Parsley the Lion Parsley the Lion Parsley the Lion is a fictional character from the BBC1 children's show "The Herbs", created by Michael Bond. There was a follow-up series of 5-minute episodes shown in 1970 called "The Adventures of Parsley", which featured all of the other characters from the original show. He is a simple, friendly lion. He does not usually talk, but always sings, "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley". His best friends are Dill the dog and Sage the owl, but he is normally seen with Rosemary, Basil and Bayleaf the gardener. He always waits at the gate for the
What I Was What I Was What I Was is Meg Rosoff's third novel for young adults. The book was published in 2007, and was shortlisted for both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. "What I Was" tells the story of a secret friendship between two teenagers, one an unhappy public schoolboy and the other living an independent and isolated life on the beach near the school. It is set on the East Anglian coast in 1962. The book is framed as the reminiscence of an old man recalling the year he discovered love. It is written as a first-person