{"id":5973,"date":"2025-07-19T14:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:02:09","slug":"tales-from-the-town-209-the-big-pigeon-and-other-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/things\/2025\/07\/19\/tales-from-the-town-209-the-big-pigeon-and-other-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From The Town #209: The Big Pigeon, and other stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big Pigeon, by Daniel<\/strong><\/p>\n

The big pigeon wasn’t just big, he was huge<\/em>. When he landed in the playground the whole school trembled. When he flew up into the trees it was like a hurricane passing by. When the pigeon ate dinner it ate at least seventeen times as much as a normal sized pigeon ate for dinner. No one knew why the pigeon was so big but he was that big so all anyone ever talked about was how big he was even though that was the least interesting thing about him.<\/p>\n

The most interesting things about him are: his name (Alphonse), his age (10 million years), his favourite olympic event (wrestling)<\/p>\n

The New Clocks, by Ethel<\/strong><\/p>\n

No one noticed the new clocks at first. They looked exactly like the old clocks. But these clocks had one crucial difference. They were… EVIL!<\/p>\n

Episode 1: The Ever So Slight Slowing Of Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this episode, The New Clocks wreak havoc by making a single school day last forever. It’s up to Ethel to save the day, and by saving the day, save the world (and the summer holidays)!<\/em><\/p>\n

Why The Last Day At School Is The Worst Day At School, by Claire<\/strong><\/p>\n

I could be at home now I could be at the park I could be at Dad’s<\/em> I could be anywhere but I’m not I’m at school writing stories and it’s awful<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Simple Summer Haiku, by Tina<\/strong><\/p>\n

just to be clear
\nsix weeks of summer rain
\nwon’t spoil a thing<\/em><\/p>\n

___________<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

1. Written on July 19th, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n__________<\/br>

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