BY Fiona Cummings
For a while it remained a mystery
Whatever could that delightful smell be
I found out it came from the nearby factory
Which made chocolate dreams come true
To all children like me and you
I imagined little elves worked in there
And one naughty one in particular
Opened the window
Allowing
the aroma to escape in the air
He was the mischievous naughty Norman
Who has the job title of Forman
The other elves don’t get on with him
Too well
Especially
whom they call Noddy
With the
biggest silver bell
When it is break time Noddy shakes his hat
His bell rings so hard it wakes the factory cat
Who sleeps in an outside shed
And has a fresh daily dish of chocolate milk
And the
most comfortable cosy bed
A log table with a cloth of silk
Is ready so
the elves can be fed
With little toadstools to sit on
And be given dishes by the cook Alvin
Caramel cups
And strawberry spoons
Chocolate fountains
And bubble gum balloons
Every day there is a birthday party
Because there are so many elves at the factory
Each one having their celebration
Sounds of laughter and jubilation
Leaking from the walls
Everyone wants to visit there
But we
are told not at all
As it is a secret haven
A chocolate heaven
When I
open my back door
The smell in the air I adore
Copyright Fiona Cummings 2015
EASTER AND THE ELVES
BY
Fiona Cummings
Easter time is upon us
The elves are making such a fuss
Panicking getting everything ready in time
Making chocolate so delicious so fine
Noddy has rang his bell
so much
Trying to keep the elves awake
All day and night they are making fudge
And wonderful chocolate cake
Naughty Norman the mischievous Forman
Have had words with the cook Elvin
He got caught tasting a chocolate bubble
So now he is in deep
dark trouble
Silicon moulds are all ready
For delicate hands so steady
That job is for the purple hatted Ellie
Who makes the nicest strawberry jelly
Mee ows can be heard out the back
From the beautiful ragdoll cat
Ellie hears this and hides a truffle
Under her purple hat
If she gets caught she too will be in trouble
But she absolutely loves that cat
Who else works at the factory
Oh yes there is Melanie
Who is known for her
Irish melodies
She is the sweetest elf who works there
With her velvet green hat and her carrot hair
She works alongside her Daddy
Lovingly known as Paddy
It’s his job to wash up the pots
And then there is Tixi
A silver haired pixie
Who has been there the longest
And says she is the strongest
All the others laugh
As she is so small she uses a coffee cup for a bath
But she carries heavy trays
And pushes machinery
out of the way
When not in use
If a jar lid is too tight
She is always the first to offer to make it loose
Then there is Carter
He is the new starter
His nose does twitch
And his taste buds they itch
So much they desire
The chocolate dust
The Easter bunny for
him is a must
Then there is Pam who’s
making the white chocolate lambs
Oh the smell from our nearby chocolate factory
Can be smelt from the extractor fans
Oh it’s on its way
I can’t wait for Easter Monday
I shall look at my chocolate goodies
The chicks and the milky bunnies
And thank the Elves
For making delights so yummy
Copyright Fiona Cummings 2015
THE CHOCOLATE SHIFTS
BY FIONA CUMMINGS
Seven o clock in the morning
And Noddy rings his
bell
Alvin is seen yawning
The nightshift bids farewell
As the factory door opens
Releasing the
wonderful smell
The ragdoll cat can be seen running
Trying to get in
But he is told to scatter
And he jumps on the seconds, bin
Ellie and Tixi are having a natter
Ellie asks Ragdoll what’s the matter
As the cat licks his lips pleading
He is hungry and needs feeding
He paws at the bin
So Ellie opens the lid for him
“Quick you will get me in bother
Then the Nessie bus pulls over
And the nightshift start to gather
The day workers jump from the bus
Made from chocolate and seats of fudge
Huge waggon wheels
A horn which the
driver gives a nudge
Off it goes on its milky way
Along the grass verge for another day
In the car park there are marshmallow mini’s
And candy floss smoke from rolo chimneys
Carter signs his name for Noddy
As he goes to wrap the caramel teddy
All clocked in now
Well all but naughty Norman
The very mischievous Forman
Who has not come by the time of the bell
As he missed the Nessie bus
Oh well
Looks like the boss
is Marj
The elves love her being in charge
As she lets them have more time for breaks
