a dragon called môr

jilly, tˆy hafan and a dragon called môr

Jilly Bebbington describes herself as coming from a long line of storytellers and for almost Tˆy Hafan entire existence, she has been an enthusiastic volunteer with our care team, loving nothing more than “telling the children stories, daft ones, anything to give the kids a bit of a kick!”

One day, these tales took root into what became ‘A Dragon Called Môr’, Jilly’s first book, that told the adventures of a lonely little sea dragon who finds himself winded and washed up on the banks of the Bristol Channel. The book is a collection of six stories about Môr, aimed at six- to 11-yearolds, and can be bought by scanning the QR code for £4.99, with all proceeds going towards the £4.5m required every year to keep the hospice and our community programmes running. “I could see Môr very clearly – he is a sea dragon for a start, quite a rarity, you know. He’s bluey-green, and he’s a baby dragon who is terribly lonely. “One evening he gets washed up on that sandbank, and he’s a bit winded and quite sad because he’s got no one to play tag with. But then he looks up and sees the lights on in the hospice and there’s a little girl there, waving to him, inviting him in, and he thinks to himself ‘Great! Now I don’t have to be lonely anymore!’ And it all started from there.” “Kids love him, you see, because Môr gets up to all sorts and is forever making mistakes – and children love to listen to other people making mistakes. And I have tried to write it so that older children will get the jokes, while the little ones love the messy bits.” Môr’s mischievous adventures have kept hundreds of children entertained at Tˆy Hafan over the years as Jilly has developed her little dragon and his adventures. “I made him a vegetarian dragon, you know,” she says. “After all, I didn’t want to risk him accidentally scoffing one of the kids!”

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“Kids love him, you see, because Môr gets up to all sorts.”