Bedtime Story Reading at Paddy's Cocktail Lounge

Are you ALL sitting comfortably by the open log fire in Paddy's Cocktail Lounge...? Cocoa or hot milk at the ready? Jim Jams ON...? Teddy Bear's to hand...? Light's dimmed?

Hold tight, because I'm going to take you on a long-loooooong journey to a faraway land with a little boy called 'Max.' Just before I do, squint your eyes and look around your bedroom, as you might, just MIGHT, see that the wall-paper is beginning to change into trees and vegetation, the light is transforming into a moon-like object burning in the sky like an orb over the sea and the carpets are turning to grass, and... 'if' that is so, ...

THEN...I shall begin...