Write About A Quality Your Best Friend Has That You Admire

Luke, Resus and Cleo don't annoy. They don't scream or do stupid, worthless acts for comedy, they believe in what's best for their family and friends and love to share in everything together as much as they love to share it with me.

Luke has the qualities I have - lazing about doing nothing, playing Zombie Kickboxer and trying to avoid homework and school.

Resus has a little brother-like attitude and always wants to follow you around. Cleo is wise and responsible and knows how to protect you when danger looms. They joke around like siblings. I wish they were my brothers and sisters.

What Qualities Do You Look For in Your Friends?

The qualities I look for in my friends include bravery, strength, cunning, warmth and love.

I look for someone who has the strength and brutality of a werewolf and loves to laze around playing Zombie Kickboxer with his friends all day.

I look for someone with blue fur who loves her family and friends and believes in tech-free play.

I look for someone who loves a good book and a good adventure away from his bookshop.

I look for someone who can cope with her disability and do whatever it takes to protect her pride.

I don't want to look for best friends who complain, scream and throw tantrums all the time.

I want friends I can get attached to.

Scream Street Bites - Off To School

The time had come at last. CBBC was going away to school. We know that it had anything to do with recent events, but this time I'm taking a break from CBBC until Scream Street returns. All everyone else knew was it had something to do with 'Bitesize' and how to make things called 'works of art' and annoying skits about history.

LUKE: Can't you just air an awesome cartoon about dinosaurs instead?

CBBC BOSS: Sorry, Luke, but children of Britain don't require you or the other residents of Scream Street.

ME: Guys...I'd like to talk to you for a minute.

LUKE: What is it?

ME: Well...erm....I've tried to be brave saying it, and I promise I'll keep a straight face when I say it....I'm leaving CBBC for now.

CLEO: WHAT?! You can't leave us!

ME: I'm going to spend time with Dog, Pug and Simon now, until you return.

CLEO: That's okay, they're our friends too.

RESUS: And we just want to say: thank you.

ME: Thank you? What kind of thank you?

LUKE: A thank you that you're grateful you kept us in your heart, and forever will be.

ME: No...I was going to say that. I thought I was going to lose Bluey forever, but now I've found her on Disney+. It's just like calling an Australian pen pal. Next week, and in the next few weeks that follow until you return, I'll make stories around you and the rest of my friends, and the parasocial relationships I form with you and the other best friends I've made are a part of who I am. They make me the best writer in the universe, and you should be proud I'm here to protect you from what comes out as the worst time. How's about you live with me for now? Since Tommy Donbavand's dead, I'm sure he won't mind.

LUKE: Sybil!

[Luke, Resus, Cleo and I engage in a group hug, us sobbing as we rejoice]

ME: I've been so stupid to ignore you. In my next life, I'll try to do what's right.

CLEO: Won't we miss you?

ME: There'll be more of us in every life, Cleo. Come on, one more race back home won't change our lives.

LUKE: You're on!

RESUS: Wait for me!

CLEO: Hey! I had the idea first!

We'll never know, but someday Scream Street will come back, delighting me in the process, and someday this year I'll be able to see Six and Dr. F again. If only! But now, my wishes for the future lie in my heart and their hands.

Learn how to cope with missing friends like Luke, Resus and Cleo:

https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/when-your-childs-favorite-media-goes-away

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/help-your-child-cope-with-missing-someone

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/kids-missing-friends-tips-children-stay-socially-connected-70424634

https://www.healthline.com/health/relationships/what-to-do-when-you-miss-someone

https://www.hercampus.com/school/towson/5-things-do-when-you-miss-your-best-friend

In case you miss your friends from Scream Street if you're a big fan of the show like me, click to watch the show on iPlayer - feel free to watch the new adventures in case you miss Six and Dr. F, that's fine by me:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000nw0v/scream-street

Good luck, Luke, Resus and Cleo. My times with you will never be forgotten.

The White Bird: Lions In The Forest

All my 'White Bird' dreams are coming together now - this is one of them, and it explores the feral versions of Nothing and Hover that appear in I.B.F.Fs stories - Kyoga and Karabi.

Luke, Resus, Cleo, Luella and Six and I were still living in the forest completely naked, wild and free, and we were friends with Kyoga and Karabi's pride, which lived nearby in the clearing. We would play with cubs Kyoga, Karabi, Lite, Esther and Water as only children raised by animals can. We'd tumble about like the species Kyoga and her siblings are, we'd play on the swing that was tied to the branch of the tree, and we'd go to a large, cool lake with a waterfall and a few lily pads and splash about freely.

Which reminds me: I've finally decided to do 'The White Bird' as the 'New Generation I.B.F.Fs' equivalent of last decade's 'The Eagle's Nest', except it has characters from the new season of Scream Street and My Pride joining in, and it'll have a wild forest setting. Once again, I was inspired by a bit in 'The Dare Game' to do this story, and what starts as a simple story and a set of dreams can turn into a big story about living in the wild.

Sylvanian Families - Not For Kids!

What True Friendship Feels Like...

This isn't a lost episode, it's a man's look at how friendship's supposed to be, with the help of Franklin the turtle and his ill friend Otter.

