2021

LOVE BEPPE

Polly Popsicle lay all alone. She was squeezed between the gianormous Christmas turkey and the steaks in the freezer. Polly was the only popsicle left and she was feeling lonely without all her other popsicle 

friends.

It seemed that not long ago, Polly was scrunched in with all her colourful popsicle friends. There were so many popsicles, she couldn't count them all in the freezer.

There was hardly room for anything else, especially that big ole Christmas turkey.

Polly thought back to the fun the popsicles had when they were all together.

Polly remembered the time they all decided to play a prank on Priya. Oh they were such naughty popsicles.

Priya  loved all the popsicles and came for one each day, sometimes more than once if she could charm Mom and Dad into letting her have another one.

The popsicles loved Priya too. She always took her time choosing which one of them she would take that day. She made them feel so special. She looked at each one like they were the most important popsicle ever.

One day they could hear Priya asking Dad if she could have a popsicle.

He said, "Yes, but just one, it's almost supper time."

That's when the popsicles decided to play a joke on Priya. They quickly scurried under all the steaks and hid.

Oh how they tried to be quiet. It was hard not to giggle. They could hear Priya open up the freezer.

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called out to Dad. 

"USE YOUR EYES PRIYA." he called back.

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called out again.

"USE YOUR HANDS PRIYA." he called back.

Oh dear, thought Polly. 

Pinky Popsicle didn't hide very well.

Priya looked and looked with her eyes. 

She moved things with her hands.

She couldn't see ALL the popsicles but she did see ONE, and ONE was all she needed. 

That night the popsicles heard Priya ask Mom if she could have a popsicle for bedtime snack.  Mom said, "Yes Priya, you may have a popsicle."

The popsicles scrambled to hide again. This time they hid under all the ice cream. There were ice cream cakes, ice cream sundaes, ice cream cones of all colours and sizes, even banana splits.

The popsicles heard Pryia run to the freezer and open up the door.

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called out to Mom.

"USE YOUR EYES PRIYA." she called back.

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called again.

"USE YOUR HANDS PRIYA." she called back.

Priya looked with her eyes and moved things with her hands. She didn't see ALL the popsicles, but she did see ONE, and ONE was all she needed.

Oh no! Petunia Popsicle didn't hide very well either.

The next morning Priya asked Mom if she could have a popsicle for breakfast.

"Popsicles aren't for breakfast Priya." said Mom "You will have to wait."

All morning Priya dreamed of popsicles.

In the meantime, those naughty popsicles found a new place to hide. They went deeper into the freezer, hiding under all the frozen crab. They were having so much fun.

There were big crabs, little crabs, happy smiley crabs and grumpy looking crabs. There were red crabs, green and blue crabs and even pink crabs too.

By lunchtime, Priya just couldn't wait any longer. She ate her lunch lickety split and asked Mom if she could have a popsicle. "Yes Priya, you may have a popsicle now," Mom said. Priya opened up the freezer,

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called out to Mom.

"USE YOUR EYES PRIYA." she called back.

"WHERE ARE MY POPSICLES?" Priya called again.

"USE YOUR HANDS PRIYA." Mom called back.

Priya looked with her eyes and moved things with her hands.

She didn't see ALL the popsicles but she did see ONE, and ONE was all 

she needed.

Oh Snemptergs, thought Polly Popsicle. Lily Lime Popsicle got found too.

There were getting to be less places to hide in the freezer. Priya was getting good at looking with her eyes and hands, so the popsicles that were left had to get lower and lower in the freezer. They decided to hide under all the fish.

We will NOT be found this time, thought Polly.