The Town Of Sweet Bye And Bye

The Town Of Sweet Bye And Bye

By Paul McCann

The moon shone blue over the misty lake as golden stardust fell down from the sky upon the sleepy hills around the town of Sweet Bye And Bye .

The night creatures came out from their hidey holes and sang their night songs to no one who was there as all of the children had left for dreamland and everyone else had no time to spare and had fallen asleep in a deep trance like state..

The night blooming flowers opened up for no one to see , except for the Fairy Gardeners who played their organ grinders for the blind monkeys who couldn’t tell the night from day . The music that came out of the organ grinder was a mixture of  magical songs that they had collected from the mists of time and they always had a hypnotical effect on everyone who heard them , especially for the blind moneys who couldn’t stop dancing to the tunes until the night Fairy’s called it a day .

So, every night as the music played all of the people were sent into a trance to the music in the air kept them asleep in their beds, in the town of Sweet By And By .

There was a lot of monkey business going on until dawn in the town of Sweet By And By ..Just before the dawn as the night blooming flowers closed there was always a street parade with night fairies coming through the town . First there was a drumming following by a humming and the fairies all came running through the streets .strumming their guitars and picking their banjos and stomping their feet as the came as they danced with the blind monkeys while the people were in a trance , the fairies took a chance to celebrate life just before the sun was on its way back into the sky and when the music stopped all the blind monkeys would hop away back into the trees on the hills around the town of Sweet Bye And Bye .

When the people woke up and the children had returned from dreamland everything would be almost back to normal again . The birds would sing to the light of the sun that rose in the sky at the start of another day . The people had no idea that they had been in a trance and they began to do their everyday things , cooking breakfast and getting their children ready for school .

As the daytime fairies watched from their little hidey spots all the town began to come alive . On the streets the traffic went around and on the ground was the sound of footsteps that began to pound up and down as the morning sun shone down upon  the town of Sweet By And By.  

Life was special in the town with a lot of things that happened during the day . There were always angels who sat and watched people passing over the bridge that was built across the river that flowed out to the sleepy hills to the sea , They were the angels that were sent to keep the peace in the town and prevent harm to anyone, anywhere . . There were also the dreamers who told stories to young and old alike all over the town  in different buildings that welcomed them to be there .

All over town there were secret gardens with little wishing wells for the lucky few who would find them and the daytime fairies who were in their hidey holes silently watching  . The cats and dogs would always be talking but no one could hear a word they said except for the daytime fairies who were always somewhere hiding out of sight   . Sometimes in the park there was a talking pony who would come to speak but only to the  people who were blind because they weren’t wise about who was really talking to them and sure what a surprise it would be to them if they did know .

The pony was called Larf who also pulled a cart for the man who sold flowers to  people in town . The man who sold flowers lived in a tent in the park and now and he would let the children have a ride on the pony’s back .

In the town of Sweet By And By there was always a reason to smile and be happy

Anything could happen on any day at any time to anyone . Life is more than a walk in the park , or a shot in the dark . Every day is different and for what it’s worth , it’s a precious thing that happens when the blue moon shines down , on the misty lake and the night fairies awake and bring their special touch of magic to the streets of in the town of Sweet By And By . There will always be things no one hears and no one sees .There is a kind of innocence that is a gift for everyone to share .

It turns bad to good and happy from sad , its older than time and it makes us shine and sparkle . There’s nowhere on earth like the town of Sweet By And By .

The End

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