"The baseboards can always be painted over."The sentence played over and over again in Margaret's head. The real estate agent had muttered it innocently under her breath, but it stuck with he ... [+]
Philippa is an award winning author and creator of short stories, poetry and creative non-fiction. She has also been published in anthologies and magazines such as Storytime, The School Magazine, The Caterpillar, High Five and Stinkwaves. She particularly likes writing humerous stories. She also likes experimenting with audio tales. "The Build-A-Friend" is in Short Circuit #13, Short Édition's quarterly review.
It was Saturday morning. Toby was playing with his friends.Toby wanted to fly the kite but Majid wouldn't let go of the string. "It's mine.""Yeeha!" Peter shouted. Toby put his hands to his ears. Peter was too noisy and never listened to anyone. "Yeeha!"Lala was looking at a toad she'd found under the stone by the park pond. "I wonder if there are any baby tadpoles in the water?" asked Toby."Toads don't have tadpoles," replied Lala. "It's frogs that have them.""They do, too. And newts," said Toby. "I saw it in a nature programme.""No way." Lala shook her head."Lala's right," said Peter. "She a