'Beehive' or beware.

'Beehive' or Beware.

The plain utterance of its title would undoubtedly be met with a dismissing disdain by the claiming adults (tsk tsk). Nevertheless, this is a story which promises an excellent moral lesson to everyone, especially to those little rascals out there.

No, this is not another derisory Hollywood movie. When I first watched it, the colourful tale got me enchanted before long. And so enthralling it was that it saw me ensconsed on the sofa every now and then, converting the usually inattentive me into a somewhat attentive little girl.

It all started with an empty chair, left empty by the wife of a recently widowed Mr. Brown, a beleaguered father of seven unruly, extremely ill-behaved, yet adorable children. All the former ever needed was a nanny to tame his childrens' wild antiques, but it took him 17 easily terrified nannies before a government nanny ( a moralist rather) was sent from Above. Yes, literally speaking.

So what if she was slightly disfigured? This quite unfortunate looking nanny did magical wonders to reacquaint Mr. Brown with the joyful task of being a father and a husband. A quick bang by the rather crooked stick of hers would mend every unimaginable mishaps, a result of the childrens' misdemeanour, turning them into abidingly polite children. Of course it was not a joyride for the nanny nor the children, but the former remained unabated. All it takes was a bang by her magical stick to do wonders remember?

Now, how I wish she could do the same, bang her stick to tame the equally misbehaved MPs of ours! ;)