Eating chunky chocolate flakes
Sometimes she bakes
Chocolate tarts
And pinches Elli’s jelly hearts
She makes the elves a
cocoa bun
And laughter is heard
as they have fun
Then Norman signs in
for Noddy
And serious work has begun
Noddy tells Norman he is not happy with him being late again
And takes out his strawberry liquorice pen
Writes down a note telling Norm will be in trouble if
it happens again
Norm says to Noddy
Who do you think you are
I am the Forman and your boss
So get in your banana car
Then Norman takes a chocolate star
And replaces it with Noddy’s bell
Then picks him up by his pointy feet
And dips him in the sherbet wishing well
Telling him his sour face will now be sweet
Poor Noddy is then thrown out on a door mat
And sugar is licked off him by the ragdoll cat
But one elf has seen
this nasty act
And that is the elf Nancy
Who for Noddy she has a fancy
Without thinking she picks up a broom
And chases Norm around the room
He runs and hides behind the bubble gum balloon
As she tries to get him
And picks up a rolling pin
Carter the new
starter saves him
Getting chocolate
brownie points from the Forman
All in a day at the
factory
Where noddy in the end got victory
As he took the popsicle stick
Noddy tells the story
Of how well the stick did fit
So all in the end glory
From a factory that’s a chocolate hit
By Fiona Cummings
Oh the smell from the
factory
Brings back a memory
Of my Mums baking days
Where the kitchen was
in a haze
Of chocolate cakes
With the wooden spoon
On the table in the
corner of the room
in the dish looking so
yummy
just begging to find
its way to my tummy
so today I put on my
shoes
and took a walk to see
a tiny elf waving at me
Hay who are you
I bent down beside him
He said HI, I’m Jim
and pleased to meet
with you
I told him I was Fee
He winked at me
His funny little face
With his turned up nose
His pink little hands
Holding a beautiful
rose
This is for you
As he jumped on my shoe
Stretched right up
He was the height of a
buttercup
As I kept kneeling down
On the cold stone
ground
Looking around
Seeing nothing but
clouds of brown
I couldn’t believe it
The rose smelt of
chocolate
I took it in my
fingertips
He told me to hold it
to my lips
It was edible
I asked him was it a
vegetable
He looked in shock
And said it was carved
from a chocolate block
He was a funny little
fella
Told me he had a
girlfriend but I was not to tell her
Why ever not I said
with a beam
Oh, he told me, she had
eyes so green
Jealous? I asked him
Oh yes indeed
Did she work at the
factory
Yes he said to me
And today is a special
day
I’m asking her to marry
me
Oh was that who the
rose was for
He said yes but he had
more
He had the cutest
dimples
And strawberry curls
His trousers were patterns of spots and swirls
His shoes were pointy
and heels so high
He wore a yellow dickey
bow tie
He asked me if I had
ever met his best pal
Who was the brother of his girlfriend Val
I said oh no
And told him he was the
very first elf I had ever met
He then took out a
walking stick the size of a candy cigarette
And started to head to
the back of the factory
Come on he beckoned
Follow me
Oh was this going to be
the end of the chocolate mystery
There was a tiny house
With a garden made from
cornflakes
Sat on a toadstool
Was an elf called Jake
There he is that is my mate
Then I was handed a
white chocolate plate
Come on, sit down
Well, the mushroom was
so flat to the ground
I just knelt beside the
two little creatures
I looked at Jake with
his buttoned features
He had cherry lips and
cheeks like peaches
He shouted towards the
house
Just then running
across the path was a sugared mouse
The little door opened
A round cheerful face
started speaking
I have not got a clue
what she said but I think a nice greeting
Then there was an
almighty fuss
Just then the horn went
on the Nessie bus
Quick get inside the
house
What? I thought,
It was the size for a
mouse
Then the most amazing thing happened
As I approached the
door
I felt myself being
drawn to the floor
I became the height I
was when I was four
But it didn’t scare me
As I was welcomed into
the chocolate family
Jim told me
Not to be
seen
Or he will be given the
treatment
Of the evil queen
Oh my word what is that
She dips you in a bowl
of cream
Then feeds you to the
factory cat
You see, he continued
We are not allowed to
mix with folks like you
Then I asked “why did
you?
