Hippo, Big Toe by Matt Zurbo   A-hem! (Kid, with red, woollen onsie on, fist over mouth, coughing/clearing throat.) Hippo, big toe, so slow, river flow. (Kid, finger in air, Behind him: A hippo, big toe, snail, river.) Silly dance, zombie trance, bull ants. Baggy pants. (Kid doing silly dance. Other three things lined up … Continue reading Day 198: Hippo, Big Toe

The Mermaid and the Fisherman by Matt Zurbo   The beautiful mermaid sung a delicious, mighty note. Up through the calm depths, to a wild storm that note did spiral and float. Three fishermen working hard at sea hearing her siren’s call, turned up their radio up loud and made a point to snore. “Sorry, … Continue reading Day 197: The Mermaid and the Fisherman

Beautiful Stories of Awkward Monsters by Matt Zurbo I see this as a series of creepy drawings with text to the side. Bedtime rhymes and ditties of a different kind.     Better Red One day a fire started burning, on poor old Bobby’s head. He walked around wearing it proud, “Better red,“ he said, “than … Continue reading Day 196: Beautiful Stories of Awkward Monsters

The Voice In the Courtyard by Matt Zurbo   Shiraz was bullied a lot. (Little girl being taunted/having a raspberry blown at her, by bully.) She would run into the courtyard to cry. (Girl in small, high-walled, pot-plant-filled, vine covered, courtyard, with fish big clay pot, etc…) Her sobs would travel every water spout and … Continue reading Day 195: The Voice in the Courtyard