The Curious Story

In a land of foreign oceanin a land quite far away,

was the land of Ishkabibblewhere night was always day.

The Queen was just a baby,the castle just a house,

The jungle king - not a lion,but a very small grey mouse.

The moon was bright and yellowand set above the trees,

and in every lake and river swam lots of birds and bees.

The writing read from down-to-upand was something close to scribble,

and a whisper sounded like a yell,in the land of Ishkabibble.

Within this very land of laughsthere lived a band of Frufies.

They say their heads ...“were-not-screwed-on-quite-right”

so they acted very goofy.

A friendly harmless creaturewho was always on the run -

always busy being sillyand having lots of fun.

They laughed when sad, and never cried,and travelled one-by-one.

And a pair of laughing Frufieswould send a Bibble on the run!

One night on Frufie “New Year,”a Frufie walked the streets.(And a Frufie in Ishkabibblecan NEVER be discreet!)

On every corner somewhere,under every unlit light,

another Frufie could be seenwhich was a very silly sight!

Soon a flock of Fruf’swere walking to-and-fro

each bumping one anothernot knowing where to go.

Throughout ALL Ishkabibbleon this Frufie New Year nightevery Bibble bolted windows

to miss the silly sight.

For every Frufie New Yeara Frufie could be heardlaughing uncontrollably

and singing songs backward.

And while all Ishkabibblianswould try to hide away,

there was ALWAYS one poor Bibblecaught in some delay.

And every year this Bibble tried to get back to his place

but every year a Bibble saw a Frufie ... face-to-face.

Well...Once a goofy Frufie

has looked you in the eye,You change inside and laugh a lot.

I can’t explain just why.

And the Bibble that you used to be,seems all quite too absurd.

You want to dance, and sing, and shout“I’m a Frufie! Have you heard?”

And all that once was normalis now quite upside down.

You’d always rather smile a lotand never, ever frown.

Then suddenly - You realizethat Frufies everywhere

are goofy, but they’re having FUNand I warn you all

BEWARE...

Any Bibble may try to lock the whole Frufie world outside,but a Bibble shouldn’t knock a Fruf at the fun he’s never tried!

A Fruf will tell you often (as quite often Frufies do)“I would rather dance, and sing, and laugh than not to ... wouldn’t You?”

And the moral of this storyis not to look around,

because inside ALL Ishkabibbliansa Frufie can be found!

Listen way down deep inside -a Frufie will ask You,

“I would rather dance, and sing, and laugh.than not to!”

Wouldn’t

YOU!

-The Beginning -