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by Sumojo Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #2186156
The simplicity of my day to day.
This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
February 22, 2025 at 1:09am
February 22, 2025 at 1:09am
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Use these words in your entry today: sunshine, bananas, coconuts, monkey, tropical, treasure chests, and time travel.

My favourite pastime when I was a child, was reading. There were always lots of books in the house. I can remember many of my most-loved titles but there were many books which belonged to my brothers. I’d pick them up and skim through the thousands of words and would decide these stories weren’t for me; Biggles with his scarf and flying goggles in his open cockpit aircraft did nothing for me. But there was one book which I found thrilling and not a little scary. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
On the cover was a treasure chest, palm trees loaded with coconuts and a monkey carrying a bunch of bananas. Of course I knew by the title this was an adventure taking place on a tropical island. To a little girl in a house in freezing cold England the thought of sunshine and warmth made me wish I could time travel to Treasure Island, back to the days of pirates, treasure and excitement.
Long John Silver scared me and The Black Spot actually kept me awake at night. I ought to read it again one day.



Frog in a Hanging Basket





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