‘SIMON SAYS!’

WILD?!

THEY ARE WILD?!

THEY CLIMB THE WALLS!

THEY SMASH THE CHAIRS!

THEY THROW THE TABLES IN THE AIR?!

THEY HOWL!

One day a human comes to visit them THEY HOWL! THEY CLIMB THE WALLS! THEY THROW HIS HAT UP IN THE AIR! The human is not the first human to have visitied them HOWL! Sometimes humans come to look at them THEY CLIMB THE WALLS!

But the humans always say;

‘They are too wild! We cannot help! They are a lost cause!’

THEY SMASH THE CHAIRS!

And the humans shake their heads and leave.

But this human does not shake its head and leave, it does not say ‘They are beyond help!’ Though they still CLIMB THE WALLS!

This human stays with them, THEY JUMP ON THE FURNITURE! This human is very kind, and it does not shout at them, it speaks softly THEY EMPTY THE HUMANS BAG ON THE FLOOR! But it does not mind, it shows them love and care.

This human catches them when they fall THEY SMASH A WINDOW! This human dresses their wounds and makes them feel better. THEY PUT HOLES IN THE WALL! This human teaches them how to breathe deeply and this feels good. THEY EAT THE HUMANS SHOES! But still this human stays with them and teaches them many things.

The beasts sleep, and they dream beautiful dreams...

Then one day...

WILD!

IT IS WILD!

THE HUMAN GOES WILD?!

IT CLIMBS THE WALLS!

IT SMASHES THE FURNITURE!

IT HOWLS!

The beasts watch the human, they show it care, and catch it when it falls, and dress its cuts and bruises IT SMASHES A WINDOW! IT SETS FIRE TO A CHAIR! But the beasts are patient, and they are kind, and they wait, like the human did with them, and soon the human calms down again and is peaceful again.

Sometimes humans come to see them and say ‘They are changed!’ they clap their hands and say ‘It is a miracle!’ But the beasts know it is not a miracle.

Kindness and patience are not miracles. Anybody can learn them.

And so they live, the beasts and the human, in perfect harmony.

But sometimes...when the mood takes them...

THEY ALL GO WILD TOGETHER!!!!