title: PomPoms Up!: From Puberty to Pythons and Beyond
author:  Carol Cleveland 
description: "Fascinating insights into a fascinating woman." TERRY JONES "Good stuff! Carol's remembered much more than I have and it's a jolly nice read...it's really her voice." TERRY GILLIAM "This is a wonderful roller coaster ride through the world of television and films. Carol is a good storyteller with a great story to tell." MICHAEL PALIN 'Seventh Python' reveals all Monty Python's 'seventh member', Carol Cleveland, is to write her memoirs, entitled Pom Poms Up!, to coincide with the comedy troupe's sell-out comeback gigs this summer. Still glamorous at 72, Carol was the only permanently featured female performer with the line-up, appearing in 30 of the 45 Flying Circus television episodes and all four films. As well as her Python work, Cleveland appeared in more than 30 other films, 55 TV shows and 85 theatre roles, as well as a variety of BBC radio shows - all of which she promises to cover in her book. She was also directed by Charlie Chaplin in the 1967 film comedy The Countess From Hong Kong starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren. Carol says: 'As much as Python has been wonderful for me, in another respect it has been a bit of a ball and chain simply because I'm known for that.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2550729/RICHARD-KAY-Designer-does-bunk-Sir-Brucies-wifes-cash.html#ixzz2sLonBDzo Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
zlib_text: Home from School
  
    
  
  Pip set out his painting things, poked the playroom fire, and sat down to
  finish his Christmas cards.
  
  You do them nicely, Pip, said Bets, looking over his shoulder. I wish I
  could keep inside the lines like you do.
  
  Youre only little yet, said Pip, beginning to paint red berries on his
  card.
  
  Well, Ive had another birthday, and Im nine now, said Bets. Im getting
  bigger. Youre still twelve, Pip, so Im only three years behind you now.
  
  When are the others coming? asked Pip, looking at the clock. I told them to
  come early. Its fun to do our Christmas presents together.
  
  Bets went to the window of their big playroom. Here come Larry and Daisy,
  she said. Oh, Pip, isnt it fun to be altogether again?
  
  Bets didnt go to boarding-school as the others did, and she often felt lonely
  in term-time, when her brother Pip was away, and their three friends, Larry
  and Daisy Daykin, and Fatty Trotteville.
  
  But now it was Christmas holidays and they were al