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Catherine Henderson shares some ideas for younger Friends on the idea of ‘home’

by Catherine Henderson 3rd August 2018

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared! –
Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard.’

Have you ever built a nest or a den – maybe in a secret corner behind the sofa or under a table, or outside under a tree? Most of us like to curl up somewhere secret, with a friend, or a cat, or just quietly by ourselves – somewhere we feel cosy and safe. Animals and birds do this too, sometimes in unusual places – though not usually in beards.