I was waiting for a bus in front of a toy shop<\/p>\n
In the pouring rain<\/p>\n
The nearest window to me<\/p>\n
Was celebrating television for children<\/p>\n
In the Night Garden was prominent<\/p>\n
And models of the characters<\/p>\n
Were displayed in a colourful mock garden<\/p>\n
Most were deeply uninteresting<\/p>\n
But one appealed to me<\/p>\n
As it was holding a red flag<\/p>\n
A Communist perhaps<\/p>\n
Or maybe a Socialist in exile<\/p>\n
Its name was Iggle Piggle<\/p>\n
Or so I was told by a passing hood<\/p>\n
I stared at the creature through my wet glasses<\/p>\n
But could not determine its gender or species<\/p>\n
All I knew that during its life it had been terribly brave<\/p>\n
And had been forced to go into exile in the Night Garden<\/p>\n
My grandfather had fought in Spain<\/p>\n
And my father in the last war<\/p>\n
They were fighting the fascists<\/p>\n
Who were threatening to take over the free world<\/p>\n
I wondered if they had ever met Iggle Piggle<\/p>\n
Before he was hunted down and forced into exile<\/p>\n
It is said that the creature became disillusioned<\/p>\n
In later years when the truth about the Soviet Union<\/p>\n
Came to light and this was why he escaped from the Night Garden<\/p>\n
In a small boat with only a naked light for company<\/p>\n
He had been missing for many years but here he was<\/p>\n
In front of me with his Creole companion nearby<\/p>\n
I decided then to give Iggle Piggle a home<\/p>\n
This decision caused me to miss my bus so I walked far<\/p>\n
With the creature sleeping snugly in my winter coat pocket<\/p>\n
He now resides with other heroes from that civil war<\/p>\n
In a small cabinet that has commanding views<\/p>\n
Over the park and the city beyond<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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