"Níor thaithin a hainm féin le Fionnuala."

Sár-oiriùnach mar scéalta am codlata.

Is breá le Fionnuala bheith ag luascadh sa ghairdín.

Ach ní thaitníonn níochán na gruaige léi ar chor ar bith.

Agus is fuath léi an dorchadas.

Craoladh na scéalta lácha seo do naíonáin ar The Ded de chuid RTÉ tamall ò shin.

Siobhán Parkinson was Ireland’s first children’s laureate, Laureate na nÓg. She has been writing books for children for ages and ages. And ages. She also enjoys helping other writers to polish up their books so that they are extra fabulous. She lives in Dublin and writes most days in her attic–study. In her spare time, she admires her grandsons, bakes bread and is learning Italian. Her favourite thing to look at is the sky.