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Let's have some fun 

with things that rhyme

welcome Kids 

it's poetry time!

Hip Hip Hurray!

Welcome everyone to Kids’ Poetry Club with me, Little Dazzy Donuts. I’m here at the Club getting everything ready for our episode. Queenie called me earlier to say that she had some exciting news to share, and is heading over right now. While we wait for her, why don’t we take advantage of this time to do our Club registration? This is where you get to shout out your name and get a Club point for being here. So, on the count of three, shout out your name so that I can hear you through your phone, computer, or radio.

Let the drum roll begin. Here goes …. One. Two. Three! ….. Excellent!

Well, it seems like our timing is perfect as I can hear Queenie’s motorbike pulling up outside of the Club.

SOUND (Door)

Hi, Queenie.

Queenie: Hi Little Dazzy Donuts! How great to see you! I dashed over as quickly as I could to share my exciting news. Look!

Oh yes … a wedding invitation.

Queenie: It’s from my friends – Kyle and Chadwick. Look, there’s a photo of them on the back of the invitation. This one here is Kyle – he’s a performance artist… and that’s Chadwich – he’s an artist too. And they’re getting married. Isn’t that exciting?! And what’s also exciting is that they’ve invited me to attend.  I’ve never been to a wedding before.

You’re right, Queenie. This is really exciting. How wonderful that your friends are getting married.

Queenie: It is. They’re both such nice, creative people … and it makes me happy when people like that find each other and get together. We really need more Kyles and Chadwicks in this world. Now, here on the invitation, it says that they’re inviting Queenie plus one. What does that mean?

Well, it means that you’re allowed to take a guest along with you. So, somebody that you choose to go with you.

Queenie: Oh my – that’s going to be tough. I only get to choose one person to go with me? And I have so many people that I could pick. How am I ever going to decide on just one person? And what will the others think when they learn that they haven’t been picked?

Those are good questions, Queenie.

Queenie: Ummmm … so, I need to pick someone as my Plus 1 … and then I need to break the news to the others. Here I was all excited about the wedding, and now it turns out that I first have a couple of challenges.

You know what, Queenie – in that past, Donna Worry has helped you when you’ve faced tough choices … so, why don’t you call her? Her experience at the local college seems to be really useful at times like this.

Queenie: You’re right. I’ll call her. But, before I do, could you read out a poem? Do you have one that could help me to think through this a little before I call Donna?

I do, Queenie … I have one right here that’s called “Plus One”.  Here, I’ll read it to you now ….

Here's my invitation.

I hope you can come.

Block off your diary,

let's go have some fun.

We're only here once.

We have places to go,

and people to meet,

and lots more to know.

When in need of a hand,

why not grab mine?

Or cry on my shoulder

in challenging times.

We all need someone,

and it's easy to see

that I'm that for you,

and you're that for me.

So, here's my invitation.

I hope you can come.

On life’s big adventure,

will you be my +1?

Queenie: Oh, I do like that poem, Little Dazzy Donuts. I suppose that a wedding is a little like an invitation – it’s like saying to somebody … will you be my +1. Okay, well, I think it’s time for me to figure out who my +1 should be for the wedding invitation. I’ll call up Donna now.

SOUND (Phone)

Donna: Hi, this is Donna Worry. Worry is my name, and worrying is my game.

Queenie: Hi Donna, it’s Queenie.

Donna: Oh, hi Queenie. How lovely to hear from you. We haven’t spoken for a few weeks. How are things?

Queenie: Oh, they’re peachy, Donna – real peachy. I’ve been really busy working in the garden with my friend, Chicken. We’ve planted a whole vegetable garden and some fruit trees. Oh, and we built a new house for her out there in the garden too.

Donna: Well, that all sounds lovely. It must be nice to grow your own vegetables. So, how can I help you today?

Queenie: Well, I need help thinking through a wedding invitation that I’ve received. It’s a plus 1 … and so I need to figure out who to invite, and then how to break the news to the others. Do you have any suggestions that could help me?

Donna: Well, Queenie – have you made a list of all of the people you could invite?

Queenie: I haven’t – but I do have a pen and paper here … so let me write them down now. There’s Chicken, Little Dazzy Donuts, Postie Dale, Rhyming Rita, Sammy Showers, Bill Ding, Katie Currant … oh, and Hedgehog … and there’s you too, Donna.

