Little miss hug

Have you ever fallen over and hurt yourself? I bet you have. And then have you wished that someone would come along and give you a hug and make you feel better? Well little miss hug is just that person. Like the time she found little miss Tiny after she had fallen off the kerb.

But there is something else extra special about little miss hugs Hugs. It is her extra special arms. They fit perfectly around whoever she is hugging.Whether it is Mr small after twig fell on him and squashed his hat. Or Mr Bump after one of his bumps. Or even Mr Greedy when he has a tummy ache. Little Miss Hugs is always there with a perfectly fitting hug to make everything better.

Then there are times when nobody has hurt themselves. Happy times like birthday. Everyone  wants  a  birthday hug! And times when she hugs just for the fun of it. Even the likes of little miss bossy need a hug once in a while. So everyone needs a hug. Or so little miss hug thought.

The other day when she was out for a walk she heard someone hidden on the other side of a hedge. Someone huffing and puffing and moaning and groaning. Someone who was in a very bad  temper  Mr Grumpy!

And why was  Mr  Grumpy in such a bad mood?

Because the sun was out! there  really is no pleasing  Mr  Grumpy.  Quick as a  flash  Little  Miss hug ran round the hedge stretched out her arms and hugged Mr Grumpy. Or at least she tried to, but something  happened that had never happened to little miss hug before.

Mr Grumpy pushed her away.

" Get off me!" shouted  Mr grumpy. little miss hug could not believe her ears.

she could not believe her eyes.


Nobody had ever  refused one of her hugs!

"But . . . but, everyone likes a hug!"  she cried. She was confused she hugged mr grumpy again.

" I  know what you are trying to do," said  mr Grumpy." But it won't work. I am grumpy and  I like being  grumpy  and  no amount of hugging will change that."

Little miss hug didn't let go."I said...  " began mr grumpy, but then he stopped.

something was happening to  Mr Grumpy  that had never happened to him  before.


He could feel  a strange, warm feeling spreading out from deep inside him.

Little Miss Hug hugged him tighter.  And then the most extraordinary thing happened.


Very slowly, Mr  Grumpy smiled.

For the first time in his life, he was happy.

Little Miss Hug let go of him.

" I must say,"  said Little Miss Hug.  "You have a lovely smile."


And can you guess what Mr Grumpy did next? he blushed!

For the first time in life, he blushed. And then he hugged Little Miss Hug.


For the first time in his life he hugged someone!

Although, as you can see,  it was almost a hug, not a proper Little Hug hug.

What you might call......half  a hug! A  Mr Grumpy hug.

*Copied from "Little Miss Hug" by Roger Hargreaves.