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    Bes
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    Bes

    By William Forde

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    In the year 2000, when this book was first published, I wanted to create a book which could be given to a child who was starting school at the age of 5 years and which could be read by them progressively until the age of 13 years when they either moved up to ‘Middle or High School.’ I also wanted to mark their memory of the New Millennium with their own special book.
    Because the reading age between all children of between 5 years of age and 13 is so vast, this project naturally involved the writing of a number of stories that catered for children of different chronological ages and reading abilities.

    The outcome of this idea was the publication of the book ‘Bes’; which contains four interdependent stories that links in theme. The four stories would concern four types of creatures, a bear (for 5-7 year old readers), an elephant (for 7-9 year old readers), a sheep (for 9-11 year old readers), and a New Millennium spiritual creature called ‘Bes’, who was part bear, part elephant and part sheep in both appearance and disposition( for 9-13 year old reader).

    Bes is a story suitable for the New Millennium reader aged between 9-13 years. It tells a story that loosely links with the three character types I introduced in ‘The Bear with a Sore Head’, ‘Solo and Solomon’ and ‘Elephants Cry Too.’ It is the first day of a New Millennium and the ‘maker of all time’ who is disappointed with the humans of the earth, sends a three dimensional spirit to the earth in the form of a strange looking animal. that is part bear, part sheep and part elephant.

    The three-dimensional spirit is ‘Bes‘, whose form is in the shape of part bear, part elephant and part sheep. Bes is given 40 years in which to spread a message of peace and love to all of the earth’s creatures. If Bes can persuade the animals to live in ‘peace and love’ its purpose will have been served and as a reward to the animal kingdom, the ‘maker of all life’ will give all animals supremacy and rule over all humans.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam Forde
    Release dateSep 24, 2012
    ISBN9781301378395
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    William Forde

    William Forde was born in Ireland and currently lives in Haworth, West Yorkshire with his wife Sheila. He is the father of five children and the author of over 60 published books and two musical plays. Approximately 20 of his books are suitable for the 7-11 year old readers while the remainder are suitable for young persons and adults. Since 2010, all of his new stories have been written for adults under his 'Tales from Portlaw' series of short stories. His website is www.fordefables.co.uk on which all his miscellaneous writings may be freely read. There are also a number of children's audio stories which can be freely heard.He is unique in the field of contemporary children's authors through the challenging emotional issues and story themes he addresses, preferring to focus upon those emotions that children and adults find most difficult to appropriately express.One of West Yorkshire's most popular children's authors, Between 1990 and 2002 his books were publicly read in over 2,000 Yorkshire school assemblies by over 800 famous names and celebrities from the realms of Royalty, Film, Stage, Screen, Politics, Church, Sport, etc. The late Princess Diana used to read his earlier books to her then young children, William and Harry and Nelson Mandela once telephoned him to praise an African story book he had written. Others who have supported his works have included three Princesses, three Prime Ministers, two Presidents and numerous Bishops of the realm. A former Chief Inspector of Schools for OFSTED described his writing to the press as 'High quality literature.' He has also written books which are suitable for adults along with a number of crossover books that are suitable for teenagers and adults.Forever at the forefront of change, at the age of 18 years, William became the youngest Youth Leader and Trade Union Shop Steward in Great Britain. In 1971, He founded Anger Management in Great Britain and freely gave his courses to the world. Within the next two years, Anger Management courses had mushroomed across the English-speaking world. During the mid-70's, he introduced Relaxation Training into H.M. Prisons and between 1970 and 1995, he worked in West Yorkshire as a Probation Officer specialising in Relaxation Training, Anger Management, Stress Management and Assertive Training Group Work.He retired early on the grounds of ill health in 1995 to further his writing career, which witnessed him working with the Minister of Youth and Culture in Jamaica to establish a trans-Atlantic pen-pal project between 32 primary schools in Falmouth, Jamaica and 32 primary schools in Yorkshire.William was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1995 for his services to West Yorkshire. He has never sought to materially profit from the publication of his books and writings and has allowed all profit from their sales (approx £200,000) to be given to charity. Since 2013, he was diagnosed with CLL; a terminal condition for which he is currently receiving treatment.In 2014, William had his very first 'strictly for adult' reader's novel puiblished called‘Rebecca’s Revenge'. This book was first written over twenty years ago and spans the period between the 1950s and the New Millennium. He initially refrained from having it published because of his ‘children’s author credentials and charity work’. He felt that it would have conflicted too adversely with the image which had taken a decade or more to establish with his audience and young person readership. Now, however as he approaches the final years of his life and cares less about his public image, besides no longer writing for children (only short stories for adults since 2010), he feels the time to be appropriate to publish this ‘strictly for adults only’ novel alongside the remainder of his work.In December 2016 he was diagnosed with skin cancer on his face and two weeks later he was diagnosed with High-grade Lymphoma (Richter’s Transformation from CLL). He was successfully treated during the first half of 2017 and is presently enjoying good health albeit with no effective immune system.

