CLIFTONIA: IT'S DEJA VU, ALL OVER AGAIN!

One morning, just as Uncle and Aunty WhatsApp had sat down for breakfast, they heard the doorbell ring.

'I wonder who that could be?' said Aunty WhatsApp.

'I shall find out for you, my dear,' said Uncle WhatsApp, as he put down his hot cup of tea and rose to see who it was.

Upon opening the door, he found a friendly pied piper standing on the front steps, smiling.

This is not the first pied piper to have graced the Republic of Cliftonia. Its generous citizens have welcomed them all, with open arms and enthusiasm

'Good morning. My name is NS. I am a friendly pied piper come to ask you for your love and support. I hear you now hate the last Cliftonian pied piper that you once loved - selected for you by the know-it-alls - because he turned out to be a very bad, traitorous and corrupt man. I, on the other hand, am a very good, patriotic and honest man. So, won't you join my revolution?' said the Friendly Pied Piper.

'This is such a wonderful surprise! You are a godsend indeed. My wife and I will be most pleased to join your revolution for we are true Cliftonians,' said Uncle WhatsApp.

'Hurrah!' said the Friendly Pied Piper. 'Onwards and upwards!'

Chapter Two

One afternoon, just when Uncle and Aunty WhatsApp had returned home from a delicious brunch held by their favourite cousin Rebecca de Chandio, there was a knock on the door.

'Whoever could it be at this lazy hour?' said Aunty WhatsApp.

When Uncle WhatsApp opened the door, he saw a rough and tough, action-man pied piper standing across from him, smiling.

'And who might you be, my dear fellow?' asked Uncle WhatsApp.

'Good afternoon, sir. They call me PM. I am a rough and tough, action-man pied piper who has just taken over your neighbourhood. Everyone in Cliftonia believes that you now hate the Friendly Pied Piper that you once loved - selected for you by the know-it-alls - because he turned out to be a very bad, traitorous and corrupt man. I, on the other hand, am a very good, patriotic and honest man. So, won't you join my moderately enlightened revolution?' said the pied piper.

'Look, look dear, our new saviour is here,' shouted Uncle WhatsApp to Aunty WhatsApp. 'Hallelujah! Blessed be our fate for this time we have struck gold!'

'Long live the revolution!' said the Action-Man Pied Piper.

Chapter Three

One day, just when Uncle WhatsApp had finished solving the Children's Crossword in The Daily Zamzama, he saw a figure loitering in the front yard.

'Are you the figure I saw loitering in my...

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