Despoina Theodoridou - Children's Rainbow

6/10/11

Children’s Rainbow

Despoina Theodoridou – 55~“Hide and Seek”

Friday June 10/2011

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55~Hide and seek~

Poem by: Despoina Theodoridou

Standing still, I close one eye;

Other’s open, admires blue sky!

Counting loud till fifty five;

Soon my girl, in “Rolls” will arrive!

Yikes! I say for cloud being grey;

At rain I yell: “Please go away!

Now’s ‘bout time, seek Margot,

Fifty four… fifty five…

“Ready, or not, here I come!”

This poem was posted in poetry and tagged “Hide and Seek” for #Fridaypoetically at @Onestoppoetry

4/25/11

Despoina Theodoridou - " Lenny and the bad tooth."

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"Lenny and the bad tooth"
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...I don’t want to hear another word! You are starting tomorrow, and make sure you follow exactly every piece of advice your teacher gives you!!” Said Mrs. Dolphin and went to her kitchen to make a seafood tart.

Lenny sadly swam towards the rusty ship where he usually played blind man’s buff with his friends, and said to himself sorrowfully:..............................................................

...The next day, when the lessons started, Lenny felt like he was being punished.

Orthophony lessons were no easy job.

“Every morning you will sip a raw egg and right away you will say loud and clear: rho-rho-rho the cats are running in a row, tee-tee-tee a bird sat on the tree. For some time until your speech has been corrected, these exercises will be your best friend!!” said Mrs. Do-re-mi, giving him a strict look over her long narrow greenish eyeglasses.

However, Lenny found the exercises boring and every morning he said: “oh-oh-oh I don’t like this at all, mi-mi-mi I’m irritated by Mrs. Do-re-mi” and strolled around the ocean, playing with his young, spotted friends.

One day, while wandering about at the intersection of seashells’ street and blue seaweed street, he met his aunt Aglaiah. She was just coming back from Mrs. Swordfish’s hair salon, looking happy, with a weird hairstyle that looked like a cauliflower on her head!

Aunt Aglaiah loved weird hairstyles and had a different one done every week.

As soon as she saw him, she greeted him by clicking:

“My little Lenny, how are the lessons going?” She asked excitedly!

“It’s all a drama show aunt, a drama show!”

“Aha! So you are taking acting classes?”

“No, aunt, I mean it’s horrible! My teacher is very strict and I am just so bored.”.....

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4/12/11

Despoina Theodoridou-"Paulie, an awesome trumpet player"

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“ Paulie, an awesome Trumpet player!”
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......Then Mrs. Rhonda thought about taking advice from grandma Matina, the oldest and wisest of the herd. Grandma Matina had been a tracker for years and knew how to lead the herd away from dangerous paths. She had seen too much in her life and was respected by the whole herd!

So, Mrs. Rhonda left and in a while arrived at grandma Matina’s doorstep.

Grandma Matina opened the door and warmly greeted her, yelling loudly with her trunk: <turui-rui!>.

“My dear Rhonda am I glad to see you again!”

“Same here!” Said Mrs. Rhonda answering loudly :<turupam-turupam!!> And they tightly tangled their trunks together!

“Sit, dear! Said grandma Matina. Just give me a minute to gather my hook and lace and to make coffee for us to drink while we talk.”

Mrs. Rhonda sat on the big violet pillow, next to the window with the white embroidered curtains.

She reached with her trunk and grabbed a crispy freshly baked cookie.

After letting a long sigh, she started to talk about the problem of young and sensitive Paulie.

Grandma Matina listened intently!

She kept her big gray ears stretched out and her smart blue eyes wide open.

Every once in a while she went: “Hmmm… Hmmmm….” Thoughtfully, scratching her wrinkled forehead with her long trunk...

“Oh my dear Rhonda, I found a solution, and it is so, so simple!”....................................................

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...The time of the premiere finally arrived and little Paulie put on his light blue bowtie for his first formal try!!

He took a deep breath and, unfolding his plump trunk, shouted with all his strength:

“Turu-zabatazuza, Turu-zabatuzazu!!!!”

“Heeeeeeelp!!” Yelled max and Ronnie along with the whole ant gang and at once ran out of their nest, as far as they could!

“Quickly! Gather all your stuff; it’s time we flee from this tree of mayhem!” Said max, and Ronnie sighed:

“Oh dear!! My head is throbbing so much as if someone played the drums inside my ear!!

The good old quiet days are gone! What are we going to do NOW?”.....................................

4/10/11

Despoina Theodoridou- "The story of Black Bay"

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"The story of Black Bay"

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Young Robin fell asleep right away and dreamed of the two mermaids, singing sweet melodies to him. And just when he felt like he was enchanted by their charming voices, a murmur that grew louder and louder ruined his pleasure:

“Wake up sir, it is late already. Please wake up sir, it’s nearing noon!”

He opened his eyes and saw a big crab holding a tray. “I am Jason, the butler. Your breakfast is ready sir. I have prepared you a warm bath with scented essential oils. Madam Bertha will be here soon.” he said and left.

“I’m probably still dreaming!” Robin thought, amazed, and sat up on the big fluffy pillows.

Very soon, Big Bertha appeared.

“Good morning!” she greeted him cheerfully. “How is my little traveler? Are you still a little dazed since yesterday?”

“Err… Yeah…” Robin mumbled shyly.

“Don’t worry. You will feel better in no time!” she assured him. “Well?”

“You live in a very beautiful house!” admired Robin. “You have many servants?” the little shark asked naively.

“Servants? Ha! I take it you are talking about Jason. I saved him once from a bunch of fishermen, you know. Poor guy! He nearly lost his claws! He has been working for me ever since. As for all these luxuries in my home, it’s because of my job. I work in the field of submarine explorations.”

“What does that mean? You dig in the ocean?” Robin asked surprised.

“Ha!ha! You are funny, little one!” said the whale with her deep voice. “Of course we don’t have shovels and pickaxes, but we are a big team: jellyfish, turtles, dolphins, crabs, octopuses, lobsters.

We search for valuable things in sunken ships. There’s always something to find, whether it be a China serving set, or pearls, carved chests, golden jewelry, silk dresses, and anything else you can imagine. Once we find them, we give them to “Big Nose Mick”. He is a swordfish antique dealer, and, Poseidon’s name be blessed, he always gives us a generous reward! Come with me then, I will give you a nice tour!” She nudged him.

And so they went together to see the large Submarine exploration station from up close!

“Welcome, Titanic! Good morning boss!” said the two octopuses that stood guard, some distance from a huge sunken ship. “Gus is working on the locks and we should be able to get in any minute now.” They informed her.

The big whale explained to Robin:

“Gus is the swordfish you see over there and he is a locksmith. Come, let me introduce you.”

And, indeed, she introduced him to the team.................................