He said you are not
like your people
You are like us
You won’t hurt us lot
Or chase us away
Then I listened
to what he had to say
Our factory is ran by
the king and queen
We do our work and keep
it clean
We are given our houses
on this village green
On one condition we are
never seen
Those who have been
Are taken away
Never to return
Not yet to this day
Where do they go? I
asked feeling low
A place so cold where
there is forever snow
This is what we are
told anyway
Then the round rosy
lady
Came to me
Put on my plate
Beautiful shells
you would ever see
She then muttered some
words to me
Jim explained what she
had said to me
As it was a language I
had never heard
He said the shells were
collected by the milky seabird
How absurd
What on earth was that
Oh we have a pet family
of a giraffe, bird and a cat
At that point I began
to laugh
Why a giraffe
We are so small
And he is so tall
This can be handy
To our chocolate family
Then the door opened
and in walked a tired looking young thing
Oh he was so excited my
new friend Jim
He knelt on one knee
and produced a ring
Please darling Val,
will you marry me
As she smiled teeth so
white
And hair so wild
She said yes I will
Oh what a thrill
To witness such love
Then chocolate cups
were filled with champagne
This was amazing
Totally insane
Then Jake took out an
old looking violin
And started to play a
tune
For Val and Jim
Round rosy lady took my
hand
Muttered some words
that I could understand
She wanted me to dance
with her
I did on a rug of
pretend fur
Bubble gum balloons were flying around
The most wonderful
music
A beautiful sound
What a day
I didn’t want to come
away
But then my alarm went
off and I had to wake for the day
Was it a dream
Absolutely no way
Oh I can’t wait to go
back one day
Chocolate in the air
The chocolate wedding day
By Fiona Cummings
Passing by the factory
It’s the day when two elves will marry
Val and Jim will cut their cake
The best man for sure is Jake
Bubble gum balloons hang from the trees
Oh let them be happy forever please
I stood behind the bus shelter peeping
As it was early dawn everyone was sleeping
All accept the chocolate people
Wow look at tiny Tixi getting out of the car
Her silver hair like a bright shining star
Nessie bus comes tooting along
Out jumps Melody singing a song
Alvin the cook carries a milk tray
Norman the Forman is wanting to play
Paddy warns him not today
Norm if you’re going
to be naughty go away
Who is in the ice cream van
With a hat like a big marang
Oh yes I think she is called Pam
Hay look there is Marj. telling the guests where to go
By this point Ellie and
Carter are putting on a show
Oh they are so funny dancing about
Silly things need to behave or Marj will shout
A chocolate church with its
candy steeple
Under an archway of sugared roses
Where Noddy proudly
stands and poses
Nancy and Noddy steel a cherry kiss
Everyone is excited there is just one elf who is a miss
Oh look here she comes in a white chocolate car
The windows rolo down
and I see a chocolate coin
The groom looks like
he is going to fall over, oh boing
Poor strawberry
haired Jim
Jake lends him his arm to steady him
Just then I couldn’t believe what I saw
A tall giraffe walked around as though to explore
Looking up in the sky
I wondered why
Then the milky bar bird swooped down to the ground
A rag doll cat with a flying saucer hat
Chased the sugared
mouse in to the tiny house
How did I ever fit in there
I wish I could shrink again and this day I would share
Then a bang and flair
Next thing I was there
Right in the middle
Where Jake was playing a violin or was it a fiddle
Val walked down the
honey coated isle
Wearing lace and a milk bottle smile
She carried the smallest bouquet I have ever seen
Oh look over there I’m sure that is the king and Queen
