I put this in the children's section last night, but then thought it might appeal to the 'child within' of adults, so I am tentativey posting it here as well.

'The revered Joanna', my partner, works for a primary school where each classroom is named after a mythological animal - she has named hers 'Pegasus' and asked me to write something for the children. Hence this piece . . .

I find it highly amusing - imagine her being summoned by the head and saying, "Sorry, can't come right now - I'm busy with children in The Loch Ness Monster.!

Try googling 'Pegasus' or finding him in Wikipaedia - amazing Greek mythology!

He's also a constellation, of cousre . . .

Bellerophon, the hero, caught and tamed Pegasus, and presented him to the Muses at Mount Parnassus. Afterwards, he became the horse of the Muses and he was at the service of the poets.

Rather apt, eh?!

Cheers!

John X
 
PS Joanna came up with the line 'He will never shy away' to replace my more prosaic 'He will never leave us now'. Much better, I think!