Donna: So, that’s quite a list. Now, when you look at that list, is there one name that you look at and think that you’d really like to take that person?

Queenie: Well, I suppose that the name that jumps out is Chicken’s. I bet that she’s never been to a wedding before … and she has been so busy in the garden looking after all of the plants. She deserves to have some fun – plus we get on so well together. Gosh, that was easy … I’ll invite Chicken. Oh, hang on … how do I tell everyone else?

Donna: Well, I’m not sure that you really need to tell everyone. After all, nobody else knows that you have been invited and, even if they do, then I’m sure they would understand completely why you’re taking Chicken. So, take another look at your list, and see whether there’s anyone on there who you think ought to be told – perhaps because they might think that they could have been your plus 1.

Queenie: Oh … well, I suppose it’s just Little Dazzy Donuts. He already knows that I’ve been invited, and he also knows about the Plus 1. I wonder if he’s expecting me to ask him. Ummm … perhaps I should just have him as my Plus 1 instead of Chicken seeing as he already knows.

Donna: I think you’re fine taking Chicken, Queenie. You just need to figure out how to break the news to Little Dazzy Donuts.

Queenie: You’re right. So, how should I do that?

Donna: Well, I’d recommend that you tell him as soon as possible – if you delay, there’s a chance that he finds out from Chicken … and it would be nice that he hears it from you. So, figure out what you’d like to say, and practise that … and then choose a good time to tell him. Try to get to the point quickly, and keep it short. You know what, Queenie – I’m sure that he will be totally fine with the news. Just you wait and see … and, knowing Little Dazzy Donuts, you can probably even break the news over a cup of tea – I bet that he’d like that.

Queenie: Wonderful – thank you, Donna. That’s really helpful. I’ll go work out what to say to him now. Chat again soon!

Donna: Bye, Queenie. Let’s chat again soon.

SOUND (Phone)

So, Queenie – how did it go with Donna?

Queenie: Oh, it went really well! I now need to figure out how to break some news … oh, and I also need to put the kettle on to make a cup of tea. Would you like a cup, Little Dazzy Donuts?

Oh, that sounds lovely, Queenie. While you make a cup of tea for us, I’ll read you a poem that I have that’s called “You Broke The News”. It sounds like it could fit nicely with what you’re thinking through. Here it is now …

You turned up here,

and broke the news …

now, I don’t know how to mend it.

I’ve tried some glue

and sticky tape,

but there’s really no pretending

that it’s all the same

as it used to be.

This has me all bemused.

I regret the time

you turned up here

just to break the news.

Queenie: Oh, I do like that poem, Little Dazzy Donuts. Okay, I’ve made us some tea – let me pour it out into our mugs. Here you are – one for you … and one for me.

Oh, that’s a nice cup of tea, Queenie – thank you!

Queenie: Excellent. Well, while you sip your tea … I have some news to share with you.

Fire away, Queenie.

Queenie: Well, I’ve been thinking about who to take with me to the wedding as my Plus 1 … and I’d like to take Chicken. She’s never been to a wedding before, and I also think she deserves a nice time like that because she has been so busy in the garden. Mind you, I thought that you might be disappointed that I wasn’t taking you.

Well, it’s really nice of you to break the news to me like that, Queenie. I actually think that Chicken would make a wonderful Plus 1 for you. I’m sure that she would enjoy the wedding, and you are so right that she deserves to have some fun after all of the hours she’s been putting into the garden.

Queenie: So, you’re not disappointed?

Not at all. Of course, it would have been nice to have gone with you – but you and I have lots of fun all the time, and I am really happy that you’re inviting Chicken.

Queenie: YIPPEE!!!!!!!! Now that has been solved, I need to turn my attention to something else for the wedding … which is that I agreed to make their wedding cake.

You did what?

Queenie: I agreed to make their wedding cake. I’m not totally sure how it happened really – I was chatting with Kyle and Chadwick about the wedding, and somehow we started talking about them needing a cake … and I said that I’d just made a hedgehog cake … and … anyway, a few minutes later, I somehow volunteered to make their cake. Still, I’m not worried – a cake is a cake is a cake …. And I’m sure that wedding cakes more or less bake themselves.

Well, I’m not so sure about that Queenie. I think you’d be wise to call Chef Katie Currant for some advice. After all, the hedgehog cake you baked contained two tennis balls and a bath sponge. That doesn’t sound wedding cake material to me.

