Ben and Sophie Series Say Hello Dragon Fort Pirate Ship

The real Ben and Sophie are friends of Tim and Charlie.  Tim wanted to write a story about two kids working together and thought it would be a lot of fun for my main characters to be twins - one boy and one girl.  So, Tim contacted Ben and Sophie's mom and asked her a few questions about what the real Ben and Sophie enjoyed doing. Ben and Sophie's Fort was his first of the series.  Then came the dragon and the pirate ship.  Tim is currently working on another. Ben and Sophie Say Hello came about after another friend made Sophie and Ben puppets.  It just seemed appropriate that they introduce some of Tim's shows.

Ben and Sophie's Fort    by Tim Seston Ben likes to build as does Sophie his twin With cardboard and tape and cans made of tin. In fact anything that either one finds Goes in the garage, there’s stuff of all kinds: Recycled plastic, bicycle tires Hangers and string and telephone wires Paper towel tubes, a pair of pink drapes And old picture frames in many odd shapes. The garage was full, no room for the car So mom and dad said, “This has gone too far. Benjamin, Sophie, you have quite enough. Make plans and begin to use all this stuff.” Well Sophie sat down with paper and pen And brainstormed ideas with her brother Ben. “A castle,” he said, “a place for my knights Or a big firehouse with lots of red lights.” Sophie responded, “I like how you think A house would be great but it should be pink. A place where we sing and do our ballet Help me get started Ben, what do you say?” “Let’s try something else, that both of us like,” He said as he stood near Sophie’s old bike. So Sophie and Ben each started to sort Then at the same time, said, “Let’s make a fort!” They carried the stuff out to the backyard. With two of them there, it wasn’t that hard. Sophie and Ben attached walls to some trees. Working together they did it with ease. They twisted and pounded like two little elves. What tools did they use?  They had them, themselves. Their hands were like hammers, wrenches and clamps. They worked them so hard their fingers got cramps. For those tougher jobs, the twins used their feet. The teamwork they had was really quite neat. It took them two days but when they were done, They called all their friends to show everyone Sophie and Ben were the talk of the town, Even more famous than Bozo the Clown. Their fort was so grand for children to play, And so that’s what they did day after day.

When Tim sings Sophie and Ben's Fort, he adds the following chorus after the third, sixth and final stanzas: Have you recently thought what you wanted to do. There's so much out there just waiting for you Take stock of the things you've collected to date Get going my friend there is no time to wait At end add: Like Sophie and Ben you too will be great.