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Mopping my clammy damp brow, Brilliant colours, ever changing above, Lying nestled unspoiled, hidden My Books are My Cat Towers
“Don’t panic”, a voice said, “you’ll as I frowned from any passer by
get out somehow And covered my ears and my eyes Surrounded by a canopy of trees, Treasures By Robert Anthony
But not through shuttered windows with my arms. that seem to reach the sky by Mary Taylor Welcome to Cat Towers
you won’t”. It’s a very special place
As the ghoul-kite swooped down it As I looked in wonder a familiar My books are my treasures, It’s occupied by felines
“Oh, if only I’d not shuttered them gave me a bite, sound reached my ears Not lined up on my bookcase, And the odd human face.
tight I flailed my arms and put up a fight, The shout of the cuckoo was Gathering dust, all in a line,
To keep out the raging storms of the Pushing it towards a pin-prick of light letting the world know spring was But sitting in their place, There’s Kitty, Sam and Oliver,
night, Showing through the floor-board here Ginger and Smokey, who’s grey,
Then I’d have certainly been alright below. To reference information, instant, They live a life of luxury,
Safe from the ghouls of the house”. After feeling a little sleepy from To read and hold at leisure, With nothing to do all day.
With a blood-curdling shriek and an warm sunshine overhead Meandering through the pages,
“Hold on...who had spoken just now?” eerie wail I rested on a grassy bank among Discoveries, Stories giving pleas- Except eat and sleep
I tried to think, furrowing my brow. Through the gap in the floor it did sail, spring blossoms pink and red ure, And have a wander round
“It sounded real, almost human but As wind rushed up and whirled round There are lots of toys to play with
how? like a gale Feeling happy and contented I lay Books that take you on a journey, And treats to be found.
There was no other person around. I landed up in a heap on the floor. daydreaming for a while Biographies, History, Geography,
Looking up towards the heavens, Stories that take you out of your-
“Calm down, get ready to fight My Guardian Angel then appeared as clouds passed by for miles self, Soft, comfy cushions
To lie on and snooze
When the evil ghoul comes into sight, with a light These passing clouds intrigued me, Books on nature and Biology These pampered cats are so lucky
It’ll pass through the closed door To help me to see and get over my changing shape in the sky They can do just as they choose.
alright. fright, Sending my imagination on over- Poetry, Art, and Flower Arranging,
I’m your Guardian Angel, trust me” “You certainly look a terrible sight drive, to thoughts of a child of five Maps of Earth and Sky, The lady of the house
But you’ll soon be ok now it’s gone”. In Collins Atlas of the World, Is at their beck and call
This put me in a terrible fix, The sound of running water turned Answers to Where and Why, Seeing that they come to no harm
How do I know what makes a ghoul I turned to thank him but he wasn’t my attention towards a stream And no hardships befall.
tick? there! Meandering through the clearing The Bible, Music, Language,
Maybe I’ll give him a series of kicks No longer needed, he’d vanished into so pure and sparkly clean Recipes for Cooks, She reads them a bedtime story
And he’ll leave me alone and disperse. thin air! Like a snake of shiny diamonds Collins English Dictionary,
slowly disappearing out of sight Oh! How I love my Books. About a feisty street cat,
Reflecting glints of sunlight off its They listen in bewilderment
In burst the ghoul in a flash of green The mind plays such terrible tricks!! Thinking “I couldn’t be like that!”
light, ripples clear and bright
I tried to kick out but he faded from As daylight hours faded, the cuck- Smile Their’s is a different lifestyle
sight, The Clearing oo’s shout was heard no more I used to work for a church Of pampering and ease
Only to appear in the shape of a kite, by Thomas Hosker Which turned my thoughts to leav- They are the aristocats of Cat
That floated right up to the roof! ing this place that I adore organisation but the vicar fired Towers
While walking in the countryside I Now I am in my twilight years and me. I found out he was a canon. Doing nicely if you please.
Spine-chilling unearthly laughter suddenly became aware still think back today - T. Blackburn
echoed around, I was standing in a clearing in a About the clearing in the country-
Filling the room with a cacophony of place beyond compare side, I found that special day.
sound,

LIGHT BH Mon 30th August 2021
Northern Premier League - Midlands Divn.
UP Points are shared in
YOUR
LIFE end-to-end clash

with news,
sport, Belper Town 2 Ilkeston Town 2
nostalgia, superb late equaliser by Zak side of the post.
letters, A Goodson earned Ilkeston the Charlie Wakefield then had a
notices, point they undoubtably deserved golden chance to equalise but he
and all the from a Bank Holiday thriller in couldn’t adjust his feet in front of
regular front of 887 spectators. a gaping goal.
columns Ilkeston had the better chances That was quickly followed by a
you love to throughout but when they fell Goodson shot blocked on the goal
turn to. behind ten minutes from time they line and five minutes later Good-
faced defeat. son was denied again by another
The Robins included new striker goal line stop.
Paddy Webb and he didn’t take But with ten minutes left Belper
long to test Belper keeper Myles regained the lead. It came from a
Wright. counter attack when Litchfield was
Despite Ilkeston’s strong start brought down by Mitchell Tait as
it was Belper who went ahead he burst into the penalty area.
through their skipper Danny South Jonathan Margetts stepped up and
on 10 minutes. blasted home the penalty.
Ollie Brown-Hill was foiled by a Ilkeston immediately pushed hard
Wright save as Ilkeston retaliated. for a second equaliser and it came
The equaliser came on 39 minutes on 86 minutes. Goodson received
Ilkeston when Webb opened his account the ball on the edge of the area and
this time his strike was unstoppa-
firing past Wright at his near post.
Life - Belper started the second half well ble.
Erewash’s but Ilkeston gradually gained the Not satisfied with a point, Ilkeston
favourite initiative. James Reid’s free kick went all out for a winner but
paper to found Aman Verma but his header Belper hung on doggedly to the
read and to was inches wide. point they held. It was a game
that Ilkeston should have won but
advertise An unlucky ricochet presented could have lost.
in. Belper’s Peterson with a run on
goal but he put his shot the wrong Matchman