Twister trio is tops

4:17pm Friday 12th September 2008

CHILDREN from across the region got their teeth into a tricky tongue twister as part of an event to promote reading.

Young people attempted to pronounce a challenging phrase as part of the Folk Art and Fairytales exhibition at the Durham Light Infantry Museum, in Durham City.

The phrase was: five flying fairies fell fortyfour foot after falling from a fern in the fantasy forest.Youngsters competed to say it in the shortest time.

The winner was Victoria Hann, 13, of Newton Hall, Durham, pictured right.

Georgia Sellers, nine, from Middlesbrough (centre), and six-year-old Freddy Drake, of Yarm (left), were the runners-up.

The event was staged in association with the National Year of Reading 2008.

Alison Lister, who judged the challenge, said: "It was wonderful to see the young people having so much fun as they showed a high level of enthusiasm and relished the opportunity to try out the tongue twister.

"Events like these are a great way to show young people the importance of literature and that it can be exciting and enchanting."

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