Young Writers

Once Upon a Time …
Catherine Ross

“Once upon a time, in a land far less civilised than our own, there was this phenomenon called ‘childhood ’.
This will be the opening line in a future documentary, unless the Western world opens its heavily mascaraed eyes. Childhood is fading away each day and we are allowing it to disappear, allowing it to fade into a distant memory. It will become something we simply could have dreamt or imagined …”