A cold teabag

A cold teabag on a sore eye feels good
(says Ruby at WOMAD).
A cold mermaid on the eye
feels good too.

Is this where crocodiles live?
Remember I'm here to protect you.
My job is to keep you protected
from bad things.

So many people!
Too many people to count.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 —
up to the last human number!

She poisons people

Hannah is not my friend any more
because she poisons people
(says Ruby)
and punches people
and sneaks up behind them and
poisons them.

So that's a yukky person
and I don't want to see her any more.

Hannah my friend has poisoned the queen
'cos she wants to be queen.
We have to save the queen.
We have to save her with the flower,
the light of the flower.
That's the only thing
that will save her.

The pollen absorbs
the sickness and poison
and the person
comes alive again.

And water can wash the pollen out.
The water stays
because water is good for you
and can keep you alive.

Oh no! Not again! Do you know what?
She's poisoned everybody now
except for us. How could she?
That is not acceptable.
That is not suitable.

Police 111. I need you
to put someone in jail.

Eggs are very powerful too

Eggs are very powerful too
(says Ruby).

They can stop anything
that comes into the same bowl.

Then you can mix it in
and it realises
it's a nice thing
that can't do any harm.

It's best to look out of the window

It's best to look out of the window
(says Ruby)
when you're thinking.

Because that helps.
That helps a lot.

Do you know why my voice is pretty?

Do you know why my voice is pretty?
(says Ruby, after the grommets go in).

Little pieces of apple skin
got stuck inside my ears
and that makes it very hard
to tell if you are shouting.

The words catch on the apple skin
but the words have to go down a tube
and get inside your head
because that's where you hear them
properly.

That's why I couldn't hear well.
That's why I needed to shout.
The doctor took out the apple skin.
That's how I found my pretty voice
the voice I am using today.

What to do with Kyoko

I know!
(says Ruby)
First we can dress her.
Then we can admire her.
Then we can undress her.
Then we can show Mumma
how to dress her again.