Protector Pouques- Nano-occupation of Guernsey

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P’tite Jeanne and P’tit Jean looked at each other once the message had been delivered. “Those poor humans,” said P’tit Jean to his sister sadly, “we’ve had a really horrible time and now it’s their turn.” The two pouques were quite concerned about the Robilliard children that they often had adventures with, so they decided to visit them to check that they were OK. Now, fairy sickness does not affect humans, so it was safe for them to help out. They took with them some very special alcohol gel that Grande Mabelle and Grand Colin had made for the fairy folk to rub on their hands when they were ill and had the virus. It was a very strong gel. Vraic (seaweed) had been gathered from the seashore and potatoes had been fermented to make the alcohol to go into the gel. The boiled seaweed was very pongy, but the fairy folk couldn't work out how to get rid of the smell and had just had to put up with it during their isolation, mainly by taking it in turns to stand upwind, away from each other. All the humans had to stay in their houses and were only allowed out to do some essential shopping and to get some exercise. The sickness was spreading through all the population and it made old people, and those who were already sick, have problems with their breathing, and sadly some of them had already died. By staying in their houses, the sickness would not be able to spread as much through the human population. This was called lockdown. Anyone who did go out had to stay two metres away from any other humans. This was called social distancing. 4
The two pouques each changed into a P’tite Maoue (seagull) and flew to Sammy and Jacob’s house. The two birds perched on the window of Sammy’s room and tapped with their beaks. Picture drawn during lockdown by Sami-3 rd Guernsey Cubs Sammy saw them and came across to open the window. Unfortunately, P’tit Jean Maoue didn't move out of the way in time, and when Sammy flung the window open, he fell off into the prickly bush below. Both Sammy and P’tite Jeanne laughed. A very annoyed P’tit Jean flew back up and squawked every time he picked a prickle out of himself. The pouques asked Sammy how the family were. She told them that they were not allowed to go to school, so they were doing projects at home using online learning on the computer. The children said that it was OK, but that they missed playing with their friends. 5
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Protector Pouques- Nano-occupation of Guernsey

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