Indholdsfortegnelse for February 2020 i Storytime

My name is Annie McMarvellous, and I’m a magician – just like my mum and dad. I’ve been learning magic since the age of four, and it was all going brilliantly until I had a little accident. I asked Mum if I could practise making things disappear and she said, “Yes, dear, but try it on something small, like this coin.” So I ran up to my bedroom and got to work. Even though I wore my tallest top hat and muttered all the right magic words, the coin just would not disappear. “Hmm, perhaps I need to try it on something bigger,” I thought. Then I spotted Mrs Flops hopping around. Mrs Flops is Mum’s favourite bunny and magic show assistant. I knew I really shouldn’t, but I did.…

Once upon a time five women were walking along when they came upon a giant goose egg. They quarrelled over it until, at last, they agreed to take turns sitting on it to hatch the egg. The first woman sat on it for a week like a broody goose. At the end she said, “I’m not sure there’s a goose in here. I heard it rumbling and mumbling, ‘Herrings and porridge and milk’.” Each woman sat on the egg and heard the same rumbling and mumbling. After the fifth woman had been there for a week, the eggshell cracked and out burst a huge baby boy. The women named him Rumble-Mumble Goose-Egg. From the start Rumble-Mumble Goose-Egg had a big appetite – and his favourite foods were herrings and porridge…

1 MYTHICAL MAZE Help Orpheus find his way through the maze to reach Eurydice. 2 SPOT IT! Mrs Flops the bunny has escaped again – can you spot her hiding somewhere on these pages? 3 ELLI’S GIFT In The Interrupted Wedding, what do you think Elli’s brooch from the huldrefolk woman looked like? Design it here. 4 FULL VOLUME Match up the letter pairs below to make as many noisy words as you can. See if you can be louder than Grumpy! 5 WHICH ELEPHANT? Which of these reflections belongs to the elephant king from our story? Circle it. 6 Quick Quiz Which fruit did Barracuda Boy eat first when he was lured out of the sea? 7 MAKE A MAGICIAN’S TOP HAT! Perform magic tricks just like…

Long ago in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, two young brothers named Atoni and Chikau loved to go swimming in the sea every weekend. They played all day long until the sun went down. One day they were splashing around when a third boy joined them. He was an excellent swimmer and showed the brothers how to hold their breath and dive to the ocean floor to collect shells. They splashed about in the sea until it was time for the brothers to go home. That’s when the third boy disappeared. The next day, the boys decided to go swimming again. After a short while, their mysterious friend joined them. This time, he taught them how to play hide-and-seek among the seagrass. They had a great time, but when the…

Orpheus was the son of Apollo and had inherited his father’s talent for music. No god, human or animal could resist the wonderful melodies he played on his lyre. Orpheus was performing at a gathering when he spotted a wood nymph called Eurydice in the crowd. She was entranced his music and he was bewitched by her beauty. They fell in love at first sight and were married shortly after. For a long time, Orpheus and Eurydice lived very happily. When they weren’t together, Orpheus was entertaining people with his lyre and Eurydice was with her friends. One day, Eurydice was with the wood nymphs when a farmer called Aristaeus leapt out and tried to grab her. He had loved Eurydice for a long time and wanted to take her…

ANAGRAM TIME! Rearrange the coloured letters to make the name of a new Storyland hero. Across 2. Which country is The Interrupted Wedding set in? 4. Barracuda Boy was good at this 6. The name of the boy who turned into a peacock 7. Annie McMarvellous could do this 8.The instrument played by Orpheus Down 1 . What the elephant king saw in the lake 3. You had to walk through this to reach the secret cave in Storyland 5. Rumble-Mumble drank this when he was young…