The Ballad Of Jerry and Little Boy Blew (or stop me when this becomes libelous)

Hello children. It's time for today's story. 

Are you ready? Then we'll begin.

Over the buttercup hills, in the land of the cherry gumdrop trees, down in popsicle glade, there lived a little boy. A Little Boy Blew. And Little Boy Blew was a very smart little boy indeed. Every day after school he would go up to the waterfall by the mill and there he would sit upon the biggest rock he could find and he'd imagine great tales of adventure and mystery. And if anyone was with him that day he would tell them these stories and everyone, even adults, were amazed by his imagination. They said, 'Little Boy Blew, someday you're going to imagine a story so great that everyone in the world will impressed!'. Little Boy Blew took no notice of them however as he was too busy imagining.

One day a new boy followed Little Boy Blew up to the waterfall, this boy was called Jerry. Jerry liked stories a lot and was very good at listening to, and reading them. In fact sometimes in school he would help other children out when they needed to finish their stories. He was very good at that indeed. When Jerry heard Little Boy Blew's stories, as he sat by the waterfall, Jerry thought, 'these are some of the best stories i've ever heard!'. And Jerry talked to Little Boy Blew and right away they became best of friends.

Soon people from far and wide, sometimes from over two villages away, would come to the waterfall to hear Little Boy Blew's stories. Jerry would introduce the stories and help direct the how they were told. Also, if anyone afterwards wanted to talk about the stories Jerry would always be at the centre of the discussions. Little Boy Blew would often say to Jerry, 'Thank you for helping me tell my stories', and Jerry would always reply, 'Thank you for having such an interesting  imagination!'

Later, though, some men came from the big town at the foot of the mountain. They said they wanted to see Little Boy Blew. They heard him tell a story and became very interested indeed. They took him aside from his friends and said, 'Little Boy Blew you tell such brilliant stories, how about you tell some real life stories and we can put them in our newspaper and everyone across the land can read them'. Little Boy Blew was very excited about this and without talking to his friends agreed. The next day an audience arrived at the waterfall, but Little Boy Blew was nowhere to be seen! Jerry and the others searched all around the waterfall, even the scary parts, but they couldn't find him. Then somebody said, 'I found him, i found Little Boy Blew! He's in the newspaper!'. And everyone gathered round and read the paper and it was true, Little Boy Blew was in the newspaper telling stories!

The next day and the next day and the next day Little Boy Blew was telling stories in the newspaper, and soon people almost forgot that he used to tell stories on the rock by the waterfall. But then, the next day Little Boy Blew announced in school that he was coming back, with a new story that he wanted everyone to hear. Everyone was very excited. The audience by the waterfall was the biggest anyone had ever seen. Little Boy Blew was a real celebrity now. And he told his story, and everyone listened. But they way he told stories had changed. He wasn't the same Little Boy Blew.  Jerry listened to the story and he didn't like it one bit. When the story was finished he told Little Boy Blew this and Little Boy Blew was very angry. Jerry tried to explain but Little Boy Blue ran away and ignored Jerry. Jerry was a little bit upset. 

A few years later Jerry realized that he hadn't talked to Little Boy Blew, who was still working for the newspaper and telling stories, in quite some time. But they were still friends on facebook

The end.

Tardy