My elf friends are in so much trouble if I am seen
Let me hide behind this jelly bean
How on earth is it possible to get this small
And how does the giraffe
stay so tall
Looking around I’m like a crumb on the ground
I guess there is no need to hide as I look like the others
Oh in walk the elf children all the sisters and brothers
Singing a song in words I didn’t understand
I just felt so happy in this chocolate land
Toffee trumpets played in a band
I caught Jim’s eye and he winked at me
Then to my left was the rosy faced lady
She beamed at me so full of warmth
Like a hot chocolate drink on a winters night
I smiled at her in pure delight
Then I witnessed the most beautiful sight
A chocolate fountain of dark and white
The children’s choir stood holding a large tea cup
Chocolate flowed filling it up
Then carefully they carried it to the bride and groom
As the King announced of the couples honeymoon
Drink this gift
In a basket you will sit
And be carried away by a balloon
To a faraway place
Where you have never been
Let this be a present from me and my queen
It was just then that I realised I had been seen
Oh no
The snow
What shall I do
I jumped in an enormous
chocolate shoe
Then the rosy lady said boo
Pulling me out
Putting her finger to her lips
She looked like a spout
On a round china tea pot
Oh silly me I got it wrong
As Jake came over to me when we were all to sing a song
He explained the king and queen would soon be on an
aeroplane
Then I was free to enjoy the day again
He told me I had not been noticed and it was a tradition
That the chocolate royalty gave a gift of loyalty
A present of passion
Whatever holiday was in fashion
Balloons were a hit in the factory
And this is what the couple wanted you see
Few thank Goodness no one got in trouble
Then a collection was given and the dish was full of
truffles
I had nothing to give as was not expecting this
So Jake told me just to make a wish
I did that very moment
And sealed it with such sentiment
Then floated through a cloud of chocolate dust
Grabbing buttons as they were a must
Looking down to the
ground
The bells were a beautiful sound
Chocolate handles ringing away
Melting candles burnt that day
I glided over a golden carriage
What a dream what an amazing marriage
A CHOCOLATE BABY ELF BY FIONA CUMMINGS
The wind is so wild
Chocolate blows in the sky
Dying to know how Jim and Val were doing
Never expected to see them cooing
A baby elf on its way
One celebration follows another
After their wedding day
Oh Val is blooming
But Norm is fuming
As he needs Val to work at the factory
Not to be in her mushroom house with baby
There is a chocolate promise from Ellie
Who will work extra shifts free of charge
Sorting out the new rotor is Marge
It’s all go at the palace of delight
Oh it is the most amazing sight
All of the colours of their tiny hats
Their not as big as the ragdoll cat
Ellie in purple and Paddy in green
Then of course there is the chocolate King and queen
I must not be seen
So will hide behind the wall
In the distance is the giraffe standing so tall
He is teasing a bird in the tree
Picking it from the leaf onto his nose
Then bending down to smell a rose
So flexible he looks
Then there is Noddy
Whom I heard is cooking the books
If the king and queen find out
Oh they will shout
And Noddy with bell will be replaced
That will be a
disgrace
He is shuffling a bit of money to pay for a gift
As Jim and Val’s babe, is the first born on this shift
Tixi the small silver haired
pixie
Is lifting chopped
wood
As a cradle will be made
Oh she is so good
She is working all day and carving all night
But if you could see it
Baby will sleep soundly tucked in all tight
As especially if a lullaby is sang by Melanie
What a lucky baby shall be born to this factory
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