Queenie: Yes – you’re right. Let me call her now.

SOUND (Phone)

Katie: Hi, this is Chef Katie Currant.

Queenie: Hi Chef Katie … it’s Queenie.

Katie: Oh, hi Queenie – how are you doing?

Queenie: Oh, I’m real peachy! That is … I would be if I knew how to make a wedding cake.

Katie: You’re making a wedding cake?

Queenie: Well, not right now, I’m not … but I should be if it’s going to be ready in time. I thought you might have some advice for me. I’ve never made a wedding cake before.

Katie: Okay – well how many tiers are you picturing?

Queenie: Tears? Well, I was hoping for none. If I end up crying because of the wedding cake, something must have gone badly wrong … so, let’s say no tears, please Chef Katie.

Katie: Okay ….so no tiers …. Now, have you thought about icing the cake?

Queenie: Ice? There’s ice in the cake? Well, who knew that? Ummm … is that because wedding cakes are frozen – like an ice cream cake? I could probably make an ice cream cake. I have some ice cream here in the freezer, Chef Katie.

Katie: Oh, and what about the piping? Do you feel comfortable with piping?

Queenie: Pie tins? Do I feel comfortable with pie tins? Sure – I’m comfortable with pie tins. So, if I’m following Chef Katie, you’re saying to put some ice cream into a pie tin … and, if I do that, and don’t cry at any stage, I’ll have a really nice “no tear” wedding cake. That’s wonderful. You’re a culinary genuis, Chef Katie … Thank you! Okay, so I have to dash now … I have to find my pie tins.

SOUND (Phone)

Okay then, Queenie – how are your plans for the wedding cake?

Queenie: I’m so glad that I called Chef Katie as making a wedding cake isn’t at all what I expected. I mean – there’s no flour, no sugar, no butter … a wedding cake seems to be it’s own thing entirely. Now, while I scoop ice cream into these pie tins, do you have a poem about a wedding that you could read to us. If it’s a really nice one, I could even take it with me to Kyle and Chadwick’s wedding.

I definitely do, Queenie. Here’s the perfect poem for the occasion … it’s called “Ring on My Finger”. I’ll read the poem to you now ….

There’s a ring in my ear
and a ring in my nose.
A ring in my navel,
and a ring on my toes.
There’s a ring on my phone,
and a ring at the door,
and my last cup of coffee
left a ring on the floor.
I have rings in my bells
and rings in my trees
But when I look at them all
the most important of these
is the ring on my finger
for the whole world to see
that shows I am with you,
and that you are with me.

Well, Queenie. That was our final poem, I’m afraid. So, how’s it going with your wedding cake?

Queenie: Ummmm …. Well, it’s not at all what I was expecting. I did everything Chef Katie suggested …. But look … it looks a lot like melted ice cream in an old pie tin. Oh well, I’m sure that nobody will notice. After all, everyone is going to celebrate the wedding … nobody will pay any attention at all to the cake. I mean, does anyone ever really look at the cake at a wedding?

Well, I certainly hope not in this case! So, what happens next?

Queenie: Next? Oh, well, I think I should go to ask Chicken about being my Plus 1, and then I’m going to figure out what gift to take to the wedding. We have some yummy vegetables in the garden – so I could always take a nice wrapped bowl of green beans. But what if Kyle and Chadwick don’t like green beans? Ummmm … perhaps I should take a nice wrapped bowl of a variety of vegetables – I can’t go wrong then. Okay, well, I’m off to the garden to chat wih Chicken and pick some vegetables.

Wonderful, while you do that, why don’t I remind everyone that there are lots of ways to join in with the club. If you go to kidspoetryclub.com, you’ll see a wonderful drawing by our Club illustrator, Dot Cherch. You can also see the PodSnack video for the episode and download the episode’s PodPack of activities. They’re all free. Plus there’s information on how to send your poems and drawings into the club. You’ll find everything you need at kidspoetryclub.com.

It has been so lovely to spend time with you! Thank you for joining me, Queenie, Donna Worry, and Chef Katie Currant. I hope you enjoyed yourself, and hope you’ll be back for more next time the Club meets. Join us again next week when we’ll have a new topic and more fun.

As always, let's finish with our short goodbye poem:

We've had some fun 

with things that rhymed

goodbye Kids 

until next time!

This is Little Dazzy Donuts saying .... keep rhyming!!!