I've also found some friendship prompts from JournalBuddies - just useful when you miss your monster best friends.

https://www.journalbuddies.com/journal-prompts-writing-ideas/friendship-day-prompts-for-kids/

Parasocial Relationships

It's time to learn about one thing I endorse most beside writing - parasocial relationships!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction

What's The Plan - 9.1.21-15.1.21

• 9.1.21 - Scooby Doo & The Lake Monster
  
  
  
• 10.1.21 - Tom & Jerry & The Wizard Of Oz

  

  
  
• 11.1.21 - Camping: An I.B.F.Fs Friendship Story

  

  
  
• 12.1.21 - Me, You, And Care Bears: Journey To Joke-A-Lot

  

  
  
• Tuesday, Thursday & Friday - I.B.F.Fs At The Beach

  

  
  
• 13.1.21 - Me, You, And...

  

  
  
• 14.1.21 - I.B.F.Fs: Tickle Toes

  

  
  
• 15.1.21 - I.B.F.Fs: Bathtime On The Beach

Cookie Time

Bombs Away!

While searching through Kayln Butler's posts around baking - y'know, because she favourited my post about chocolate chip cookies - I found something called 'Cocoa Bombs'. Now, what the hell are cocoa bombs? Easy - you put them in milk and they turn all chocolatey, like Coco Pops. These two may sound similar in tone, but if you'd rather have a mug of something warm to drink, I'd like to tell you that I adore the look of Host The Toast's cocoa bombs. Try to make them yourself if you want.

https://hostthetoast.com/hot-cocoa-bombs/

A Sad Announcement

Next week, due to recent events, CBBC is, as I put it, 'going to school'. This means abandoning Scream Street in favour of the strangely surreal Hey You What If. When I first saw this, I was angry, then upset, then I burst into a crying fit, as I often do when I lose my friends Luke, Resus and Cleo. I wish they never aired Hey You What If and aired an awesome dinosaur cartoon instead - wait, they have Deadly Dinosaurs. What counts? As a result, I'm taking a break from CBBC until Scream Street comes back on again to spend time with my new best friend, Simon. A break from CBBC means more time to concentrate on my works and dedicate some of them to my best CBBC friends from Scream Street, and turning the TV off after seeing Simon means I'm helping the environment and saving electricity. The truth is, I love Scream Street and I love CBBC but not when it's treating the show like utter rubbish, so I'm only seeing CBBC on weekends, because they 'won't be going to school' and showing films from Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry.

In the meantime, there are lots of articles online about how to cope without your friends and what to do if your favourite piece of media. Click the links below and take some good advice from the users of these websites. You won't regret this.

https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/when-your-childs-favorite-media-goes-away

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/12-ways-to-cope-with-missing-someone

https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/longing-loved-one-learn-how-cope/

https://blog.chocchildrens.org/how-to-help-children-who-miss-their-friends-amid-covid-19/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/help-your-child-cope-with-missing-someone

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/family/story/kids-missing-friends-tips-children-stay-socially-connected-70424634

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lets-get-real-our-kids-are-feeling-lonely-in-lockdown_uk_5e9992bdc5b62f4a2df54de3

https://amodernmother.com/my-daughters-best-friend-is-moving.html

Draw a picture of your TV friend or write them an old fashioned letter, plus read books like 'Llama Llama Misses Mama' and 'I Love You All Day Long' to remind yourself of how much you love friends like Luke, Resus, Cleo and Bluey.

Scream Street Bites - Mike's Phone Call

[The phone rings. Mike Watson answers it]

MR. WATSON: Hello?

MAY-LI: So glad you called, Mike, I haven't heard from you in years. How's things back in Ireland?

MR. WATSON: Shut up!

MAY-LI: What?

MR. WATSON: The Mike you recognised had white hair, not black hair like mine!

[Mr. Watson slams down the phone and exits the room.]

3 HOURS LATER...

[The phone rings. Mr. Watson answers it]

MR. WATSON: What is it this time?

RICKY: Is this the Smart Art Depart? I need a new supply of art equipment, as mine has run out.

MR. WATSON: GO DIAL THE RIGHT NUMBER, YOU STUPID ART WHINGER!

[Mr. Watson slams down the phone and storms out of the room]

4 HOURS LATER...

[The phone rings. In a fit of rage, Mr. Watson throws his newspaper onto the ground and answers it]

MR. WATSON: If it's another CBBC character trying to sell me something, or screaming something at me, or mistakenly calling me instead of someone else, I'll-

ICE BEAR: Ice Bear has called the wrong pizza takeaway number.

MR. WATSON: Phew.

Watch The Dumping Ground, Art Ninja, We Bare Bears and the Scream Street episode 'Wolfgang' on iPlayer:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06pmnxt/scream-street-series-1-4-wolfgang

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03ps789/the-dumping-ground

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b0701ncx/art-ninja

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000qz54/we-bare-bears

I.B.F.Fs/Simon Story Ideas

It Must Be A Party:

I invite the I.B.F.Fs over to my house for 'the sleepover of the century', but soon all their friends come over upon hearing the news. It turns into a massive slumber party as a result!

Spikes & Spines:

Bingo, Missy and Buddy are asked to watch Book Cub's echidna cake, which she decorated for the 50th anniversary of the indigenous museum. At the same time, Dr. F finds Eefa's spellbook and recites a spell which transforms her into a real echidna. Bingo and her friends must learn the importance of asking a grown-up for help to change Dr. F back to normal.

The Treasure Of King Neptune

After hearing Sharptongue tell the folk tale of King Neptune, Cleo, Luella, Six, Lou and I set off down the beach on a tricky quest to find the mermaid treasure.

Monster Nosh:

Calypso's school hosts the annual Halloween party, and everyone dresses up in their fantastically spooky Halloween costumes. The monster residents of the neighbourhood must go as themselves, but that doesn't stop Luke, Resus, Cleo, Luella, Six and me from playing shadow puppets in a dark corner of the school.