In the Beginning there was a couple who travelled the world as government agents. They were given code names by which they were universally known. …

POP MOUSA

After a lifetime of service to the country they settled in a paradise known as Riversmead

They created an ark which they also called MOUSA

Mousa

They begat a bunch of children, four of whom grew to be …

Freddie Helen Barbara George

Helen, the eldest, took to herself a mate who she named Jim but she sometimes called him other things

In a short time they begat four brethren who they called….

Graham

Gordon

Philip

Ian

All were happy when the brethren could visit the paradise called Riversmead until . . .. ..

Helen and Jim got to doing some more begetting…….

Philip begged his mother not to do it !

..to no avail. Soon the brethren had two more mouths to feed.

The brethren had to work long hours in the fields

. . . while the sisters just stood around looking cute!

Attempts were made to eliminate the sisters by… turning them inside out

By abandoning them on a mountain

By leading them in to deep waters

And finally by getting wild horses. . .

…to carry them away

However soon the brethren came to realize that the sisters could be ignored but they would not go away.

In truth it was a happy family that enjoyed going to worship together

The coming of the sisters seemed to open the floodgates of begetting among the relatives!!!

Soon cuteness abounded

The sisters were even included in the family Christmas Eve photo

1956 1957 1958

1959 1960 1961

1963

Christmas was a time for great family gatherings

Sometimes the sisters showed their charitable side and took in the less fortunate

Of course great pyramids had to be constructed

The ‘Nine-Year-Old Club’ plus two

In 1957 Pop and Mousa created an oasis at Riversmead

The oasis brought members of the tribes from far and wide to visit the paradise called Riversmead

It was an all season playground

The sisters felt they had a special claim to the oasis

Others had to wait their turns…

…and pay homage from the diving board

Boys lined up to pay their homage

But the sisters, encouraged by their mother, turned their back on all suitors

A cure was found for the sisters….

…. Education

We can’t stay young forever so in time the brethren and the sisters moved away from paradise and lived happily ever after.

The paradise was put in the capable hands of…

The Limbo King !!!

From time to time the clans returned to Riversmead to re-live the past and honour the departed

2000

2012

And every so often history would repeat itself.