Mrs. Fizzywiggle

Mrs. Fizzywiggle

Welcome!

Hello there! My name is Mrs. Fizzywiggle and I would like to thank you very much for coming! I hope you enjoy reading what I've posted so far. I just love to write things for you to read! Do you know what I especially love? When you tell me how much you enjoyed reading today! I've been writing little poems and stories for children since I was a young child. Do you know why? Because I loved to read books from my favorite author. Dr. Seuss!
I know that some of my writing is not as silly as his, but i'm sure that you will enjoy it just the same!
Please be sure to let me know what you think and Happy Reading!

Love,

Mrs. Fizzywiggle

A Note To Parents

Welcome to my Just for Kids blog!
Since my writing began at a very early age, I kept everything as it was written, ridiculous or not. I wanted the essence of the moment, age, and the progression through the years to be present to my readers, both children and parents.
Now that my children are grown and I have a grandchild, my writing has taken on a new meaning: Bring back to our children what they are losing - the written word. Stimulate their imaginations with words. Encourage them to create pictures in their minds of the characters I create as they travel on their
journeys. Jump in the book and take the journey with them.
The stories that I post on this site are what I like to call teasers or excerpts from my yet-to-be
published books. I am hoping that in the near future, I will be able to provide you with links to
purchase the complete stories so that you and your child/children can enjoy them many times.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

My Friend Zebu

Good  Morning Readers!

I was wondering if you can help me with something?  I am writing a wonderful story about a little spaceman, but haven't finished it yet.  I was wondering if you would read the first chapter and let me know what you think?  I would love some new ideas too!  What would you like to see happen in this story?  What sort of adventures should Zebu and Joey go on?

Oh I know my readers have absolutely wonderful imaginations and I just cant wait to hear from each and every one of you!

Please enjoy!

Love,

Mrs. Fizzywiggle


My Friend Zebu


Chapter I – The Arrival


I can’t really remember the exact date I met him but I know it was in the summer of 1985.  Sometime in July.  It was a warm and bright sunny day and I could feel the heat on my back as I walked.  At the time, I was headed for the lake to go swimming.  Well, needless to say, I never made it.

I heard a loud noise coming from the woods and since I tend to be the curious type, I decided to investigate.  I walked about through the bushes and thorns and finally I found what I was looking for.   It was a little blue and white spaceship!
It looked like the kind of spaceship you would see in a cartoon.  The dome on top was clear glass and the body was blue with a white pin-stripe all the way around.  It was cute in a way but it was also unusual.
I walked slowly towards the ship and just as I was about to touch it, a tiny little space man jumped out!  I landed right on my bottom. That’s how startled I was!

“WHAT IS YOUR NAME?” I asked him slowly and rather loud.

“My name is Zebu, and please stop yelling.  What’s yours?”

“My name is Joey.” I answered. “I’m sorry for talking so loud.”

“Nice to meet you Joey and I’m sorry if I scared you.”

“That’s ok. By the way, where did you come from?” I asked.

There was a short pause and then Zebu finally answered.

“I come from a planet called Zultra.  I was sent here by my people to observe your planet from the surface.  We have been observing you for many light years from our planet and now we have come to the decision that we must observe your planet from the surface as well.”

“But why have you been doing that? Are you planning something?”

“No Joey, not at all.  We would just like to be friends with your planet.”

“Oh, that’s okay I guess.  Just don’t vaporize me or anything if you get mad ok?  I don’t think my mom would like it too much.”

“I don’t vaporize earthlings Joey.  I come from a very peaceful planet.  We only had to fight one time and we didn’t even start it.”

“What happened?” I asked him. 

“You see Joey, many of your Earth years ago; my planet was at war with another planet called Zetro.  Zetro had a mean and powerful leader who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.  Even if it meant the death of many Zultrans.”  His voice was sad.

“But why your planet? What did you have that he wanted to bad?”

“On our planet is a very rare mineral called Zlint.  It is used to power our space crafts and our weapons as well.  That’s what he wanted.”

“Oh, I get it.” I answered.  “He wanted the mineral so he could power all his weapons to gain control over the planets in your galaxy!” I continued.

“That’s right.  Thousands of my people were killed and as a result, my people became very angry and eventually ended up destroying the not-so-great planet Zetro.” Zebu sounded a little angry too.

“Oh, that’s awful Zebu.  I’m so sorry to hear about what happened on your planet.”

“Thank you Joey.  Well, now that you know the history of my planet, we don’t need to discuss this matter any further! I have an idea, how about you and I take a flight in my spaceship?” Zebu asked.

“I’d love to! Lead the way”

Zebu took me inside his spaceship and as I stepped inside, my eyes just about popped out of my head!  Inside that tiny little space ship was enough room to fit a house.  Wall to wall computers, flashing lights, a whole bunch of different controls and believe it or not directions on how to fly it!

