A Beautiful Magic Moment in Seligor's Castle

A Small Child's Bootie.

A small child's bootie half-buried in sand,
bright colours and animal emblem
like an exotic orchid cradled in my hand.

A group of giggling schoolgirls posing on a bridge,
nudging one another as they glance in my direction,
prim but seductive in crisp blue and white school uniforms.

A tiny hut, yellow lamplight in its window,
beneath soft velvet skies of twilight,
glimpsed through a grimey train window,
the hump-backed shapes of asian mountains behind it
like great protective beasts.

A young boy tending a rice field,
a flute stuck down his trouser belt;
small cows running excitedly towards a dusty jeep
bringing them their breakfast.

Scenes of life and intimacy just beyond my reach,
scenes glimpsed through a grimey train window,
hurtling through the day and night,
a million worlds in a collision so light and brief
no-one hardly notices it.

Moths and insects are caught up by the engine's passage,
sucked inside open windows and doors
and carried a hundred miles from where they were born,
battering themselves to death against impenetrable glass
through which now, the black night gleams
showing back my weary reflection,
every crease and age-line magnified
as if etched in ink...

A small child's bootie half-buried in sand,
bright colours and animal emblem
like an exotic orchid cradled in my hand.
Always just beyond reach
- is it your seeming unattainibility
that makes you appear so luminous?

Such beauty can only be written by Willowdown.
September 2007 copyright.

Page four is called Pull-up Alley

PULL-UP ALLEY

Choo, choo went the train,
Splish, splash through the rain.
Clickity clack down the track,
Going there, coming back.
Across the platform, along the line,
Got your ticket, I've got mine.
Reach the station, off the train,
Splish, splash through the rain.
Going there, coming back,
Clickity clack down the track.

Diddily Dee Dot's Dreamland for Seligor's Children

This is the sister site to Seligor's Castle, the place where children from all over the world can come and visit, read their favourite stories, look at their favourite cartoons and films. Come inside and have fun.
Until this site is ready why don't you pay a visit to seligor's castle which is also a wonderful free zoomshare site.

The HOMEPAGE of DIDDILY DEE DOT's DREAMLAND for CHILDREN OF THE WORLD EVERYWHERE. Welcome to the land of tales, Of songs, poems and rhymes. Where Mums and Dads can join in, And have such jolly times. Sing out loud! Sing out strong! Fill your hearts with joy. Let's celebrate a wonderous time, With every girl and boy.

Welcome to DIAPER ROW When you are Very Young When you're very, very young, and you're lying in your cot, I'm sure that every night your Mum will visit you a lot. She'll bring your favourite toy and your really favourite book, Then she'll sit down by your bedside and let you take a look, At all the little pictures, the fairies and the stars, Twinkling on the pages as they shine from way up far. When you're sitting in your bouncy chair and near by Daddy sits, He will show you Andy Pandy, Noddy, lambs and furry kits. He'll tell to you some nursery rhymes and sing to you a song, Songs that Diddly Dee has  given, to help you dream along. You will close your eyes and  see the magic of the pages here, Daddy will be there with you, so have no frights or fears.

The Happy Nappy Nursery Welcome to the Happy Nappy Nursery Land Video  Show And a big thankyou to all the wonderful people who made the video's for YouTube, without you none of this would happen. Thank You All. Here are the nursery rhymes  that are on the television set. 1.   Humpty Dumpty.                                         2.    Alphabet Song  3.   Baa Baa Black Sheep                                  4.   Jack and Jill. 5.    Ding Dong Bell.                                             6.   Old Mac Donald. 7.   5 Little Monkeys.                                        8.   Bingo. 9.   Ali Babas Farm.                                          10.  To Market, to market. 11.  The Dog Says.                                             12.  Teddy Bear. 13.  Two Little Ducks.                                     14.  Mary, Mary. 15.  Round and Round the Garden.          16.  Rub a Dub Dub. 17.  Three Blind Mice.                                    18.   Incy Wincy Spider.