Raising a Smile for Northern Ireland Children's Hospice. Brian Boone's Bailie
raising
a smile
for
Bowen Bailie
Brian Bailie
Blair Bailie
Copyright 2012 Brian Bailie, Blair Bailie, Bowen Bailie
All rights reserved.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0861-3
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Introduction
This wee book is a collaboration of three big eejits: Bowen, Blair, and Brian Bailie
We are: wee son, big son, and dad.
We love to read funny rhymes and stories.
Our favourite writers are Dr Suess, and Roald Dahl, and Spike Milligan, and Hillaire Belloc.
So one day Bowen said to Brian, “I’d like to write a book.”
And Brian said, “That’s a grand idea. Let’s ask Blair if he’ll help.”
And Blair said, “Sure!”
And now you’re reading it. So it just goes to prove that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
All these stories and rhymes and pictures are just a whole bunch of stuff that we’ve created for our own amusement over the years; just for a laugh, (instead of watching telly or playing video games).
Blair is the best illustrator (because he hardly ever watches telly), so if you see a great picture, it’s his. Brian draws sort of scribbly and simple pictures (because he’s all drawn out). And Bowen still draws like a kid (because he’s just eight).
The money that you’ve spent to buy this book goes to help Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice, which is a super place that has helped some of our friends when they were very, very ill, or when their mum and dad needed a wee rest.
•Last year Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice cared for 232 children with life-limiting conditions.
•Over 90% of the care that Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice provides is done within the family home, which is where the child is most comfortable and most familiar. The hospice provides specialist nursing care for these children, so that the rest of the family can go out and do things that need done; things that you and I take for granted. When there is a very ill child in the family, basic things like popping along to the shops or getting a hair-do, becomes very difficult without the specialist support of the hospice.
•There are six bedrooms in the hospice, and there is also accommodation for the families of children who are staying there.
•Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice has a hydrotherapy pool, a multi-sensory room, and offers lots of complimentary therapies to the children it cares for.
•When a family is told that their child is too ill to survive, it is a devastating and daunting time for the whole family. Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice offers support for the whole family through every stage of this journey. The hospice is there for the whole family, listening and respecting their wishes for the care for the child. The hospice isn’t just a luxury for these families: the hospice becomes an indispensible lifeline.
•Last year Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice also worked closely to support 155 families who were bereaved. Once a child dies, the hospice continues to provide support for the whole family, to help them through their grieving, for as long as they need.
•Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice is the only children’s hospice in Northern Ireland. The hospice receives some funding from the government, but they are still very dependent on the continued kindness and generosity of the local community.
If you didn’t buy this book, but have borrowed it, or if you wish to help support the hospice, you can make a donation right now at:
www.justgiving.com/nichildrenshospice
And you can show support on Facebook here:
Dedicated to the memory of our friends
wee brothers Zak and Conan.
Loads of Pumpkins by Brian
I had a little pumpkin, I got for Halloween,
I dug it out and carved it up, and it looked really mean.
But I kept all the seeds inside, and stuck them in the muck,
I added lots of water, and some wee-wee just for luck.
Then some time later, I went out to have a little look,
To see if there was anything, to give my mum to cook.
Lo and behold, surprised was I, so many had I grown,
I had to call the fire brigade upon my telephone.
“Help me, please! Oh help me, I need to eat these pumpkins,
Have you got a sucky thing for sucking lots of junk in?”
“No,” they said, “You’ll have to eat them all up by yourself,
They’re really awfully good for you, and fill you full of health.”
So mum made soup and stew and pie and put it on my plate,
And told me not to leave the room until I had it ate.
My belly swelled, my tummy groaned, my bum produced some gasses,
Don’t give me no more pumpkins, please. Next year I’ll just grow grasses.
I Have No Buddy by Bowen
I'm Mr Lonely,
Just me here only.
I have no buddy.
I miss my buddy,
My buddy has gone away.
My buddy is gone today.
I have a wee doggy,
Who gets wet and soggy.
She is called Stinky.
She is fast and very slinky.
She is happy, she is nice,
She is quick and catches mice.
My big dog is Slobber,
He’ll bark at a robber.
He likes to chew bones,
And running for stones.
But