“Zebu, I was just noticing something. Why are there directions in your spaceship?  Don’t you know how to fly it?” I asked.

“I know how to fly it. Those are for my people who are just learning how to fly.  It can get very confusing at times.”

“Do you think I would be able to fly it?  I mean, would you show me how?” I asked.

“Sure, I’ll show you how.  It may be a little difficult at first, so I’ll coach you along.”

His voice was filled with excitement as he spoke to me.  I don’t think he ever had anyone ask him to teach them how to fly. I could tell he wanted to teach me just as much as I wanted to learn.
We finally got the craft off the ground and headed for space.  We went all around the galaxy.  I saw many different planets including Zultra and what was left of Zetro.  It was an awful sight.  The way the planet looked, everything must have been destroyed.

After flying around for what seemed like hours, we started to head back to earth.  I was so excited I couldn’t even talk!  I wanted to do it all over again.  Zebu brought it in for the landing and when we got back to Earth, I noticed it was getting dark so I told Zebu that I had to start heading home.

“Please don’t go Joey.  Stay here for the night.  I don’t want to stay alone.”
“But Zebu, my house is much more comfortable and a lot cooler than your space ship.  My parents won’t mind if you stay with us.  They would be excited.  Why don’t you stay with us?”

“I don’t know Joey.  After all, I am kind of funny looking and a little strange in many ways.”

“Oh, don’t worry about it Zebu.  My mom will be fine with you.  She’s cool like that.”

“Well, I don’t know.”

“Aw, Come on Zebu.  Tomorrow I can show you around and we’ll talk some more.  What-da-ya-say?”

“Ok Joey.  I’ll just get a few things and then we can go.”

I waited outside the spaceship for him and while I was waiting, I just stared up at all the stars that were beginning to show in the night sky, wondering about all the unknown galaxies up there.  I started to wander off into a daze when I heard Zebu coming out.

“I’m all ready Joey.  You lead the way this time.  I’m afraid I would get us quite lost.”

“Ok.  Let’s go!” I shouted

Side by side Zebu and I walked toward my house.  We didn’t say much, we just walked.  After a couple of minutes, Zebu stopped walking and turned his head towards me.  I think it was his way to make sure I knew he wanted to say something that he felt was important. 

“I like you Joey.” He said.

“I like you too, Zebu.”  I said with a smile.

That made me feel really good inside.  I started to think to myself that I would never not like Zebu.  I would always be his friend.  No matter what happened I couldn’t help but get excited about my new friend and what we were going to do next.  This was going to be a great summer.  I just knew it.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Rainy Day Blues

Hello Readers!

I was thinking that it has been a very long time since I put anything new up for you youngsters to read.  It was very hard to decide what to put here for you because all the rain outside was making me very sad!  Why is it making me sad?  Well, let me tell you!

I love to look outside and see the sun shining, a bird or two in my yard, or maybe some pretty flowers!  Sitting outside in the sunshine feels so nice and warm!  When it rains, the sun is hiding in the clouds, the birds are in their nests hiding from the rain and the flowers, well, while I can see them in the rain, they don't look as pretty as they do when the sun is shining down on them!

I bet you like to play outside, don't you?  I have a little 3 year old grandson that has so much fun outside!  He runs and plays, climbs on his play house, rides his toy car or helps his Pepe in the garden.  What kind of things do you like to do outside?  I would love to hear some of your favorite things to do!

If you feel sad about rainy days like I do just remember this.  Pretty soon the rain is going to go away.  If you are lucky, you might even see a rainbow when its gone, but you will most certainly be able to play outside!  

While you are in the house, why not sit with Mommy or Daddy and read your favorite book, or draw a wonderful picture of something you like?  You may have to think about it or ask Mommy and Daddy for help, but i'm sure you can find something fun and wonderful to do while you wait for the sun to come out again!

Happy Reading!

Love,

Mrs. Fizzywiggle

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Its Not Nice To Hit!

Dear Readers,

I wanted to write a letter to you because I have a little grandson that is 3 years old, and he has started hitting.  He is still learning to share in his preschool and when another child takes a toy from him, instead of using his nice words like "Please give that back to me" or "Please don't take that from me", he hits the other child.

Hitting is  not nice at all.  Not only does it hurt the other child that you are hitting, but it hurts you too because you get punished for your bad behavior.  My grandson lives with me so when he hits, he has to go to bed early and gets no TV when he gets home from school.  That makes him very, very sad because he likes to watch all his favorite shows on Sprout before he goes to bed.

I know that sometimes you don't want to share, or sometimes one of your school friends may do something that makes you mad.  In either case it's very important to try really, really hard to remember to use your nice words instead of hitting.  If you still have a hard time, even after using nice words, you can always find a grownup to help you.

So remember - We need to always be nice to our friends, even if they make us angry. So practice using your nice words and always keep your hands to yourself!

Happy Reading!

Love,

Mrs.