Readings

samidevils

Hi

My 12 year old sister is doing a reading for me at my wedding. Problem is I cannot really find much that is suitable for her. I want something funny/light hearted.

Any ideas? What is everyone having?

Sami

mshelsbels

I've heard quite a few kids read Winnie the Pooh, or the Owl and the Pu s sy cat. I prefer the dinosaur one though! Your DD might be too old for them though?
My DD did a lovely reading at my sisters wedding when she was 8, will look it out for you. I have some others too.

from Now We Are Six
by A.A. Milne (1882-1956)

Ahhhh,just realised why it wont let me paste the readings in! Heres the dinosaur one though...

A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton

The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice. Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage.
Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur. The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur's cage with kind words and loving thoughts.
I like this Dinosaur, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny. He is also quite clever although I will not tell him this for now.
I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice. She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a Dinosaur.
But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. He is also overly fond of things. Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things?
But her mind skips from here to there so quickly, thought the Dinosaur. She is also uncommonly keen on shopping. Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping?
I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. For they are part of what make him a richly charactered individual.I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the Dinosaur. For she fills our life with beautiful thought and wonderful surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on shopping either.
Now the Dinosaur and Lovely Other Dinosaur are old. Look at them. Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs.
And that, my friends, is how it is with love. Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together. For the sun is warm. And the world is a beautiful place.


Also, try here on this thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1937087&highlight=readings

Maydot

Hope you don't mind but I've linked the following for you and someone else who was asking about C of E readings yesterday and I forgot to reply (the thread covers both)

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2291345

I posted the AA Milne poem that mshelsbels has mentioned and there is also one about a Dinosaur which is really good...lol, as I'm typing this mshelsbels reply has appeared and she's quoted the Dinosaur one :rotfl:. I'm soooo slow!!

tanith

I was going to suggest The Owl and the P...ssycat too as I think it will be easy for a 12yr old to recite.. it has a nice sing song quality too... and its themed to a marriage..