I have six grandchildren; the youngest one is nine months old and is the family ‘Bug Imp’Her name is Mahala and she is at the humming stage of her vocal development. She hums when she eats um, um,um, she hums when she is concentrating, u…….mmm. She hums with great determination when she is trying to attract the attention of the long suffering cat, whose tail she pulls whenever it is within her reach. She is adorable and her impish smile melts all hearts.
Bug Imps are characters from ‘Fairy Teatime Tales’. They are fairyland entertainers and no Fairy Land wedding would take place without their presence. Fairyland weddings are organised by a famous gnome named Bog Bean, the wedding planner. Bug Imps hum tunes of happiness as they buzz about the flowers. Bog Bean knows them all by name and calls their names out tunefully to get them into full wedding or party buzz. Once they are in full buzz they can go on for hours, without even a sip of nectar.
Mahala is not quite as efficient a hummer as Fairy Land Bug Imps and needs lots of sips of liquid in between hums. At the moment she is teething and has added a new hum to her repertoire. It is the frustrated hum of sore gums. I have been giving her lots of chamomile tea which helps by soothing and calming her red gums. She likes the taste and so it is easy to get her to drink it. It seems to help her sleep better; aided by the scent from the lavender bag we place at the head of her bed.
This morning we experienced a new sound, not inspired by the Bug Imps but more in keeping with a forest goblin. It is a deep throated grunt that means we have failed to understand her needs. It is very efficient and comes with eye contact on her cup if it is a drink she is wanting or with a great push at her tray if she wishes to get out of her high chair, once her breakfast is over. A little chamomile tea later on should send those forest goblins packing!
FAIRY TEATIME TALES are published by http://www.bookguild.co.uk/
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