand the cold naked, but Cleo feels warm under her bandages. We rely on our mother to keep us warm and protected. She is a kind and loving mother who cares for her children. I'll do the story when the Scream Street episodes 'The Brown Lagoon' and 'The Beast Within' air, so I'll give you an update on what antics me and my friends/siblings get up to being raised by polar bears in the Arctic.
I remember going to the chemist's back in South Woodham Ferrers and seeing a blue bottle of body lotion, or wash or whatever, with Winnie The Pooh and his little friend Piglet on it. On the back, there's this soft little rhyme I know by heart, accompanied by a picture of Piglet lying next to it. And that began my love of softness. Let me tell the rhyme to you:
"Floating in the big blue sky,
Bumping into clouds - oh my!
Lots of clouds that float aloft,
They touch my skin - they feel so soft!"
This is what everyone should recite to unleash their inner softness.
In celebration of The Snowy Day airing on Disney Channel and Disney Junior in the USA, I bring you this recipe for Mac 'N' Cheese and cocoa to eat whilst you enjoy the special on Amazon Prime Video!
I've done version 2 of my polar bear sleep story at Grandma's, only this time it has swimming in it - which means we have to swim across the frigid cold waters of the Arctic! I was inspired by the clip above to do the story. The story started out like version 1, then it went to the bit where we actually go home by swimming across the freezing waters of the Arctic sea. Luke, Resus, Cleo and I take off our white leather clothes (you know, like the ones the boy wears in L'Enfant Qui Voulait Etre Un Ours), leaving us completely naked (except Cleo, she's fine with the cold 'cause she wears bandages) in the cold air. We'd dive in with Mama, our mother polar bear, and her two cubs, splashing each other and often teaching the cubs how to swim. When we swam across the sea with our polar bear family, it felt like a sensual experience swimming naked in the Arctic ocean - putting anything between our skin and that water would be just unmentionable. Like our mother, we feel at home in the water, but journeying through the sea gets so tiring, we had to hold onto Mama's thick fur to keep our legs from getting tired.
When we reached the polar bears' cave, we were freezing, but Mama gave Luke, Resus, Cleo and me a big, cuddly polar bear hug to keep us warm. Never mind - clothes will just have to wait. Mama's cave was humble and tranquil. Mama lay down on the floor, and Luke, Resus, Cleo, the cubs and I would snuggle right up next to her, safe and warm and out of danger, listening to the lullaby of her heartbeat as we fell asleep in the tranquil darkness.
Swimming in icy waters - sounds so sensual, it's me and my friends' kind of thing.
