Our Century

Days of Barbie and Mr Brown


Kamille Waters Fijalkowski,
Ingestre, Born 1994

Kamille Waters Fijalkowski


"My world is full of adventure. When I grow up I want to travel and see the whole world.

"But wherever I go, my home will always be in the village of Ingestre.

"I live at Hope Cottage, in the middle of Home Farm, with Elsie, my mother and artist, and our dog, Bhalu.

"It's a very special place because I can pretend it's my farm, so when I grow up I can have horses and all the animals around.

"And we can run around the fields and we can go for walks and pick conkers and play and walk in the valleys."

"My favourite walk is to three huge beech trees in Ingestre Hall's parkland.

"The leaves are red now, because it's autumn but really they're green. We call them the three sisters."

"I love my garden. I play there with Barbie and Mr Brown.

"I'm the only one who can see Mr Brown. He lives in the trees.

"He came to Scotland on holiday with me to the magical castle of MacDuff.

"He peeks out of my pockets on walks and in summer he relaxes amongst the pink sparkles of Barbie's wardrobe.

"One day, I'd like like a pony or a diamond.

"As for the future I want to see the grass growing with hundreds of flowers.

"I want to see all the trees grow older and more beautiful and the sun will be up, and there will be no more nettles."