Grannie Perkins lives in Sunshine Place.
In her cupboard was a beautifully carved wooden box with lovely birds flying over the lid and the sides were alive with little woodland animals.
Squirrels peeped out from the trees and a rabbit looked out from its burrow. There were badgers, and hedgehogs, and little mice, and all manner of tiny creatures carved all round the sides.
By pressing the rabbit's tail, the lid flies open.
Sat on a red satin cushion was her thinking cap.
It was made of white lace and had a black velvet bow on the front.
Old black hat
~ It had a red ribbon round it
~ A bunch of cherries on the front
~ A piece of veil tied in a bow at the back
Grannie Perkins' Fair
~ Darts in the wood shed
~ Old tyre swing
~ Knotted climbing rope
~ Bobbing for apples floating on top of a bucket of water
~ Hooking toy animals out of the bath
~ Trampoline
~ Prizes: Toffee apples
Grannie Perkins' Christmas with Mr Stanton
Roast chicken for two
Brown and crispy roast potatoes
Boiled vegetables
Christmas pudding
Mince pies
Wine
Present for Mr Stanton: Ounce of tobacco wrapped in red paper.
Presents from her family in Australia: a box of candied fruits, scented soap, coloured photographs of her grandchildren and a warm woolly cardigan in a pretty shade of lilac.
Present from Mr Stanton: a lovely woollen scarf in a pretty shade of blue.
* Information derived from Grannie Perkins' Thinking Cap, written by J. Rita Grainge and June Woodman. Illustrated by R. V. Mee *
