Extra Extra!

Competition Winners

Signed copies of the Fungus the Bogeyman Plop Up Book and The BFG are already safely in the hands of (almost) all the winners of the competitions in November’s Extra.

Slimericks

Our young verse makers demonstrated a remarkably fine talent for nastiness and it was a close run thing deciding on the most fungoid.

Here they are.

There was an old Bogey called Grime

All covered in muck, sludge and slime

He fell in a bog

Came out green as a frog

So they sprayed him all over with pine

Frances Lewis, 8, Thorpe Hall School, Walthamstow, London.

A filthy old hag called Snot

She ate slimy old sarnies of grot

She drank mildewed wine

Burped and belched all the time

That grotty old hag called Snot

Terence Gallagher, 12, Halewood Comprehensive, Merseyside.

Our third winner sent no address.

BOZ GRODEN, AGED 7, WHERE ARE YOU?

We would like to know where to send your Plop Up Book prize for this Slimerick.

There was a young bogey called Snot

Who ate squashed flies quite a lot

He sucked slimey slugs

And nibbled stink bugs

That revolting fat bogey called Snot

A fine bit of art work from runner-up, Stephen Lewis, 11, Frodsham, Cheshire. And a special mention for Barnleigh Huggins for his ‘slime-textured kilt’.

Phizzwizards

We read some wild and wonderful dreams: fast rides on bikes and in cars, winning World Ice-Skating Championships in pink and white satin, flying like a bird, being strong enough to lift a house. Some dreams of being a superstar or a pop idol turned into nightmares of being mobbed, crushed and pursued. As Roald Dahl might have predicted, a good crop of Phizzwizards featured food – a land of crisps, grass made of French Fries, trousers stuffed full of sweets, magic apples that taste of whatever you want.

BFG winners were:

Lorraine Willcox, 9, Spalding, Lincs

Stuart Wilmer, 11, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire

Lisa Pollard, 11, Fairham, Nottingham

Congratulations to all of you