Joel the funny horse

Joel the Funny Horse woke up down. Yesterday everyone had laughed at him and pointed and said ha ha! Look at that funny horse! It wasn't very funny. So when he finally got out of bed that morning, he dressed slow and mopey. When he caught sight of himself in the hallway mirror, even though he was wearing his favourite scarf, he was still kinda funny looking. His ears sagged and he left the house. When he got outside everyone was shouting and running about. Agh! they shouted. They were shouting so much no-one was pointing at him and saying ha ha. So Joel stood for a moment and watched them running around. What’s up? Joel asked. Tony the Spider is trapped in that burning house, someone shouted, and no one can see where he is! But Joel could see exactly where Tony the Spider was. He tried to tell somebody but they were all too busy going agh! And besides, they wouldn’t listen to a funny horse. So instead, Joel went over to Tony’s house and opened the window. Hello Tony, Joel said. Tony just sat in the corner shaking. Tony? Hop on my head. But it’s so high, trembled Tony. C'mon, don't be a scaredy spider! said Joel and wiggled his ears. Tony edged towards the window and stepped gingerly on to Joel’s nose. By this time everyone had stopped running around and started watching, their mouths hanging open like Pete the Goldfish. When Tony touched the ground and burst into tears, everyone cheered and carried Joel around on their shoulders, even though he was pretty heavy. And from that day on, nobody called Joel a funny horse anymore, they called him a Giraffe.

for emelié, both now and to come