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      Book preview

      Bes - William Forde

      ‘Bes’

      (A story for the new millennium child)

      (The story is suitable for the 9-13 reading age)

      by William Forde

      Illustration by Joel Stephen Breeze

      Copyright December, 2016 by William Forde

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, Licence Notes

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      Contents

      Author’s Foreword

      ‘Bes’

      Author’s Background

      Other Books by this Author

      For the General Audience

      Romantic Drama Strictly for Adults

      Connect with William Forde

      Author’s Foreword

      Bes is a New Millennium spirit who comes to the earth as a profit on January 1st, 2000. Bes physically manifests herself in the image of part bear, part elephant and part sheep. The task of Bes is to persuade all the other creatures of the earth to live alongside each other in peace and harmony as ‘The Maker of all Things’ instructs. Bes has 40 years in which to achieve this task. If Bes cannot achieve the task, Bes will be recalled and ‘The Maker of all Things’ will end all life form and start a new age.

      William Forde: January, 2017

      ‘Bes’

      Every millennium, the ‘Maker of Life’ sends a three-dimensional spirit to the Earth. Sometimes, the spirit comes in the form of a human prophet. Sometimes, it comes in the form of one of the Earth’s three elements, fire, water, and air. Sometimes, the three-dimensional spirit comes in the form of ‘Bes’, the spirit of the animal world.

      Whether the spirit messenger comes in the form of human, Earth’s element or Bes, its purpose of visiting the Earth remains the same. The purpose of the three-dimensional spirit is to spread a message of peace and love to every living creature in the ‘Maker of Life’s’ wonderful world.

      If the spirit messenger is successful in its task, either human, animal or one of the earth’s elements will be given power to rule supreme over all other forms of life on Earth. However, if the spirit messenger fails in its task, its earthly form will be destroyed and be recalled to the kingdom of the ‘Maker of Life’.

      The ‘Maker of Life’s’ kingdom exists in the first dimension of time, to which access can only be gained by entry into the spirit world. The sole criteria for entry can only be fulfilled after a satisfactory Earth life has expired. Only those facets of life, which exist on Earth to promote peace and love to everyone and everything, will be considered worthy enough to gain entrance to the ‘Maker of Life’s’ spirit world when they die.

      Unworthy humans, created by the breath of life shall die from lack of oxygen in their earthly lungs. Unworthy animals and creatures, which live on the land and in the sky and sea, shall die by the destructive forces of land, sky, and sea. Even earthly elements of fire, water and air will be used to destroy each other. Thus, the course for the earth’s destruction is clearly mapped out by the ‘Maker of all Things’.

      This is the way that the ‘Maker of Life’ cleanses the Earth anew and allows the Earth to be reborn in a new dimension of time.

      Since ‘time’ first began, there have been four dimensions. Each dimension has lasted for millions of years.

      The ‘First Dimension of Time’ belongs to the ‘Maker of Life’, along with everyone and everything who believes in his ways and who has lived out an Earth life filled with peace and love.

      During the ‘Second Dimension of Time’, the ‘Maker of Life’ created Heaven and Earth. During this dimension, creatures from the animal world ruled supreme over the earth.

      During the ‘Third Dimension of Time,’ the ‘Maker of Life’ froze the life of all animals and created the ‘Ice Age’. This was a time when the elements of Water and Air ruled supreme over the Earth. Then, the ‘Maker of

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