The Journey Begins

Cecilia May Gibbs
The author of Snugglepot and Cuddlpie
On Jan 20th it is the 134th anniversary of her birth

Here are the adventures
of
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
 

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The Journey Begins

One very hot night,
when the Cicadas were singing so loudly
that Snugglepot couldn’t hear his father snoring,
he and Cuddlepie
crept out of bed and out of the house.
"Where are you going?" asked Cuddlepie.
"To see the Humans," said Snugglepot.
"Only in the distance," pleaded Cuddlepie.

Then they began their journey.
When they had walked a long way Snugglepot said,
"It is nearly day,
let us pretend to be birds so that no one will know us."
"Yes," said Cuddlepie; "but we can’t fly."

They found an old nest
and took the feathers from it and dressed themselves in them.
When the Sun rose they were far from home.

In the little home the kind father and mother
and little baby brother
had looked out all night long into the darkness,
but Snugglepot and Cuddlepie were far away.